Plan to begin your Festival weekend on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. with an Olio of nationally recognized tellers at the National Story Night Concert in Jonesborough, TN (Library Tent, Festival Grounds)!

Watch for more details about the 2008 line-up coming soon.

National Story Night is an annual benefit concert held on the Thursday evening before the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennesee.  The proceeds from the concert go to support the NSN Grants Program.

In 2007 the concert featured Willy Claflin with Linda Poland from the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild and Ben Kemper, National Youth Storytelling Showcase Grand Torchbearer.

In 2006 the concert featured Bill Harley with Larry Kelley from the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild and Hannah Wynne. 

In 2005 the concert featured Elizabeth Ellis with Storyteller Leon Overbay from the Jonesborough Storytelling Guild, Alton Chung, winner of the 2005 J.J. Reneaux Emerging Artist award, and Maggie Lowe, Grand Torchbearer from the National Youth Storytelling Showcase.