The programme for the 2022 Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which runs from 14 – 31 October 2022, is now live and on sale.

In celebration of Scotland’s Year of Stories, the 2022 festival programme is the largest to date; inviting everyone to the ceilidh – locally, nationally and globally.

From Friday 14 to Monday 31 October, over 240 events will form the world’s largest celebration of storytelling, anchored at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh, and spreading tales across the city and wider Scotland, and around the world online.

Map of Stories Film Ceilidh: Orkney

Go Local

Enjoy an evening of multimedia storytelling where a world of local Scottish stories unfolds through the live voices of traditional storytellers and site-specific film of the landscapes they emerge from. Hosted by Orcadian storyteller Tom Muir, with live music accompaniment.

Keep It Lit and join us round the hearth, where experiences and memories are shared, and the torch of oral storytelling is passed on.

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