FEST conference 2024

Adverse Camber is one of the four UK based partners co-hosting the 2024 Federation for European Storytelling Conference 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland this June.

The Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) is a global network of organisations and associations active in the field of storytelling. It aims to empower the world of storytelling in Europe through sharing, learning and relationship building. It promotes the mobility of ideas and collaborations in and across Europe, by offering mechanisms for sharing, learning, advocacy and relationship building, it wishes to empower the world of storytelling.

Adverse Camber is one of 4 partners co-hosting this year's Conference in Glasgow from 25-27 June, 2024.  

The UK partners came together in 2022, with support of the 4 Nations International Fund (created by all four Arts Councils, to help organisations keep international links strong).

They are, The Village Storytelling Centre (Glasgow, Scotland), the Welsh storytelling community (represented by Tamar Eluned Williams), Armstrong Storytelling Trust (Northern Ireland) and Adverse Camber representing England. The 2022 partnership enabled this group from across the four nations to explore areas of shared interest including young storytellers, inclusivity, diversity, slow touring, and storytelling in minority languages.

The FEST Conference 2024 is happening alongside Village Stories Festival in Glasgow. This year’s FEST Conference will include a diverse programme of keynote speeches, workshops, lectures, informal group discussions and social events. 

You can register for tickets for the Conference now through the FEST website