Story Nights 2026 - Live Women's Storytelling McKinnon

Name: Story Nights 2026 - Live Women's Storytelling McKinnon
Start: 2026-03-10T19:30:00+1100
End: 2026-11-10T22:00:00+1100
Location: McKinnon Hotel, Function Room

Tue, 10 Nov, 7:30pm - 10pm AEDT

McKinnon Hotel, Function Room

McKinnon VIC, Australia

Karen Garton

165 followers · Contact host

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An in-person Storytelling Night for Women

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Story Nights is a place to share true stories of lived experiences, to speak and be heard, to listen and be entertained, and feel a deeper sense of connection to our lives and each other.

This is an open invitation to share a true story about something that happened to you, spoken without notes, within a time-limit of 8-10 minutes. There's a theme to inspire, and all types of stories are welcome. Light and breezy, funny and uplifting, sad or unexpected, heavy and dark. There's space for them all, because your stories matter.

Very often in today’s world there isn’t acknowledgment for the things women have achieved or the road we’ve travelled. Sharing your story is a gift to the listeners, but also a gift to yourself. In sharing our stories, we validate our lives and who we are. Our history. Our humanness.

Theme for August: NATURE

Tell us about time in nature, camping or hiking in the great outdoors. We want to hear how nature transforms you. Is your story about nature versus nurture, a force of nature, or a nature mishap?

Perhaps it’s all about your true nature. We can’t wait to hear about your wild, playful or hidden nature.

Come and join us, it’s just human nature to want to connect through story!

Date: Tuesday 11 August 2026

Time: 7.30pm–10:00pm (doors open from 7pm)
Arrive at the function room anytime from 7pm, buy a drink at the bar, have a chat, and then be ready to settle in by 7.30pm when the stories will begin! If you'd like to have a meal on the night, please allow time to order and eat your meal in the bistro before coming to the function room for the 7:30pm start.

Venue: McKinnon Hotel, 251 McKinnon Road, McKinnon

There's no requirement to tell a story, in fact, listeners are needed just as much as storytellers. If your story has no connection to the theme, you will be welcome to share it anyway. The theme is intended to inspire and help you find your story, not hold you back! It's the storytellers that make the event what it is, so if you're on the fence, this is your invitation to lean in, be brave, and share.

We’re so looking forward to seeing you and hearing your story!

Got questions?
Please visit www.storynights.com.au
or email Karen Garton: karen@storynights.com.au

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Karen Garton

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Supporting women to have confidence in their voices.

To embrace their unique perspective and ideas.

To unashamedly own and share their story.

Because your story matters.

The experiences of our lives, everything we’ve seen and done, everything that has happened to us, has contributed to making us who we are today. The stories of our lived experiences matter, but all too often in today’s world, there’s no opportunity for women’s stories to be heard.

Many women find themselves in a position where they want to contribute but feel challenged to speak. And for so many of us, we’ve been conditioned to believe that we shouldn’t speak or that our words hold no value. We gave up on speaking, or expecting anyone to listen to us, a long time ago.

I support women to own the value of their ideas and perspectives through hosting speaking events:

Live Storytelling Nights
WomanSpeak Public Speaking Training
Meditation and Personal Growth Retreats

The experiences I host explore what it is that often holds a woman back. They support you to find what’s in your heart and speak from a place of authenticity. Stories shared from a whole-hearted place are a gift of wisdom and perspective to the listener, broadening understanding and facilitating meaningful connection.

Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard and valued. – Brené Brown.

The events I host provide a safe opportunity to develop and share your voice. Through my facilitation women can unravel and reset their nervous system and practice speaking in a safe environment. Like exercising a muscle, the more you do it, the better you get at it! A woman that is safely held by her listeners has no choice but to bloom.

I believe that women hold an enormous amount of wisdom and when that wisdom is shared we have the capacity to transform our world.

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Tue, 10 Nov, 7:30pm - 10pm AEDT

McKinnon Hotel, Function Room

McKinnon VIC, Australia

Hosted by Karen Garton