Bay Area Storytelling Festival
The Bay Area Storytelling Festival is now in its 23rd year of introducing Northern Californians to world class storytellers. This two-day festival, held the third weekend of May in El Sobrante's Kennedy Grove, part of the East Bay Regional Park District. It is preceded by a Friday study trip, allowing over 600 middle schoolers to hear from featured tellers at the Grove.

• 2008 Festival Dates: May 17 and 18, 2008
  
• 2008 Featured Tellers include Carol Birch, Derek Borrows, Baba Jamal Koram and Olga Loya and regional tellers
  Olive Hackett-Shaughnessy and Rick Huddle.
  
• How to purchase Tickets
  
• Map / Directions
  
• Download Press Release for 2008 Festival (PDF)
  
  

Kids' Study Trip
Download a small PDF file with photos from the 2007 Study Trip, where 600+ students heard from featured tellers.

The Quilt
Learn and see many past quilts and quilters from the last 22 years!

Volunteer!
Email Pauline Hale or call her at (510) 525-5702.

Co-Sponsor
The Bay Area Storytelling Festival is co-sponsored by the East Bay Regional Parks District. Thank you for supporting this marvelous parks district which offers so much to us.

Corporate Sponsors
We are pleased to receive generous support for the festival from Lifemark, a major partner, the New York Times, a sponsor, and Holiday Inn Express, San Pablo, official hotelier for the BASF!

510- 965-1900 Code "BASF"

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