Be Part of Our Story
Thank you to our donors!
The Ojai Storytelling Festival is deeply grateful for the individuals, businesses, and foundations whose support keeps the arts alive in our community. Your generosity fuels school programs, public performances, and outreach initiatives that make a lasting impact. Join our growing list of donors today!
Legend Sponsors: $3,000+
John and Melanie Martin
Saga Sponsors: $1,500-$2,999
Paul Massey & Lin Coleman
Herb Hemming
Folk Tale Sponsors: $1,000-$1,499
Elizabeth Bachman
Proverb Sponsors: Up To $999
William Shanbrom
Anson Thacher
Sue Lakes
Wayne & Jackie Francis
Pat Essick
John Ellis
Karen Courington & Dan Lukasiewicz
Patty & Ross Atkinson
Andy Radford
Beth Cook
Jennifer Jesu & David Anter
Teresa Thrash
Patricia Gates
Nancy Escher
BarbaraCroford
Zelee Sparks
Laura Ring
Leonard Klaif
Monica Erdle-Delorr
Tracy Long
Carrie Eller
George Miller
Samantha Zahringer
Karen Rene Kimray
Judith Anderson
Meriking Martin
Deirdre Daly
Kevin Macey
Interested in becoming part of the Ojai Storytelling Festival?
We’d love to have you! For the last twenty-five years the festival has been offering programs for students, families, and adults featuring some of the brightest stars in storytelling. The Ojai Storytelling Festival gives people a chance to learn about other cultures, offers families experiences they can enjoy together, and elevates the art form of storytelling. The festival definitely builds a sense of community enriching the lives of those who attend. Ticket sales at the festival do not cover all the expenses incurred by the event. We need your help more than ever.
Here’s how!
The Legend - $3000
Choose a storyteller to sponsor throughout the festival. Your donation supports performances for students, families, and adults throughout the weekend.
What is included in this sponsorship:
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Recognition on the website
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Recognition by the emcee from the stage prior to each of the performances
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Recognition on the schedule handed out to attendees
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You receive 2 Everything Passes (admission to all events including Naughty Tales)
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You receive a poster signed by all of the storytellers at the festival, plus 2 t-shirts, 2 caps and 2 tote bags.
The Saga - $1500
Choose an evening show to sponsor. On the website it will read "This event made possible by a donation from You."
What is included in this sponsorship:
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Recognition on the website
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Recognition on the schedule handed out to attendee
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You receive 2 Festival Passes (admission to all performances
except Naughty Tales) -
You receive a poster signed by all of the storytellers, plus 2 t-shirts and 2 caps
The Folktale - $1000
Choose any daytime event to sponsor. On the website it will read "This event made possible by a donation from "Your Name"."
What is included in this sponsorship:
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Recognition on the website
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Recognition on the schedule handed out to attendees
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You receive 2 Weekend Passes (admission to all Friday-Sunday performances
except Naughty Tales) -
You receive a poster signed by all the storytellers, plus 2 t-shirts
Storytelling Supporter
Your contribution of any amount helps support the festival.
As a sponsor of the Ojai Storytelling Festival you can have a huge impact on the event and on the community at large. Your sponsorship can help enrich, educate and entertain children, parents, teachers, aspiring tall tale tellers and many, many others. It can help bring us all a little closer together, by showing that -- as individuals and families -- we were never really that far apart to begin with. We share the same dreams, the same aspirations...and the same stories!
The Ojai Storytelling Festival Touches Many People
“I can’t express strongly enough the power of the spoken word to enrich a child’s vocabulary, listening skills and love of stories. The storytellers at the Village of Tales had my students laughing, clapping, singing and anxiously awaiting the outcome of their tales. Children today expect so much information to be handed to them: shown to them on the tv screen. Many have not learned to use their own imaginations to create pictures in their minds. Storytelling offers students a format for listening and understanding stories with some visual aides, but yet leaves some pieces up to the imagination.”
– Karen Dingman, Second grade teacher
"I am still floating from the weekend of storytelling. I cannot thank you enough for making it happen. I just happened to find out about it by accident… a wonderful accident. It was an amazing and uplifting experience. I cannot wait for next year.”
– Carol Stern, audience member
