Scottish International Storytelling Festival Jobs
16 – 31 October 2026. Based at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile.
About the festival
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is a programme of live storytelling, music, and spoken-word events centred on the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile, with satellite events around Edinburgh and across Scotland.
It's a smaller-scale festival than its summer counterparts, with a focused hiring window in August and September for event support and front of house roles during the October run.
Who hires
The festival itself plus the venues and partners that recruit alongside it.
Typical roles
The kinds of jobs the Storytelling Festival tends to recruit for.
Hiring timeline
The Storytelling Festival recruits from Aug through Sep, with the festival running in Oct.
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Pay
Casual roles around £12–£14/hr. Centre is a Living Wage employer.
For broader Edinburgh festival pay rates, see the Fringe pay guide.
Live jobs at Storytelling Festival
No jobs currently listed for the Storytelling Festival.
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