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10/10/2024

Tonight Detroit Story Fest goes live 💥

So much love has gone into these stories and performances.

The show is nearly sold out, so if you’d like to come, now’s the time to reserve!

See you tonight Detroit.

Detroit Story Fest is presented by the Knight Foundation and is supported by Friends of the Detroit Film Theatre.

23/09/2024

Philly Story Fest is this week (wed/thurs)! Last chance to grab tickets. Featuring the best stories from our city on one stage. Plus music and performance art. 

On Friday, the party moves over to the for a story salon. This is a place to meet others that attended Story Fest, grab a drink and listen to live music by .river.

is produced by .pocket.media and is presented by Toyota. Sponsors: Knight Foundation, Comcast NBCUniversal and the Philadelphia Foundation.

09/08/2024

Highlight from last year’s . Resolve journalist Dio Roberson taking us along for a journey.

06/08/2024

Here’s a scene from last year’s Philly Story Fest. Tickets to this year’s event are now on sale.

Christy Spears from seen here.

30/07/2024

Beautiful people at the last show just before doors open. See you soon and .

24/07/2024

*ANNOUNCEMENT*

Big news, Story Fest is expanding to Detroit! Our festival launches in the Motor City on October 10th at the Detroit Film Theatre in the .

Our lineup features the best stories, performing arts, and journalism this city has to offer. We could not be more excited about our (growing) partner list which includes some of the most creative media orgs we’ve worked with. Michigan Public, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Metro TImes, Planet Detroit, BridgeDetroit, WDET, Chalkbeat Detroit, Model D, Twisted Storytellers and more.

We highly suggest reserving tickets ASAP. Early Bird discounts available for a limited time. *Link in Bio*

*Sponsors*
Philly Story Fest is sponsored by the Knight Foundation with in-kind support from the Friends of Detroit Film Theatre

24/07/2024

*ANNOUNCEMENT*

We are very excited to share that Story Fest is coming back to Philly! Due to popular demand, we’ll be extending our programming to two nights at Bok Building, September 25th and 26th.

We’ve got a completely new lineup featuring the best stories, art, and journalism the city has to offer. Our partner list is incredibly exciting and growing: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Resolve, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Citizen, WURD, Spotlight PA, Streets Dept, Mural Arts, Philly Film Society, Technical.ly and more.

Last year’s show was completely sold out, so we recommend reserving your tickets for Story Fest 2024 ASAP. We’re offering discounted early bird tickets for a limited time.  *Link in Bio*

*Sponsors*
Philly Story Fest is sponsored by the Knight Foundation with additional support from Wyncote Foundation and Comcast NBCUniversal

17/07/2024

The details. Mariachi singer and band leader with journalist Bianca Taylor! Shot by

15/07/2024

🖤 from the pre show. Artist spotted.

04/07/2024

Scene from our last event: In a Silent Way. Edward Jackson tapping tension.

21/06/2024

*TONIGHT IS THEE NIGHT*
Last chance to get tickets!

Back Pocket Media live at the Herbst Theatre for our show In a Silent Way.

Thank you to the city crews that left our (very low contrast) posters up. We got some great Karaoke submissions. The bests will be played tonight.

Tickets on sale for a few more hours!

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12/06/2024

Thank you and for the highlighting our event.

Just one week! Grab tickets at the link in our bio.

A shout out to our collaborators sharing stories:

04/06/2024

Attention musicians and karaoke stars! Call this number and perform your favorite song on our voicemail.

The best performance will win free tickets to the show ($100 value) and a bottle of wine!

They will also be played live on stage at the Herbst Theatre on June 21st at Back Pocket’s storytelling event to over 1,000 people!

Call: 855-746-4427 and sing your heart out after the beep.

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24/05/2024

Our  debut is today! 

When Back Pocket was just getting started we fantasized about sharing our stories on KQED. Today, we hit the airwaves! Ellison and McArdle will guest host The California Report Magazine and share their favorite stories from their last event about food and memory. 

If you’re in the Bay, tune into 88.5 at 4:30 or check out The California Report Magazine’s podcast version on kqed.org or streaming platforms. 

A heartfelt thanks to host of TCRM Sasha Khokha for making this possible. She first performed at our event years ago and has shown up to support our work time and time again. Thank you to Victoria Mauleón, the Senior Editor of TCRM for her time and editorial precision. Thanks to for sharing his music. And huge thanks to our co-producer .loves.taymond who edited and produced this episode.

Enjoy the show! 

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14/05/2024

* One of the lead characters in this Oscar-winning doc, is telling a story at our event *

A bit of context:
It’s been years since we’ve tuned into the Academy Awards, but this year was different. There was one film nominated that we had root for: The Last Repair Shop. It’s about one of the last public school instrument repair shops in the country. Believe it or not, The Los Angeles Unified School District gives free instruments to any kid that wants to learn one. And when they break, the instruments are sent to the repair shop where they are fixed for free.

One of the lead characters in the film, Duane Michaels, will be telling a story at our event. He fixes woodwinds. He’s one of those people that’s lived ten lives and when he talks you just want him to keep going. The story he’ll be telling at our show isn’t just interesting, it’ll make you want to be a better person.

Grab tickets for yourself and a friend who loves music!

02/04/2024

TICKETS NOW ON SALE

In A Silent Way: stories about music and tension.

We are excited for a few reasons

1. It’s our biggest show yet.
2. The featured stories are all about the relationship between music and tension (we have some gold.)
3. Our friends San Francisco Chronicle, KQED, KALW, and Hyde FM are all collaborators.

So join us as we bend and release tension, follow the flow of tempo, and ascend to dizzying crescendos. Grab your tickets early, seating limited!
🎟: cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=3038

Check This Out: Get tickets and show information for Back Pocket Media presents | In a Silent Way: stories about music and tension - City Box Office

16/02/2024

Villa Albertine (French Ministry of Culture), invited Back Pocket to creative direct an event at the Legion of Honor. It was a particularly special event as (the one and only!) Alice Waters and Corentin Poirier were featured as speakers — moderated by the loquacious Tanya Holland.


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30/01/2024

Live stories, wine, mingling ... statues 👀

Follow along to hear about our next event. Coming to back to SF this June.