FEST Conference 2026 - SOLD OUT

Ratatosk – How to carry a message with storytelling?

The Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) and Berättarnätet Öst (BNÖ) in Sweden are delighted to invite the international storytelling community to the 2026 FEST conference in Stockholm. BNÖ is organizing the conference in collaboration with ALBA Sverige and Musikteater Unna. The conference theme is ”Ratatosk – How to carry a message with storytelling?” 

SOLD OUT !! REGISTER HERE TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST

As usual there will be exciting workshops, stunning performances, discussions and friendship. But there is so much more! To find out, click on the SHOW MORE button below!

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But in Stockholm we will also offer you all:

•   Welcome Buffet at the world famous City Hall where the Nobel prize dinner takes part every year.

•   A true Viking Feast

•   Traditional midsummer celebrations

•   Exhibition tours at the Museum of Ethnography

The full program can be downloaded here:

"Once you have paid the conference fee, you will be able to choose your conference program. We will send you an email with a link. Please note that some program items will fill up quickly."

The conference will be held at the small castle Fredrikshovs slotts skola in the center of Stockholm where a real queen has lived. And of course, there will be swedish fika and lingonberry jam. We hope you all will come to Stockholm and explore new and curious ways of doing our favorite business, storytelling.

We will also take the opportunity to invite you all to the Stockholm International Storytelling Festival which take part directly after the conference, 25-27/6! There will be opportunities for FEST conference participants to share a story.

Have a look and pass on this information to the members of your organisation and to all storytelling lovers you know! We are looking forward to seeing you all in Stockholm next summer!

The Stockholm conference team.

If you have questions regarding the registration, please contact festeurope@gmail.com

If you have questions regarding conference details, please contact segja.storytelling@gmail.com

June in Stockholm is high season for accomodations, so please book early and have a look in the document below for more info:

But wait...there is more! - A storytelling festival.

Directly after FEST’s annual conference there will be a remarkable international storytelling festival in Stockholm. You, as a FEST-participant, will have the opportunity to contribute with your storytelling skills.

BNÖ with partners cooperate with the City Museum and the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm where the festival will take place. Some performances will also be outside under the open sky at a magical courtyard at Mäster Olofsgården in the Old Town. There will be pop-up storytelling and story concerts in the museums under certain themes where participants from the FEST conference will have an opportunity take part of. More info will soon arrive. Some highlights:

• Stories in the dark. Enter a room in total darkness and listen to heartbreaking stories.

• Midnight sun stories. in the land where the stories and the people never sleep.

• International Myth-Off. The norse mythology is challenged by powerful, international mythologies in an entertaining competition.

• Some of the tellers: Abbi Patrix, Paola Balbi, Fidaa Ataya, Emily and Nick Hennessey and Davide Bardi.

And the best part: more storytellers and more activities is TBA in a near future….

For questions regarding the festival, please contact segja.storytelling@gmail.com