“What New Orleans is to jazz… Jonesborough is to storytelling.” – Los Angeles Times
Walk through Jonesborough’s charming streets beginning the first Friday in October and you’ll be surrounded by stories sure to steal your attention. For nearly 50 years, storytellers have traveled to Jonesborough to share their stories at the National Storytelling festival.
The festival began in 1973 when a small group of people gathered around an old farm wagon in Courthouse Square to hear a few Appalachian tales. During the decades since, that tiny audience has grown to 10,000 listeners, and the hay wagon has been replaced by large, circus-like tents spread throughout the town where world-renowned tellers spin their tales in this storybook setting.
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