About The Village Storytelling Festival 2026

Scotland’s biennial Contemporary and Community Storytelling Festival is back for 2026.

This year, several of our events are being held as part of Glasgow 2026 Festival offering an opportunity to bring people together in celebration of the culture and creativity of communities around the Commonwealth and to explore the Commonwealth’s complex history and impact.

We will kick off our festivities on our home turf with the amazing Pollok Kite Fest on Sunday 24th May. Pollok Hill will be a sea of colour with arts & crafts, performance and, of course, kites!

Join us at our new festival home, The Boardwalk, from 3rd – 6th June as we explore Voices of Change through a rich and diverse programme of performance from acclaimed international storytellers premiering new work in Scotland, award winning homegrown talent and exciting new emerging voices in storytelling.

As always, we are proud to present community performances from both our local neighbourhood of Pollok and groups across Glasgow who are at the heart of our work. This year we are proud to include a screening of films developed in partnership with Corra Foundation and organisations supporting Birth Parents whose children have been removed.  Our wonderful Young Storytellers are back with The Day the Trees Fell Silent, a story of activism, climate change and community, whilst our collective of adult groups representing our diverse community explore the theme of Voices of Change with a beautiful performance and exhibition.

VSF26 proudly welcomes back our Storytelling Symposium! This day long series of workshops, talks and roundtable discussions explores how storytelling can support change – strategically, culturally and personally.

We can’t wait to welcome you to #VSF26 and offer deepest thanks to all our supporters and, most importantly, the communities we work with.

Explore the full programme now!

Contact festival@villagestorytelling.org.uk for any enquiries

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Venue Information

Main Festival Venue:
The Boardwalk, 105 Brunswick St, Glasgow G1 1TF

Ceilidh Venue:
City Halls, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ

Kite Festival:
The Village Storytelling Centre, 69 Langton Road, Glasgow, G53 5DD & Pollok Hill (next to Pollok Community Centre), Langton Road