Tenx9 Nashville Storytelling

Nashville, Tennessee’s longest-running community storytelling event.
10+ years, 1,000+ stories and counting.

9 people. Ten minutes each. Based on a theme.

Always free.

Next night of storytelling

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Deception

April 15, 2024

Jackalope Brewery
Nashville, Tennesse

What is Tenx9 Nashville?

Tenx9 ("ten by nine”) Nashville is a monthly community storytelling night in Nashville, Tennessee where 9 people have up to ten minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Ten-minute stories by nine people—thus the name.

Every month has a theme, and every event is free.

Est. in Belfast in 2011 by Pádraig Ó Tuama and Paul Doran
Est. in Nashville in 2013 by Michael McRay

Learn more!

  • Want Tenx9 to run a storytelling night for your organization or community? Click here for more information.

  • Are you interested in running a Tenx9 in your city? Great! We are always pleased that people want to take the storytelling fever elsewhere.

    There are a few considerations before approving a new Tenx9 satellite. If you want to propose a new Tenx9, please fill out this form for the good people in Belfast to consider for approval.

    Thanks much.

  • Tenx9 originated in Belfast under the magnificent guidance of Paul Doran and Pádraig Ó Tuama. They have been running the show there in Nashville’s sister-city for a several years now, and it is a spectacular congregation of story-loving humans to be sure. They bring in around 200 people per month and feature a delicious variety of lived experiences. If you are ever in Belfast, be sure to drop by the Black Box on the last Wednesday of the month and experience some spell-binding word-weaving in the heart of the city.

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    Irish Proverb

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