Come to the National Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, a day early so you can participate in NSN’s annual National Story Night. Our 2010 concert will feature diverse stories and music from national tellers:
Doug Elliott • Connie Regan-Blake • Motoko • Dovie Thomason
Also performing are rising stars Todd Elliott, National Youth Storytelling Showcase 2008 Senior Torchbearer, and selected Jonesborough Guild teller, Mountain Man Bob Phillips.Emcee for the evening is Jim May.
Please take time to thank these tellers for being our Storytelling Heroes in donating their time and talent to serve National Storytelling Network members. National Story Night is produced by the National Storytelling Network, independently of the National Storytelling Festival. All proceeds from the concert go to benefit NSN’s Member Grants program, awarding grants to worthy storytelling projects.
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$15 tickets for adults, $10 tickets for seniors or students
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All National Story Night proceeds go directly to support the NSN Member Grants program, providing funding for the development of individual work, collaborative projects, community-based storytelling programs, or scholarly research. Currently National Story Night is the ONLY source of funding for this program, so if you are unable to attend, donations are much appreciated. You may choose to donate in honor or memory of a beloved storyteller, which can be made public upon request.
National Story Night History
The 2009 concert featured Michael Reno Hall, Tim Tingle, and Valerie Tutson, along with rising stars Misty and Autumn Joy Saskill, and Molly Catron. Emcee was Kindra Hall. Thank you to our sponsors: Target, Cherish Bound, Ethnohtec, Loren Niemi, Dwight Mitchell Insurance and Green Bank.
In 2008 the concert featured Diane Ferlatte, Barbara Freeman, Bobby Norfolk, David Novak, Gayle Ross, with Faye Wooden, Jonesborough Guild Teller, and Rixon Lane, National Youth Storytelling Showcase Teller.
In 2007 the concert featured Willy Claflin with Linda Poland from the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild and Ben Kemper, National Youth Storytelling Showcase Grand Torchbearer.
In 2006 the concert featured Bill Harley with Larry Kelley from the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild and Hannah Wynne.
In 2005 the concert featured Elizabeth Ellis with Storyteller Leon Overbay from the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild, Alton Chung, winner of the 2005 J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist award, and Maggie Lowe, Grand Torchbearer from the National Youth Storytelling Showcase.