Nine Years of StorySlam Oakland Live Shows
StorySlam Oakland has produced over 150 live storytelling shows in SF and Oakland. We've starred in venues ranging from 85-seat restaurant lounges to tiny cafés to virtual Zoom rooms.
We've also produced workshops for beginning and advanced storytellers, and teens, in the art and craft of telling a true, personal story.
Here's a complete list of our past shows and themes:
2013
February: When Were You a Hero
May: Learned It the Hard Way
June: Dating
August: Busted
October: The First Time
November: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
2014
February: Stupid Cupid
May: Animals
August: Summertime
September: Frenemies
2015
February: Love
March: Crazy
April: Drugs
May: Odd Jobs
June: Close Calls
July: Strangers
August: Dog Days
September: Firsts (at the first and last Unruly StoryFest)
October: Scary
November: Family Jewels
December: Giving and Getting
2016
January: Misfits
February: In the Name of Love
March: Luck
April: Drugs
May: Eaten
also in May at Oakland's "Beast Crawl" Lit fest: Unexpected
July: Karma
August: Race
September: True Crime
October: Childhood Traumas
November: Modern Love
December: Ho, Ho, No!
2017
January: Emergency Exit
February: Stupid, Crazy Love
March: No Turning Back
April: Drugs
May: Animal Tales
June: Best Intentions
July: Betrayal
also in July at Oakland's "Beast Crawl" Lit fest: Truth & Consequences
August: On the Road
September: Secrets
October: Monsters
November: Resistance
2018
February: Love Bites
March: Motivation
April: Losing It
May: Strangers
June: Awkward
July: Accidents
August: All or Nothing
September: In Transit (in participation with AC Transit)
October: Caught Redhanded
2019
January: Coincidences
February: Breakups
March: Doubt
April: Drugs
May: Rescue
June: Mistakes Were Made
July: Fish Out of Water
August: Love Against the Odds
September: StorySlam Oakland's First Ever GRAND SLAM
October: Deception
November: Sibling Rivalry
2020
January: Hindsight
February: Modern Love
April: Help
May: Misunderstood
June: Working
July: Bullshit
2021
July: What Now?
"Spontaneous Storytelling" at Layover, Oakland
an all-open-mic show with an icebreaker game at the beginning
2015-2020 monthly
"Spontaneous Storytelling SF" at Slate Bar, San Francisco
12 months of shows from 2019 through February, 2020.
Other Shows and Venues
Rosenblum Cellars, Oakland: "Wine & True Stories" from 2015 to 2017
"Tales on Tap" at Tiger's Taproom, Oakland monthly in 2019
"Hellacon" social media convention, San Francisco, 2016
"Synchronicity" at Mudlab, a storytelling potluck dinner, 2020
StorySlam Oakland has produced over 150 live storytelling shows in SF and Oakland. We've starred in venues ranging from 85-seat restaurant lounges to tiny cafés to virtual Zoom rooms.
We've also produced workshops for beginning and advanced storytellers, and teens, in the art and craft of telling a true, personal story.
Here's a complete list of our past shows and themes:
2013
February: When Were You a Hero
May: Learned It the Hard Way
June: Dating
August: Busted
October: The First Time
November: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
2014
February: Stupid Cupid
May: Animals
August: Summertime
September: Frenemies
2015
February: Love
March: Crazy
April: Drugs
May: Odd Jobs
June: Close Calls
July: Strangers
August: Dog Days
September: Firsts (at the first and last Unruly StoryFest)
October: Scary
November: Family Jewels
December: Giving and Getting
2016
January: Misfits
February: In the Name of Love
March: Luck
April: Drugs
May: Eaten
also in May at Oakland's "Beast Crawl" Lit fest: Unexpected
July: Karma
August: Race
September: True Crime
October: Childhood Traumas
November: Modern Love
December: Ho, Ho, No!
2017
January: Emergency Exit
February: Stupid, Crazy Love
March: No Turning Back
April: Drugs
May: Animal Tales
June: Best Intentions
July: Betrayal
also in July at Oakland's "Beast Crawl" Lit fest: Truth & Consequences
August: On the Road
September: Secrets
October: Monsters
November: Resistance
2018
February: Love Bites
March: Motivation
April: Losing It
May: Strangers
June: Awkward
July: Accidents
August: All or Nothing
September: In Transit (in participation with AC Transit)
October: Caught Redhanded
2019
January: Coincidences
February: Breakups
March: Doubt
April: Drugs
May: Rescue
June: Mistakes Were Made
July: Fish Out of Water
August: Love Against the Odds
September: StorySlam Oakland's First Ever GRAND SLAM
October: Deception
November: Sibling Rivalry
2020
January: Hindsight
February: Modern Love
April: Help
May: Misunderstood
June: Working
July: Bullshit
2021
July: What Now?
"Spontaneous Storytelling" at Layover, Oakland
an all-open-mic show with an icebreaker game at the beginning
2015-2020 monthly
"Spontaneous Storytelling SF" at Slate Bar, San Francisco
12 months of shows from 2019 through February, 2020.
Other Shows and Venues
Rosenblum Cellars, Oakland: "Wine & True Stories" from 2015 to 2017
"Tales on Tap" at Tiger's Taproom, Oakland monthly in 2019
"Hellacon" social media convention, San Francisco, 2016
"Synchronicity" at Mudlab, a storytelling potluck dinner, 2020