Tellers of tales will take over Frisco Square Oct. 9-10 with the sixth annual Lone Star Storytelling Festival.

Festival coordinator Mayra Diaz has been working with the event since it began. She said the festival, a fundraiser for the Frisco Public Library Foundation, is a natural fit for the Frisco Public Library.

“Traditionally, stories are housed in libraries,” she said. “These stories come alive onstage.”

The festival will feature national storytellers Donald Davis, Motoko, David Holt and Bil Lepp who “are the cream of the crop,” Diaz said.

Davis, who is from North Carolina, will perform at the Frisco festival for the first time this year. He said most of his stories are about growing up.

“I’m always working with new stories” Davis said. “They just keep coming all the time.”

The Lone Star Storytelling Festival kicks off Oct. 9 with a field trip for Frisco ISD fourth-graders. The event opens to the public at 8 p.m. with the Favorite Stories concert.

Activities begin at 11 a.m. Oct. 10 with concerts by each national storyteller, live music, puppet shows and arts and crafts.

In addition to the professional storytellers, the library has trained student performers, ages 8 to 18, for the event.

“We let the kids do their thing, too,” Diaz said, explaining that the children tell stories that are about five minutes long.

The festival will continue with the Bedtime Stories concert at 6 p.m. and the Laughing Night concert at 8 p.m.

Davis said he hopes his audience members relate to his stories by thinking of events that happened to them. That sense of community is Diaz’s favorite thing about the festival, she said.

“You can really be transported just to a different place and time,” Diaz said.

Frisco Square is located at the Dallas North Tollway and Main Street. For more information, visit lonestarstories.org.

TICKETS

Individual concerts: $7 in advance, $10 at the festival

Full event: $25 in advance, $30 at the festival

Family pack (four full event tickets): $70 in advance, $75 at the festival

Tickets are available online at lonestarstories.org and at the Frisco Public Library, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd.

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