St. Louis Storytelling Festival

St. Louis Storytelling Festival The St. Louis Storytelling Festival is a University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program. It is the largest free storytelling festival in the world.

We have an annual multi-day, multi-site community event the first week of May, a monthly Story Lounge (4th Thursdays), and other year-round events. Throughout time, people have preserved their culture, values and beliefs through storytelling. Giving voice to the human experience, storytelling allows families and communities to pass on their history to succeeding generations, and it remains an evol

ving, dynamic art form. Louis Storytelling Festival, created in 1980 and now in its 36th year, renews and celebrates an ancient art. In its new partnership with the University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program, this three-day extravaganza, held at multiple venues across the St. Louis metropolitan area, has both featured storytellers from across the nation and regional storytellers from our own community. Stories they share are suitable for all members of the family, and all are offered FREE to the public. We invite you to join us at our festival this year! You can join us at one of our outreach schools or libraries with free programs for schoolchildren (pre-registration required); take advantage of special workshops for educators, families, community members and novice storytellers; attend one of our many public events at venues and sites across the metropolitan area; or plan to come to our grand finale performance on Saturday evening. All events are FREE!

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8225 Florissant Road
St. Louis, MO
63108

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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Throughout time, people have preserved their culture, values and beliefs through storytelling. Giving voice to the human experience, storytelling allows families and communities to pass on their history to succeeding generations, and it remains an evolving, dynamic art form. The St. Louis Storytelling Festival, created in 1980 and now celebrating its 40th anniversary, renews and celebrates an ancient art. It is the largest free storytelling festival in the world. In its new partnership with the University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program, this multi-day extravaganza, held at multiple venues across the St. Louis metropolitan area, has both featured storytellers from across the nation and regional storytellers from our own community. Stories they share are suitable for all members of the family, and most are offered FREE to the public. We invite you to join us at our festival this year! You can join us at one of our outreach schools or libraries with free programs for schoolchildren (pre-registration sometimes required); take advantage of special workshops for educators, families, community members and novice storytellers; attend one of our many public events at venues and sites across the metropolitan area; or plan to come to our grand finale performance on Saturday evening. Most events are FREE!