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• GATHER AROUND THE FIRE: THE CHEROKEE BONFIRE STORYTELLING SERIES

  • Start
    06/29/2024
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    10/01/2024
  •  
    9:00 PM
  • Location
    Oconaluftee Island Park, Cherokee, NC 28719

  Every Friday and Saturday evening in Cherokee, crowds gather around 7 pm at the Oconaluftee Island Park to sit beside a roaring fire and listen to regional storytellers and performers share traditional Cherokee tales, myths, and history passed down through the ages.

  Sometimes there is also traditional Cherokee dance and music. No two weekend nights are the same. Nearby is the soothing sound of water, as the Oconaluftee river gently flows by.

  
  

  • Dates: Fridays and Saturdays, June 29th – October 1st
  • Time: 7 to 9 pm
  • Cost: Free
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  More at https://visitcherokeenc.com/blog/gather-around-the-fire-the-cherokee-bonfire-storytelling-series/
  

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• Storytelling & Quilting with Willa Brigham

  • Start
    09/08/2024
  • End
    09/14/2024
  • Location
    John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC 28902

  The art of storytelling and art of quilting come together in this highly engaging and interactive workshop. Enhance your storytelling skills with voice, body and imagination. Add some POP! to your unique style with songs, poems, raps and rhymes. Create a one-of-kind piece of quilt art using buttons, beads, shells and other sewables. Combining storytelling and art quilting offers a unique week of endless possibilities!
  

  $792 + $20 supply fee includes lodging and meals.

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• Chatham County Stories & Songs, BYNUM FRONT PORCH

  • When
    10/18/2024
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Bynum Front Porch, Bynum, NC

  Oct. 18  Chatham County stories and songs 7 pm

  
  

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• STAGE FRIGHT - GHOST STORIES AT THE PEACOCK

  • When
    10/25/2024
  •  
    7:30 PM
  • Location
    Peacock Arts Center, Hayesville, NC

  
  

  Hayesville, NC

  Stage Fright - Ghost Stories at the Peacock

  Ghost stories “Gasping for straws” Family-friendly fun features tricks and treats, haunting stories and music, and a weird poem or two. Spooky,
  spirited moments on stage. Pumpkins and a scarecrow or two provide a backdrop for stories, sketches, music, costumes and songs. Flying bats, crawling spiders, and screams on stage promise something for everyone.

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  Friday, October 25, 2024 / 7:30 pm

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• 2024 Annual Banquet - North Carolina Storytelling Guild

  • When
    11/01/2024
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Academy Pavilion Down Town Cary Park, Cary, NC
  • Spaces left
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• Old North State Storytelling Festival

  • Start
    11/01/2024
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    11/02/2024
  •  
    10:00 PM
  • Location
    The Cary Theater, Cary, NC

  

  More info here:

  https://www.oldnorthstatestorytellingfestival.com/
  

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• Lipbone Redding @ BYNUM FRONT PORCH

  • When
    11/17/2024
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Bynum Front Porch, Bynum, NC

  Nov. 17 Lipbone Redding 3 pm

  BYNUM FRONT PORCH STORYTELLING/MUSIC

  
  

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• Appalachian Wonder Tales with Adam Booth

  • Start
    12/05/2024
  • End
    12/08/2024
  • Location
    John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC

  Celebrate Appalachian wonder tales! Discuss Appalachian traditions that contribute to regional storytelling culture, focus on several representative examples of wonder tales, explore motifs and archetypes common to these tales, and consider how to analyze them. Apply storytelling skills and techniques to individual stories culminating in a final 'tell' of your own. All levels welcome.

  $576 includes meals and lodging.

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