Come join us for a night of storytelling! Listen to amateur storytellers vying for a final spot in the Tall Tales Contest at the Kansas Storytelling Festival in Downs, Kansas on April 24-25, 2026. Then stay and listen to nationally known professional storyteller Paul Strickland from Covington , Kentucky as he captures your attention with his family friendly stories including reupholstered folk tales, fairytales for adults and future adults, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a FEATURED TELLER: NEW VOICE at the National Storytelling Festival in 2023. He was also a Featured Teller at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September of 2023, and has been a featured teller at several major storytelling festivals, including the Cave Run Storytelling Festival, in 2022. Paul LOVES telling stories in every imaginable environment, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools, corporate events and even two prisons - where he was NOT an inmate at the time.