(photo courtesy of Robert Vautour)

Latitudes Storytelling Festival

Latitudes Storytelling Festival is an annual two-day festival hosted by the K-W Multicultural Festival in Victoria Park in Kitchener. The Festival is part of the Tapestry series of events celebrating the diversity of our community every June.

World Storytelling Day

Celebrate World Storytelling Day with Latitudes Storytelling Festival on March 21 at the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, 10 King St. West, Kitchener.

World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, the first day of autumn equinox in the southern.

On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night.

The event has been important in forging links between storytellers often working far apart from each other. It has also been significant in drawing public and media attention to storytelling as an art form.

Join Latitudes and the global storytelling community on March 21

2 pm: Story in a bag, with Mary-Eileen McClear
4 pm: March to the beat of drumming stories, with Adwoa Badoe
Museum programming at 1 and 3 pm

Download our poster (PDF, 150k)

Museum admission applies.

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You can also contact us by e-mail at: latitudes@canada.com

Contribute through CanadaHelps.org

Latitudes Storytelling Festival is registered with Canadahelps.org, an organization that supports registered charities by accepting online donations on our behalf. Click on the link above to make a donation today!

The Latitudes Storytelling Festival takes part in other events throughout the year.
Visit our Special Events page for more details.

Slideshow

Take a journey through the Latitudes slideshow! (6.1 MB - requires Flash)

Online Story

Listen to a story online: Jack and the Dancing Trees, from Susie Minto (3.4 MB - requires Flash).