Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival

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Friday, Oct. 2 - Saturday Oct. 3
Evening Performances at Kirk Hall, Douglas County Fairgrounds
Daytime Workshops at Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock

Evening performances are free, no registration required.

An Enchanting Adventure into the Wild World of Storytelling!

Celebrate the ancient art of storytelling with local and nationally-known storytellers. Family evening performances, with daytime workshops for current and future storytellers.

Daytime Workshop Schedule and Registration

More about the storytellers:  

Heather Forest, Huntington, New York

Heather Forest's unique minstrel style of storytelling blends guitar, poetry, prose and the spoken word within her repertoire of world folktales. She is an award-winning recording artist and author of seven children's books based on folktales. Among her many honors, she has received the Parent's Choice Gold Award, Storytelling World Honor Recording Award, American Bookseller's Pick of the Lists and Circle of Excellence Award from National Storytelling Association.

John Stansfield, Monument, Colorado

Since 1979, John has performed tales and ballads from the West - and the world. Wilderness advocate, historian, and award-winning author, he has been called "Storyteller Extraordinaire" by the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs.

Paul Taylor, Australia and Laramie, Wyoming

Australian storyteller, musician, and world traveler, Paul Taylor worked with Aboriginal people in Australia's far north, where he took up the musical tradition of the didgeridoo. The Austin Chronicle calls him "Didgeridoo and storytelling master, the ever charming and funny Paul Taylor."