Storytelling Alberta Retreat for Storytellers - 2026 Annual Retreat

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall - Reflections in Story

Find an appreciative audience for your stories, learn storytelling skills, and mingle with friends at beautiful Sylvan Lake! 

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Fri Sept 18th

5:00 - Registration (See ^ note below)

6:00 - Light Supper (See + note below)

7:00 - Welcome and Announcements - with SA President Rebecca Smythe
Indigenous Land Acknowledgment and Welcome

8:00 - 10:00 - Tellaround (Story Circle)

Sat Sept 19th

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast

9:30 - 12:30 - Workshop - Finding Your Diverse Voice In Storytelling
- with Andrea Brimmel

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 Indigenous teachings - with Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes

2:30 - 5:30 Free Time! - self-directed hiking, swimming, visiting, games table setup, tour to Markerville Storytelling

5:30 - 7:00 Supper

7:00 - 9:00 Tellaround (Story Circle)

9:30 - 10:30 Night Owl Singalong

Sun Sept 20st

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 Clean Up, Pack Up

9:45 - 11:45 Tellaround, Storytelling Alberta Awards

12:00 - 12:30 Closing and Round Dance - with Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes

12:30 - 1:00 - Lunch and Fond Farewells

^ Please arrive no earlier than 4 pm on the Friday as they will still be getting the camp ready for us
+ *There will be a Newcomers’ Dinner with a veteran teller on the first evening of the retreat.

Registration Includes

  • Single and shared rooms (limited single rooms; not guaranteed)

  • Shared washrooms

  • Large lakeside sauna

  • Opportunity to purchase new and used resources

  • Silent auction

  • A Saturday workshops

  • Indigenous teachings

  • Three Story Circles

  • All meals and snacks Friday night through Sunday lunch

  • Beautiful wooded area, lake and comfortable lodge

Registrants are required to provide their own bedding and towels.

Kuriakos

5-39317 Range Road 24

Lacombe Country, AB

Ph: 587-468-2267

Map is available online at https://kuriakos.ab.ca/about/contact-us