Storytelling festival-Pigeon Forge Event
The
Annual Smoky Mountains Storytelling Festival™ is held every year
in Pigeon Forge, TN in the
month of February. This special
Pigeon Forge event brings people to Pigeon Forge to share their
abilities in workshops on stages for a few days of storytelling
and learning fun. The list of performing changes year after
year as they travel from as far as from West Virginia,
California, New York and all over the United States of America.
In
years past people such as Waddie Mitchell, from Nevada has
performed; Bill Lep, who has been a five time winner of the West
Virginia liars contest. So we know he is good at telling
stories. Their have also been storytellers of those who are
born out of Latin America that are able to come and tell stories
from their countries allowing a us to learn and experience what
their cultures have to offer. Some speakers come in teams such
as Mitch and Martha Weiss, who are husband and wife and have won
awards together for their accomplishments in the storytelling
world. Pigeon Forge, TN is honored that they are able to have
this story telling event year after year. This event adds to the
wonderful cultured of the Pigeon Forge, TN community.
This
Pigeon Forge event also holds performers that are 17 years old
and younger that will be competing during the weekend for the
title of Grand Torchbearer.
Don
not forget to miss on the ending of this event will Old Mill
Haunts ‘n’ Haints Tales of ghost stories, appropriate for the
whole family.
All
storytelling events including concerts and workshops will take
place at the American Jukebox Theater. Day passes for this
Pigeon Forge, TN event are $10 for adults and free for children.
If you want to be apart this event for the whole weekend then
the tickets are just $25! If you only want to be apart of the
ghost storytelling portion of the weekend is it $5. All tickets
are available over the phone by calling 1-866-430-8422
This
event is full of fun and is something the whole family can enjoy
while on vacation in Pigeon Forge TN. So please call us today to
reserve a
cabin in Pigeon Forge for your
family’s storytelling weekend today! |