Timpanogos Storytelling Festival

The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival takes place at the end of each summer in Orem, Utah. The main festival and its smaller cousin, the Timpanogos Storytelling Midwinter Conference, draw a combined attendance of about 26,000 people each year [According to the [http://www.timpfest.org festival web site] ] , making it the largest storytelling festival in the western United States. The festival typically lasts two days and invites professional storytellers from throughout the United States.

The bulk of the summer festival is held in the Mount Timpanogos Park [From the Orem City official website: [http://www.orem.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=68&limit=1&limitstart=10 Timpanogos Park Information] ] , a 44 acre park designed in part to accommodate the needs of the festival. The park is approximately one mile up Provo Canyon, and sits at the foot of Mount Timpanogos. Laughing Night, the final event of the festival, is usually performed at the [http://www.scera.org/contents/view/16/scera_shell.html SCERA Shell] , an outdoor amphitheater where the audience sits on a large, sloped lawn around a central stage.

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