Scottish International Storytelling Festival (Summary of Island-Based Events)

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is an ideal place to discover Scotland’s treasure-trove of stories in a lively celebration of storytelling performance exploring the links between Scotland’s rich storytelling heritage and other cultures.

This year the Festival is all about exploring and pursuing the island experience through story, myth, music, song and dance. Greek and Roman myths mix with sagas of the Celts in a ten day festival of unrivalled opportunity to enjoy the traditions of Scotland’s Islands alongside Mediterranean tale spinners and musicians from Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Greece and Cyprus.

This Festival is supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund, Creative Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council, the Church of Scotland, Scotland’s Islands, European Regional Development Fund and Scottish Enterprise.

ISLAND-BASED EVENTS:

ISLE OF BUTE
Guided Heritage Walk: Churches of Rothesay
Island Night: From Malta to Bute
Guided Heritage Walk: Rothesay Town Centre

FAIR ISLE
From Corsica to Fair Isle

ISLE OF CUMBRAE
Island Night: From Cyprus to the Clyde

ISLANDS OF MULL AND IONA
Mull and Iona Storyfest
A Story-Walk to Camas
Island Night: From Ithaca to Iona (2 sessions in different locations)
Seasonal Spooks, Songs and Stories

ORKNEY
Orkney Storytelling Festival
Island Night: From Crete to Orkney
Meet the Storytellers
Island Night: Gods, Gods, Gods

OUTER HEBRIDES
Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival
Storytellers on Tour (4 sessions in different locations)

SHETLAND
Island Night: From Corsica to Shetland

ISLE OF SKYE
Island Night: From Sardinia to Skye