A celebration of storytelling for kids of all ages! Tickets are on sale for Folktale Festival at Dunwoody Nature Center!

Join us on March 22nd for a captivating one-day event and experience nature like never before! Experience the magic passed down through generations through the immersive folktales of local and regional storytellers. Visit a immersive farmyard, explore arts and crafts, learn more about our natural environment, and enjoy mouthwatering food. It’s fun for the whole family outside!

General Admission: $15
Members: $12 (Use code STORY20 for 20% off your ticket purchase)
Children 3 and Under: Free!

Whether young or young at heart, showcase your imaginative spirit and come dressed as a storybook character, mythical creature, or beloved hero for a chance to win exciting prizes. Coordinate a group costume for your entire family or show off your own favorite heroes!

Connect with nature and enjoy heartwarming interactions with friendly animals from Cricket’s Mobile Petting Zoo. Get up-close with farmyard animals including goats, sheep, pigs, and rabbits.

 Bring home one-of-a-kind goods from skilled craftsfolk from around our community. Browse and purchase* goods like local jewelry, storybooks, crocheted goods, and more!

*These activities are not included in the cost of your Folktale Festival tickets.

Josie Bailey has performed in hundreds of schools, churches, festivals, and retirement community centers. Since 1993, Ms. Bailey has been touring the southeastern United States to share the art of storytelling.
Through body movements, literary magical voices, dialects and colorful garments, Josie presents original stories and beloved works that will delight all ages. Her stories often reflect her African-American roots, and a bit of history.

Virginia native Chetter Galloway grew up hearing his father tell stories on
Sunday road trips, so, it’s no wonder that his background is rooted heavily in the African oral tradition. From coast to coast and parts unknown, he shares anything from folktales to personal narratives and all genres in between. He has performed for venues such as the Smithsonian, National Association of Black Storytellers Festival, National Parks Service, and worked with schools through Young Audiences. Engaging and entertaining, he invites you to Feel the Rhythm and Live the Story!

Author Gina Gallois draws on her passion for the environment and its wild inhabitants to create engaging educational stories. Whether it’s opossums and their nocturnal neighbors or little known creatures of the insect world, all titles are highly engaging, thoroughly researched, and beautifully written and illustrated. Gina is a long time educator, mother of two human children, servant of two cats, admirer of anything found in the natural world, avid audiobook reader and crocheter.

Gwendolyn J. Napier listened to stories from her mother, Sarah F. Jackson for countless hours regarding life, her mothers childhood and family. Miss LuvDrop became inspired by constantly asking and understanding, how do you tell stories? Her mother replied that Storytelling comes from the heart, “Just Be Yourself.” The sharing of a myriad of life experiences, wisdom and professional training made Miss LuvDrop realize that everyone has a story and people who would love to listen to this storytelling. These stories prompted volumes of questions which led Miss LuvDrop to one day make her fantasy of owning a business and storytelling a reality.