Texas Storytelling Festival - MARCH

March 12-15, 2026

Everyone loves a good story, and the 41st Texas Storytelling Festival offers just the right story for everyone. This year’s event will be March 12-15, 2026.

Stories do more than entertain—they connect us to each other. Together, we can all understand and relate through accounts of joy and sorrow, loss and hilarity. Hear ghost stories, Texas tales, a liars contest, sacred stories, a story slam, and so much more. In addition, participants can attend workshops to hone their own storytelling skills.

Meet some of the featured tellers:

Lyn Ford is a fourth-generation, nationally recognized storyteller and teaching artist who shares from the narratives of her Affrilachian family traditions.

Liz Weir, a storyteller and writer from Northern Ireland, is well known for her traditional stories rich in culture and lore.

Alton Takiyama-Chung , a Japanese-Korean storyteller, tells legends of Hawaii, the Japanese American Experience of WWII, and Asian folktales.

Joel ben Izzy is a storyteller, a writer and a story consultant for leaders and organizations who has traveled the world telling and teaching storytelling.
 

A weekend pass includes 15 storytelling concerts, 9 workshops, 2 music concerts, 1 poetry slam, 4 youth activities, and over 50 storytellers!

There will be American Sign Language interpreters at all evening storytelling events. 

For more festival information go to https://festival.tejasstorytelling.com. You can also contact the Tejas Storytelling Association at tsa@tejasstorytelling.com or (940) 380-9320.