Virtual Tickets to the 2024 Stone Soup Storytelling Festival
April 26, 2024 @ 10:00AM — April 27, 2024 @ 9:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Festival Live Stream Events
FRIDAY APRIL 26, 2024
8:00 am -- Our 2024 Festival Headliners and Featured Tellers will be performing for the students of Spartanburg School District 4 Schools from 8:00 am until 11:30 am. PLEASE NOTE: These performances are not open to the public.
4:00 pm -- Folk Tales and Fairy Tales: Join Master of Ceremonies Walter Belcher for traditional folktales and fairy tales performed by Festival Headliner Papa Joe Gaudet as well as Festival Featured Tellers Amanda Lawrence and Julie Bradshaw.
5:15 pm -- Ghost Stories and Comedy: Join Master of Ceremonies Walter Belcher for some scary, funny, and scary funny stories by Festival Headliners Lyn Ford, Ray Christian, and Paul Strickland.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024
10:00 am -- Linda Goodman New Voices: This is one of our signature events! New Voices Coordinator Lona Bartlett (and the "Bowl of Destiny") will host this opportunity to hear some of the most energetic and freshest voices in storytelling today. Come see performances by Hettie Farley, Naomi Faw, Nicolette Nordin Heavey, Liza Newell, Quameiha Raymond-Ducheine, Catherine Yael Serota, and Steve Tate.
1:45 pm -- Fairy Tales and Folktales: Master of Ceremonies Walter Belcher hosts a session of fairytales and folktales from Festival Headliners Papa Joe Gaudet, Lyn Ford, and Paul Strickland.
3:30 pm -- Liars' Contest: Whoppers and Tall Tales! Master of Ceremonies Walter Belcher. Six (6) contestants will compete for prize money by telling their own ten (10) minute false but “totally believable“ stories. Our Festival Headliners and Featured Tellers will serve as judges for the contest. Amateurs welcome.
5:00 pm -- FINALE! Headliners and Featured Tellers come together to give one final performance to close out the main events of the Festival. Enjoy tales from Lyn Ford, Amanda Lawrence, Papa Joe Gaudet, Julie Bradshaw, Ray Christian, and Paul Strickland.
8:15 pm -- Cabaret! This is our only ADULTS ONLY event. Join us for the sauciest event in storytelling as we enjoy the talents of Festival Headliners and Featured Tellers. The lineup includes Ray Christian, Julie Bradshaw, Papa Joe Gaudet, Amanda Lawrence, Paul Strickland, and Lyn Ford.