Ghost Stories 2010

Friday night & Saturday night, 8:00 p.m.

Crones and gnomes and creepy things fill two nights of fright at these open-air concerts beneath the stars. Each evening features a different collection of haunting tales.

Tickets are sold separately ($10.00) for these bewitching events that begin at 8 p.m. nightly in any kind of weather. It's ground seating only, so be sure to bring a blanket. And remember that the tales may be too vivid for kids under six. Sorry, no pets are allowed on festival grounds.

Muster up your courage for two nights of fearsome fright under the gaze of a nighttime starry sky. These popular, open-air concerts are a festival tradition, with each evening featuring a different collection of haunting tales.

Janice Del Negro and Len Cabral, along with selected featured tellers, take the stage on both Friday and Saturday nights. An award-winning author, Del Negro’s titles include a collection of supernatural tales for young adults, Passion and Poison, which received starred reviews. Featured at multiple festivals across the country including the National Storytelling Festival, she is an Assistant Professor at Dominican University. Award-winning Len Cabral is known for his retelling of African, Cape Verdean and Caribbean folktales as well as his original stories. Cabral has performed worldwide and is a Storytelling Circle of Excellence Award winner. He is author of Len Cabral’s Storytelling Book.

"It’s a dark and starless night. The white pavilion glows like a ghost. It’s dead quiet, but for the wind and the crickets and the sound of the storyteller’s voice. It rises and falls, raising hair on the backs of necks. When suddenly…the story villain strikes, and the crowd jumps, screams, giggles. Ghost stories don’t get any better than this." —Southern Living