Storytelling

 

A good way to begin understanding a culture is to listen to the voices of its people. Storytelling presents an insightful and entertaining opportunity to do so.

2023 Storytelling Schedule

   hannaSue01  omope 

Storytelling is such a valued part of the Appalachian experience. Storytellers carried tales from village to village and this year we are going to bring those stories to you along the river. 

stephenHollen

Storytellers this year...

Stephen "Doc" Hollen

First appearance at the Appalachian Festival, Cornell Bullfrog P Hopkins

Hannah Sue Cooper

Omope Carter Daboiku

and Paul Ingram

We will have back by popular demand...Ol' Coots Giving Advice!

 OlCoots

The storytelling stage this year will be along the scenic Ohio River, be sure to stop by the...

Wagon Twain

You will also find the storytellers on stage at the Land Of Oz stage

 

 Please also see our Music and Dance Schedules

Saturday

May 13, 2023

Sunday

 May 14, 2023

Land of Oz Schedule 
 
2:00 pm
Place Keepers Wide Open Mic Showcase
Land of Oz Stage
 
Join rising Appalachian artists in their teens and twenties, sharing their original music, creative writing, and visual artwork alongside community-teaching artists across the genres. This showcase celebrates apprenticeship values and the dynamic power of place keeping in our region's natural, community, and imagined homeplaces!

Directed by Sherry Cook Stanforth and co-sponsored by the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition and Originary Arts Initiative

5:30 pm
Omope Carter Daboiku
Land of Oz Stage 
 
 
 
 
Wagon Twain Schedule
 
 11:00 am
Omope Carter Daboiku

12:00 pm
Paul Ingram

1:00 pm
Stephen "Doc" Hollen

2:00 pm
Hannah Sue Cooper

3:00 pm
Omope Carter Daboiku

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Story Circle
Honoring and Remembering
Sue Cox
Our storytellers, board members, and those folks that knew Sue will share in good old-time stories. We invite folks to come and share stories together.

 
 


 Land of Oz Schedule 
 
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Gorman Farms
Land of Oz Stage
 
Gorman Heritage Farm will be joining the Appalachian Festival to educate about old-fashioned toys on the farm, beekeeping, and telling the story of the family's journey from Argylle, Scotland to southwest Ohio in 1835.
 
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Norma Patrick Seto
Author and Artisan 
Will tell us a few stories from her book
Life Goes Better with Chocolate Gravy
Land of Oz Stage
 
 
3:00 pm
Hannah Sue Cooper
Herbs and Natural Remedies of the Mountains
along with telling some great mountain stories
Land of Oz Stage

4:00 pm
Ol' Coots Giving Advice
Stephen "Doc" Hollen
Paul Ingram
Land of Oz Stage
  
 

 
 Wagon Twain Schedule
 
10:30 am
Hannah Sue Cooper

11:00 am
Paul Ingram

12:00 pm
Liars Contest
Come tell your best lie. Win a prize

1:00 pm
Omope Carter Daboiku

2:00 pm
Stephen "Doc" Hollen

 Festival Program