Do you enjoy listening to or telling stories?  Then join our next storytelling session on Wednesday the 21st of June at The Bridge Inn, Tillicoultry, from 7.30-9.30pm.  This fortnight’s theme is ‘Right To Be Human’. A fitting theme in our troubling times of political conflict, climate change, and culture wars.  Storytellers old and new are … Continue reading Hillfoots Tales Storytelling Session: ‘Right To Be Human’

Join our next storytelling session on Wednesday the 19th of July! Whether you have a story to share or prefer to just listen, new and old group members are welcome to this FREE event.

The theme for our most recent session was "Local Tales".  A thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all, recanting and listening to stories set in and around Clackmannanshire. We heard the legend of the Maiden's Well, which is located up in the Ochils near Castle Campbell (or Castle Gloum, as it was sometimes known), The … Continue reading STORYTELLING SESSION

Story Telling meeting Theme:  Education, Learning, Lessons

We had a fantastic turn out for our most recent session on Wednesday, 2nd August, with a guest from Sweden joining us to listen in! We heard about Dr John Feehan who was a witch in North Berwick in the late 1500s.  He was unusual as he was the local school master!  We discovered what … Continue reading STORYTELLING SESSION: LESSONS

We are once again delighted to be part of Tillicoultry Community Week! Join us this coming Tuesday, 8th August in the Woolpack, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, for an evening of tales old and new set in and around Tillicoultry.  

Wednesday’s storytelling session will be on the theme of secrets. Secrets have been a key theme in many stories through the ages, often with protagonists suffering dire consequences for the betrayal of secrets! Please join us this Wednesday in the Woolpack  to listen to or perhaps share stories. All are welcome!  

Our most recent session had the subject of "Games". We began by playing a storytelling game, where we each chose three word cards from the table and used them to concoct part of a story, with everyone present taking part.  Lots of fun was had and a very interesting story was put together, containing witches, … Continue reading STORYTELLING SESSION

Our next storytelling session is on Wednesday the 13th of September in the Woolpack Inn. The theme is favourites. Storytellers (and listeners) new and old are welcome!

We are absolutely delighted to be taking part once again in SISF 2023.  Hillfoots Tales are offering a programme of four events 21st - 27th October 2023. Event Date & Time Venue Stand Up For Your Rights Saturday, 21st October at 2.30 Dunmar House Hotel, Alloa Rights of the Round Table Wednesday, 25th October at … Continue reading Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2023: Wild Hillfoots

Tickets for our Wild Hillfoots Storytelling Festival in Clackmannanshire are now available.  Hillfoots Tales Management Team Present Our Wild Hillfoots Storytelling Festival as part of SISF24. Saturday, 19th October, 2.00pm -4.00pm Hawkhill Community Centre, 132 Hillcrest Dr, Alloa FK10 1SB "Bridges Between Wellness and Art". A fun workshop where we use storytelling techniques to promote … Continue reading SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024: WILD HILLFOOTS

Our first storytelling event of the festival, on Thursday 14th August 2025, was a great success. Joanne and Eleanor brought local folklore to life and shared some traditional Scottish tales with an enraptured audience at Breathe Easy in Alloa. Here are just a few of the many testimonials we received: “Fab afternoon, loved the stories.  Pleases return … Continue reading WILD HILLFOOTS COMMUNITY STORYTELLING FESTIVAL: BREATHE EASY, CLACKMANNANSHIRE