Get A Word In Edgeways, GAWIEFest –
Much Wenlock’s Storytelling Festival in Shropshire
We are the UK’s newest storytelling festival and have an annual small cosy poetry, storytelling and music festival near Wenlock Edge made famous by A.E. Houseman. Come and enjoy an autumn weekend in our our rural, pretty and historic little town! We draw top storytellers, poets and musicians and it is held every October.
Hear about us:
Our NEXT festival will be on 10th – 12th October 2025, To keep in touch, why not subscribe to our mailing list?
2024 was an amazing festival of Storytelling, Music, and Poetry, with:
- The Step-Up Commission Premier on Friday evening – our funded new-story performance
- Stories – from top storytellers 📖
- Poetry – from funny to serious, by top-poets and YOURSELVES!
- Music Concerts – We welcome the Jonathon Day band and the Edge Hogs
- Open sessions – all genres, storytellers, poets, musicians or just tellers of tales
- Workshops – Poetry, and Improvisation – learn or improve your performance skills
- 👻A Ghost Walk (wooo noise) on Friday Evening.👻
- Portrait painting 🎨
- Flower Carving – wood carving skills!
- A Poetry Breakfast
- Hybrid concert (FREE, live and online) including the World Storytelling Café. Zooming all over the world.
A few seconds of music, stories and poetry from 2024!
Our theme in 2024 was Healing Under The Stars!
Join Us – Would you like to be part of
our Storytelling Festival?
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❤️Come and join us in 2025 at our Get A Word In Edgeways Festival!🧡
❤️Much Wenlock’s ONLY Storytelling Festival🧡