Hampton Storytelling Festival
Coming Back for 2024!!!!
July 15 - 21, 2024
Hampton Storytelling Festival July 19-21
Storytelling Academy July 15-19
(if your organization wants an academy, contact us ASAP!)
FREE for the Community
All Events in Hampton, VA
Time is TBD
|See schedule for specific locations
National and Regional Storyteller Showcase (1)
National and Regional Storytellers to delight and engage audiences of all ages!
Time & Location
Time is TBD
See schedule for specific locations , Hampton, VA, USA
About the event
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Our first festival events were a great success thanks to all who came out to enjoy the stories. Don't miss the local storytellers showcase and check bak here often for new about the Hampton Storytelling Festival 2024!
Hampton Storytelling Festival Schedule
(All programs are in Hampton, VA & are FREE.
Stories will be different at each site; feel free to come to as many programs as desired.)
Friday, July 14, 2023
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Children’s Storytelling Program (4 – 12 years)
Fox Hill Neighborhood Center, 65 Hall Rd., 23663
Storytellers: Sheila Arnold & Lynn Ruehlmann
2:30-4:30 pm
Seniors Storytelling Program (55+) ASL Interpretation Provided
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 2150 Cunningham Dr., 23666
All Tellers: Sheila Arnold, Jay Johnson, Bil Lepp, Dylan Pritchett, Jessica Robinson, Lynn Ruehlmann
5:00-7:00 pm
Stories of Humor, Hope and Honor (Adults – 8 years of age)
Mary Jackson Neighborhood Center, 231 Lincoln St., 23669
Storytellers: Jay Johnson & Jessica Robinson
6:30-8:00 pm
Stories of Humor, Hope and Honor (Adults – 8 years of age)
Northampton Community Center, 1435-A Todds Lane, 23666
Storytellers: Sheila Arnold & Bil Lepp
6:30-8:00 pm
Stories of Humor, Hope and Honor (Adults – 8 years of age)
00West Hampton Community Center, 1638 Briarfield Rd, 23661
Dylan Pritchett & Lynn Ruehlmann
Saturday, July 15, 2023
10:00-11:30 am
“It’s With Me All the Time”: A True account of WWII Story as told by Bil Lepp (for History Lovers and Veterans)
VFW Post 3219, 122 E Mellen St., 23663
Storyteller: Bil Lepp
Listen as Bil Lepp shares the historical account of a tough, fun loving, trouble making soldier. The story of Claude Dolin is dark and brutal in some
places, light and hilarious in others. The events Claude lived through; the battles, the sleepless days and nights in sub-zero temperatures, the
bayonet charges, the violent deaths of his comrades and the silent death of his best friend haunted Claude the rest of his life. Claude’s story will
stay with you as well.
Note: This story includes a graphic depiction of the Battle of the Bulge.
11:00 am-12 Noon
Children’s Storytelling Program (4 – 12 years)
North Phoebus Community Center, 249 W Chamberlin Ave, 23663
Storyteller: Sheila Arnold
11:00 am-12 Noon
Stories of Humor, Hope and Honor (Adults – 8 years of age)
YH Thomas Neighborhood Center, 1300 Thomas St., 23669
Storytellers: Dylan Pritchett & Jessica Robinson
1:00-2:30 pm
Stories of Humor, Hope and Honor (Adults – 8 years of age)
Little England Cultural Center, 3922 Kecoughtan Rd, 23669
Lynn Ruehlmann & Jessica Robinson
1:00-3:00 pm
Auditions for Local Storyteller Showcase!
Boo Williams Sportsplex, 5 Armistead Pointe Pkwy, 23666
Link to register for auditions
5:00-7:00 pm
Stories of Humor, Hope and Honor (Adults – 8 years of age) ASL Interpretation Provided
Hampton Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 40 Kings Way, 23669
All Tellers: Sheila Arnold, Jay Johnson, Bil Lepp, Dylan Pritchett, Jessica Robinson, Lynn Ruehlmann
Sunday, July 16, 2023
3:00-5:00 pm
Sacred Stories (Adults – 10 years of age; Limited Seating) ASL Interpretation Provided
Victorian Station (limited), 36 N Mallory St, 23663
All Tellers: Sheila Arnold, Jay Johnson, Bil Lepp, Dylan Pritchett, Jessica Robinson, Lynn Ruehlmann