The Sandbar Storytelling Festival, set to present its second fall lineup of storytellers Oct. 13-14 (with a special opener Oct. 12), is offering Single-Day passes, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Single-Day Passes are $50 for Friday and $75 for Saturday, and enable the passholders to attend a full day’s events at the Performance Center at Saint Mary’s University. These reduced-rate passes also ensure priority seating prior to single event ticket sales.

As a reminder, two-day passes are also for sale for $100.

The festival once again features 10 storytelling events by national and internationally known storytellers. Festival activities also include a storytelling competition for the community (with the winner performing as part of Saturday night’s program). Local food trucks and musicians are also featured throughout the weekend. 

The purpose of the festival is to present storytelling performances that celebrate and preserve the power and pleasure of our varied cultural traditions and human experiences and to promote the art of storytelling for all ages. Founding Artistic Director Taff Roberts reminds us that “through story-telling, we share our identities, and by active listening, we engage with people who are different than us.” The second-year lineup once again includes Bil Lepp (West Virginia), returning by popular demand. Joining him onstage is Kevin Kling (Minnesota), Diane Ferlatte (California), Kim Weitkamp (Ohio), and Motoko (Massachusetts). 

The weekend events include:

Friday, Oct. 13 

12:30 p.m. – Kim Weitkamp and Diane Ferlatte
2:15 p.m. – Kevin Kling
3:15 p.m. – Motoko and Bil Lepp
6 p.m. – Wing Dam Jammers and SSF23 Storytelling Concert 

Saturday, Oct. 14

10 a.m.  – Diane Ferlatte
11 a.m. – Kim Weitkamp
1 p.m. – Bil Lepp
2 p.m. – Motoko
3 p.m. – Kevin Kling
5 p.m. – Winona Little Warriors Drumline (Gazebo)
6 p.m. – Buffalo Gals and Storytelling Concert 

Single Tickets, available Sept. 18, are $15 for each session during the day and $20 for the evening sessions (which include music and teller concert). Day Passes and Single Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door.  Pay-as-you-can tickets, provided by WNB Financial, will be available at the door as well.

The Sandbar Storytelling Festival is sponsored by SEMAC. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the MN State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.