Laughing Night at the Ojai Storytelling Festival, Ojai, California

Several Ojai residents recommended that we attend one of the events at the Ojai Storytelling Festival while staying in town for a long weekend. Our Friday evening was available. This was also the Laugh Night at the festival and we could not resist seeing what it's all about. There is not too much going on in Ojai in the evenings after dinner time anyway, apart from relaxing. We bought our twenty-five dollar tickets in advance (earlier that day) and were ready to go.

This was the ninth annual edition of the Ojai Storytelling Festival with its motto "A Village of Tales". Events and workshops were available from May first until the fourth. During the daytime hours, the focus was on the children of all ages. Specific programs were organized for tiny tots, elementary school kids all the way to high school level. Evening programs were more adult oriented. The Laugh Night featured storytellers that I had never heard of (not an expert on this topic): Bil Lepp, Kuniko Yamamoto, Andy Irwin, Kevin Kling, David Holt and Charlotte Blake-Aston.