Storytelling fills the Historic Palace Theatre this Saturday April 29 starting at 11 AM and featuring locals, music, youth and story tellers from East Tennessee State University just up the road from Jonesborough Tennessee, the storytelling capital of the USA. At ETSU, you can even earn a Master's Degree with a concentration in storytelling.
As the 9th annual Cumberland Mountain Storytelling Festival the tales you will hear run from originals, folk tales and legends to true history, and stories in music. The even is sponsored by the Cumberland Mountain Storyteller Guild.
Admission is just $5 for all day and you can come and go as you like. Students and children admission is just $2.
The schedule below breaks up the festival into topics and you can come for all day or come for the area you are interested in.
Crossville Palace Theatre is on Main Street in Crossville and tickets are available at the door.
Come hear some of the best at the Ninth Annual Cumberland Mountain Storytelling Festival Saturday April 29 at Crossville historic Palace Theatre. Tellers from East Tennessee State University, ETSU in Johnson City TN where you can earn a degree in storytelling will be this years featured tellers. You will also hear from other guests tellers and members of the Cumberland Storytelling Guild.
This year's festival is set up by story categories and admission allows you to come and go as you like. Hear Children's stories and Fairy Tales from 11-12:20. Variety including original stories, tall tales, folk tales, legends and whoppers from 12:20 to 2:00 and Historic Stories from 3:25 to 5:30.
ETSU tellers are featured from 2:00 to 3:20 PM and 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
Nearly a full day of fascinating stories and story tellers are coming to Crossville's historic Palace Theatre Saturday November 5th and admission is free! Complete schedule shown below.
Come see the two very special guest storytellers along with members of the Cumberland Mountain Storytelling Guild and a special selection of youth storytellers too.
Highly recognized and awarded storyteller Elizabeth Ellis will be telling in the afternoon and the evening. Elizabeth is a recipient of both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network. She is a frequent favorite at the National Storytelling Festival and the Teller-In-Residence Program of the International Storytelling Center.
Leonard Anderson is another headlining storyteller. Leonard Anderson from Jamestown grew up next to the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. He is well-known artist who tells his stories about many of the local residents through his music. Leonard has been featured on the WBIR-TV: "Heartland Series" and at "Jammin at Hippie Jacks" in Crawford, TN.
Other tellers and members of the Cumberland Mtn. Storytellers Guild appearing include The EduTellers, Tim Mangan, Ann Looney Cook, Sandy Lewis, Peggy Woods, Teresa Crowley, Jim Everitt and MC Jim Young.
