2025 Events:

Tales in the Castle

April 17! Our annual fund raiser will be held at the Castle La Crosse at 1419 Cass Street in La Crosse. Complimentary hors d’œuvres, desserts, wine, and coffee will be provided along with music by the Heart Strings Harp Circle, and, of course, STORIES! This year storyteller Kay Weeden from Madison will perform along with a member of the Bluff Country Tale Spinners. The fund raiser is from 5:30-7:00. This is a fundraising event so donations greatly appreciated and will go toward keeping the art of storytelling in the La Crosse area.

Celtic Stories and Song

Our annual Celtic event will be held on Saturday, March 15. It will feature stories told by the Bluff Country Tale Spinners and Irish songs by the Dulbin Daughters. For tickets and more information click here.   http://thepumphouse.org

The La Crosse Storytelling Festival

The 22nd annual festival will be held on Friday and Saturday July 18, 19. Our featured tellers will be Bil Lepp, Charlotte Blake Alston, and Jim May. Doors open at 6:00 on Friday and 11:00 on Saturday. Tickets will be available at the Pump House.http://thepumphouse.org

Tales of the Creepy and Scary

On Saturday, October 25, 2025, the Bluff Country Tale Spinners will again share their creepy stories at the Pump House. Join us for a night of fun and fright. Doors open at 6:30 and the show will begin at 7:00. Tickets will be available at http://thepumphouse.org

The Bluff Country Tale Spinners

Monthly Meetings!!

Host of the La Crosse Storytelling Festival, the Bluff Country Tale Spinners, is a local guild whose mission is to encourage the art of storytelling. BCTS meet the second Thursday of each month at the Moose Lodge on Ward Avenue in La Crosse at 6:30. There is a short business meeting followed by stories. All level of tellers are welcome as are story listeners. If desired, tellers are given feedback on their stories in a warm and welcoming environment. For more information contact Teri at wachutateri@yahoo.com or just join us and see for yourself. Many of our members are listeners not tellers;you can’t tell a story without a story listener!