29 Oct - 02 Nov
A five-day arts festival in Bryan/College Station.
Connecting students and communities with
local legend and folklore.
What's On
Tuesday October 29
FOLKTALE WRESTLING
Friday November 01
LOREFEST @ FIRST FRIDAY
Wednesday October 30
HUANTED JAPAN
Saturday November 02
FOLKLORE CONFERENCE
Thursday October 31
WAR OF THE WORLDS
Saturday November 02
ABYSS - A Goatman Tale
Tuesday October 29 - Folktale Wrestling
7pm - 9pm
LAAH Courtyard, LAAH TAMU Campus, College Station, TX
Free Entry
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Students of Texas A&M work with Lions Pride Sports Entertainment professional wrestlers to bring you an exciting night of local and glocal folklore creative interpretation in the form of wrestling matches, costumes, puppets, and more!
Wednesday October 30 - Haunted Japan
7pm - 9pm
Rudder Forum - TAMU Campus, College Station, TX
Free Entry - Reserve Your Seat Now!​
Yoko Hiroaka presents an evening of scary Japanese folktales accompanied by traditional Japanese music for an unforgettable evening of seasonal storytelling...
Thursday October 31 - War of the Worlds & Dungeon Synth
7pm - 12am
The Grand Stafford, Bryan, TX
Free Entry
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Storytelling, storytelling, and more storytelling, plus some amazing music! The night kicks off with students recounting local and glocal folktales, then moves to a re-telling of H. G. Well's War of the Worlds, set in Bryan/College Station, followed by a live podcast on local folktales. The night caps off with a rare BCS appearance by dungeon synth artists from Texas, including Apoxupon, Hexpartner, Black Magic Cyborg, and Jaycie Carver.
Friday November 01
5pm - 10pm
First Friday, Downtown Bryan, TX
Free Entry
Enhancing the monthly Bryan event, Lorefest will be adding a folklore puppet and music spectacle, a dance piece with a giant orge, festival games and video games based on local folklore, food to sample inspired by local and glocal folklore, plus an escape room and a ghost walk through Downtown Bryan. All events statr or are housed in the Parker-Astin Gallery on East Main, except the Lorefest ghost walk that starts at 7pm at the Carnegie Historical Library.
Saturday November 02 - LoreFest Conference and Abyss
11am - 5pm
LAAH 453 Conference Room (lunch served to registered attendees)
Free Registration - Register Now!
Black Box Theatre, LAAH, TAMU Campus
Free Entry - Reserve Your Seats Now!​
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​Philadelphia residents, but Texas natives, movement and sound art duet slowdanger will be returning to the Lone Star State to present an experimental work Abyss, based on the Tale of the Goatman.
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A reception for the week's events will be held in the lobby of LAAH prior to the performance.
About Lorefest
Lorefest is a community-building project bringing together local BCS residents and TAMU students through an exploration of Texas and Glocal folklore.
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Lorefest is made possible in part with a City of Bryan Arts and Tourism Development Grant, a RESI Co-Sponsorship, funding from the Center for Digital Humanities, support from the PVFA Performance and Visual Studies Program, support from the TAMU Communications and Journalism Department, the TAMU Department of English, and TAMIDS Funding.
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Special thanks to The Frame Gallery, The Parker-Astin Gallery, and Destination Bryan
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For more information, please contact info@lorefest.com