Performances
When Connie takes the stage, her engaging humor and Southern charm generate a brightness and warmth that draws listeners in. Her storytelling performances range from hilarious traditional Appalachian Mountain tales to poignant true-life dramas. Connie’s stories are tailored to engage and capture the attention of every single member of the audience. A consummate professional, Connie’s rare talent can transform a convention hall into a wondrous landscape and turn a packed theater into an intimate circle of friends.
Connie has been a professional storyteller for over four decades. She is credited with being a central force driving the American storytelling revival. She given performances in 47 states, 17 countries, and on 6 continents, captivating minds and hearts around the world with her storytelling. Connie regularly performs at corporate events, schools and libraries, festivals, and conferences.
In all that she does, Connie seeks to open new avenues for story. Bead for Life is a nonprofit that is close to Connie’s heart and her original performance, “Brush the Dust from My Heart: A Storyteller’s Journey in Uganda“, gives voice to the stories of the women that the organization serves. Connie has also explored the intersection of storytelling performance and classical music through her collaboration with The Kandinsky Trio. Their touring performance, “Tales of Appalachia: Stories and Chamber Music,” is an innovative blend that has been hailed as “a new art form.”
Blue Ridge Music Trails is hosting a storytelling concert funded by the Jazz Foundation of America. They are providing support to artists in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Connie is sharing the stage with Josh Goforth, Sheila Kay Adams, and Michael Reno Harrell. Laura Boosinger will be the emcee. This afternoon storytelling event from 3-5pm at the Historic Earle Theatre in Mount Airy, NC will kick off Mayberry Days.
Every October since 1973, thousands of travelers have visited Tennessee’s oldest town. They come for one purpose–to hear stories and to tell them at the National Storytelling Festival.
This celebration of America’s rich and varied storytelling tradition, the oldest and most respected gathering anywhere in America devoted to
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storytelling, has in turn spawned a national revival of this venerable art. International Storytelling Center is excited to welcome you to the storytelling capital of the world October 3-5, 2025 to celebrate the power of storytelling.
Since its first days, the Festival has featured a stunning array of world-class talent that share oral traditions from across history and all over the globe. Cultural representation has included performers from the African American, Jewish, Aboriginal, Egyptian, Asian, Celtic, Hispanic, Israeli, Liberian, French, African, Caribbean, Native American, and the deaf communities, among others.
The National Storytelling Festival was an ambitious name for a small event tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains. But over decades, it has grown into its name, hosting thousands of listeners in Jonesborough each year.
Connie Regan-Blake will be emceeing at the festival again this year! Come early to enjoy music festivals and workshops!“Whispers from the Shadows” An evening of ghostly legends and haunting tales
The Town of Weaverville, NC is hosting Connie for a free evening of scary stories for teens and adults only in the Weaverville Community Center at Lake Louise. These spooky tales are perfect for the thrill lover. Influenced by legends from The British Isles and the Southern Appalachian Mountains, these stories combine fright with a sense of hope.
Remarkable with every nuance…funny at one instant and then zap, dead (not to pun) serious. Very polished telling down the minutest of detail/gesture/vocal expressiveness or deadpan. I was transported to the place of story which is where I long to be!
Frannie Oates, Storyteller
You can’t help but lean in when Connie Regan-Blake says “I’d like to tell you a mountain story.” Her voice starts to rise and fall, her hands weave through empty air….You may be sitting here in the 21st century, but Regan-Blake takes you to a timeless place…
Dale Neal, USA Today
20 years ago I heard Connie tell a story and my life was forever changed. Now, I’m a storyteller of a different sort but really we are all the same.
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