2024 Festival Schedule (July 19-21)

Friday - 18th

8:30
Registration

9:30
Opening

9:45-10:45 

Solo: Adam Shoalts

11:00-12:00

Solo: Fiona Tinwei Lam

12:15-1:15

Lunch

1:30-2:30

Solo: Caroline Adderson

2:45-3:45

Solo: John Vaillant

4:00-5:00

Solo: Sarah Leavitt

5:00-5:30 Happy Hour

Music by Randy Duncan

5:30-7:30
Dinner

7:30-9:00
Main Stage: Lenore Newman, Janika Oza and Timothy Taylor in conversation with Evelyn Gillespie. Edible narratives: stories of displacement, fortune and future feasts

Saturday - 19th

9:00
Registration

9:30-10:30 
Solo: Drew Hayden Taylor

10:45-11:45
Solo: Janika Oza

12:00-1:00
Lunch

1:15-2:15
Solo: Timothy Taylor

2:30-3:30
Solo: Lenore Newman

3:45-5:15
Denman Writers

5:15-5:30 
Happy Hour Music 

5:30-7:30
Dinner 

7:30-9:00
Main Stage: Caroline Adderson, Sarah Leavitt, Fiona Tinwei Lam Diving into Darkness to find our humanity/joy/compassion.  Moderator: TBD

Sunday - 20th

9:30-10:30 
Main Stage: Adam Shoalts in conversation with Ken Madsen: Surviving Wilderness While Keeping an Eye on the Birds

10:40-11:40 
Main Stage: John Vaillant talks with local author, Des Kennedy: Creating gripping Narratives as in his best-selling Fire Weather

11:50-12:50 
Main Stage: Drew Hayden Taylor: Looking for my Place in the Story.