Now Streaming 2024 Bay Area Storytelling Festival North

The 2024 Bay Area Storytelling Festival North was an amazing day of community, filled with the joy of storytelling. If you missed the day, you can see all the action with our Now Streaming ticket.

Your Now Streaming Link is good for viewing through the end of July. All of the Saturday concerts in the PAC Theater are available for viewing immediately, while the workshops and sessions in the PAC Actors Studio and PAC Classroom were recorded and will be uploaded and available after May 10th. Please note, Friday Sunset Stories was not part of the live-stream recordings. To find out more, view the Festival schedule.

If finances are an issue, please reach out to us by emailing us here at bayareastoryfest@gmail.com with "Scholarship Program" as the subject. Tell us just a little about yourself, and we’ll be happy to provide a scholarship for a portion or all of the ticket price.

Meet our lineup of internationally known storytellers:

Kealoha - kealohapoetry.com

Kealoha is a storyteller and the first Poet Laureate of Hawai’i. As an internationally acclaimed poet and storyteller, he has performed at venues throughout the world from the White House to the ‘Iolani Palace, from Brazil to Switzerland and many places in between.

Karin Amano - japanesestoryteller.com/

Karin Amano was born and raised in Japan, where she trained in Japanese Traditional Dance as well as singing and acting. Karin has performed as a Japanese storyteller, Japanese traditional dancer/singer, and bilingual master of ceremony at a number of locations and events.

Gene Tagaban - storytellingraven.com/

"One Crazy Raven," is a teller of stories that teach, entertain, and heal. Through oratory, song, dance, movement, and transformation, Gene shares traditional Native American stories as well as stories from his personal experience, family, and historical events.

Diane Ferlatte (with Erik Pearson) - http://www.dianeferlatte.com

Diane Ferlatte has travelled internationally captivating audiences while using songs, sign language, humor, and audience participation. She has wowed audiences in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, and in virtually all 50 states of the U.S. She is often accompanied on guitar and banjo by Erik Pearson.

Brandon Spars - brandonspars.com/

Brandon Spars has been a college and high school instructor for twenty-five years who has always brought storytelling into his lessons. Brandon is a regular Bay Area storyteller as well as a TEDx speaker and a five-time champion of the Moth StorySLAM (including two GrandSLAMS).