Mesa Storytelling Festival

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The Mesa Storytelling Festival was recognized by Good Morning America and features nationally recognized storytellers. This festival consists of 5 storytelling concerts and workshops with the featured storytellers. The Valley’s largest storytelling event celebrates the art of storytelling, a love of reading, and the power of the imagination! Personally (and as a former teacher), I think this sound fabulous and I wish everyone could embrace the power of a good story. (information from here)

Starting TODAY, October 23rd, 24th, and 25th at

Mesa Arts Center: 1 E. Main St.

Cost: Concert tickets are $11. Workshops are free with a ticket for that evenings concert, otherwise workshops are $5. Daytime events on Saturday, October 25th are FREE.

Saturday events run from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM and will include music, food and vendor booths, and stories from Arizona's own storytellers. Participate in family story and literacy activities.

The paid portion of the festival is outlined as follows:

Thursday:

Workshops

3:15 PM - Rhythm This and Rhyme That

Story Telling for the Wee Ones

4:30 PM - Let's Move to Words, Music, and Song

If You Can Talk...You Can Write

Nighttime Storytelling Concert

7:00 PM - The Best of the West - featuring six of the best storytellers from Arizona and California

Friday

Workshops

4:45 PM- Adult Stories...Where and When

Sing Me a Story

Afternoon Storytelling Concert

3:00 PM - Tried and True - a new concert filled with stories by and for those with life experience

Nighttime Story Telling Concert

7:00 PM - The Teller's Treasure - storytellers tell their favorites

10:00 PM - Stories from the Edge - this ones for the adults

Saturday

Evening Concert

7:00 PM - Humor Us - The festival annual laugh fest.

Do you want to FULL schedule? Go here. Now really, doesn't this sound fabulous?