And just like that… Stonehaven Folk Festival was over!
I have had a wonderful time 🙂
Storytelling at Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum
Bairns Scots Song Workshop
Family Storytelling
Adults Only Storytelling
Sunday Story Craft Workshop
and…
Petanque!
Seafood platter at the Ship!
AQUACEILIDH… and…
I’m going to blow my own trumpet here…. well my own comb n paper. Can announce that I am the 2026 WORLD PAPER N COMB CHAMPION!!
Thanks Festival and Tolbooth for having me along. A wonderful weekend! ❤
Also this weekend I’m going to be telling stories and running workshops at Stonehaven Folk Festival!
Friday 10th 7 to 8pm I’ll be telling Tales The Tide Brought In at the Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum
Saturday 11th I’ve got the bairns singing workshop and storytelling session (see below!)
And on the evening of Saturday 11th I’ll be telling tales for adults from 9 to 10pm before Susie’s singing session. Please note this will be at the Legion on Barclay Street and not the 65 Club as previous year.
Finally on Sunday 12th I have a workshop “Flotsam Fables and Driftwood Ditties” – this is fully booked, but if it’s successful I’m sure we can run it again in future years. 
Much fun in the sun yesterday at Deevale Community Gardens 3rd birthday, one of CFINE ‘s Music In The Gardens events! I did a Scots Song workshop and oor pal Bob Knight did a smashing set of Scottish songs and Americana.
A beautiful day in an amazing community garden with loads going on!
And of course Wee Imp covered me in sticky willy because she is a demon child 
Woohoo! I’m delighted to announce that there will be three storytelling events on Saturday 18th July 2026 at St Mary’s Chapel, St Nicholas Kirk as part of Aberdeen’s #FestivalOfTheSea2026 @AberdeenCC
The first event from 1 to 2.30pm, is a shadow puppet workshop, “Silhouettes of the Sea” aimed at children aged 8 upwards and their grown ups(s). Workshop attendees will learn the basics of creating shadow puppets with a nautical theme connecting to Aberdeen’s maritime past and stories – fish, whales, fishermen and fishwives, even our 17th century privateer! Tickets are £5 per child (plus booking fee) – accompanying adult is free.
Tickets here – https://www.tickettailor.com/…/paulinecordinera…/2178847
Then from 3 to 4pm, join us for “Salty Stories and Tales from the Tides” – A 1 hour family storytelling session with Aberdeen Storyteller Pauline Cordiner. Suitable for age 4 to 104!
Tickets are £3 for children and £5 for adults (plus booking fee)
Tickets here – https://www.tickettailor.com/…/paulinecordinera…/2178939
And finally, from 7 to 8.30pm, Sheena Blackhall and Pauline Cordiner will be telling Local ghost stories and singing traditional north east ballads from Aberdeen and the North East’s haunted and horrible past, age 18+
Tickets are £15 (plus booking fee).
Tickets here – https://www.tickettailor.com/…/paulinecordinera…/2179003
Check out this years Festival of the Sea – https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/…/festival-of-the-sea…/
Here’s the full listing of what’s on this coming weekend at the Stonehaven Folk Festival! (PDF version can be found here if you’re struggling to read the image below – https://www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk/…/Whats-On…
Come to some storytelling sessions!
I’ll be on the The Stoney Rickshaw with Charlie Rickshaw and probably Fizzy the Fairy in tow from 7 to 8pm along the board walk and doon at the harbour – free! 
I’ll be running the Singing for Kids Workshop at the community centre, 10.30 to 11.30 on Saturday morning – only £1 per participant!
And that session will be followed by Stories For Kids – also only £1 per participant
And 9 to 10pm I’ll be doing bawdy and scary tales for Adults in the 65 club – this event is also FREE! (and for adults only)
Do come along and jine in!
Pauline Cordiner - Scottish Storyteller 