“Village by the Sea Storytelling Festival,” Whidbey Island’s first storytelling festival, will be presented 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts as part of the Local Artist Series.

Langley storyteller Jill Johnson invited well-known regional tellers Allison Cox, Naomi Baltuck and Thom Garrard, Katherine Gee Perrone, John Wasko and Eva Abram.

The stories will be diverse and include personal stories, rich historical tales and legends, and traditional or contemporary folk and fairy tales, some set to music.

The lively program is for all ages.

Johnson, the producer, director, and emcee for the event, premiered both of her one-woman shows, “Little but Oh My!” and “Rebecca,” at WICA; both went on to receive national recognition.

Perrone is an award-winning playwright, storyteller, singer/songwriter, and teaching artist. She received the USA Arts Young Playwrights Discovery and Kennedy Center’s American College Festival Planet Earth awards.

Cox has used storytelling in her work as a mental health therapist, social worker, health educator, and health promotion and prevention specialist for more than 20 years.

Baltuck has been a professional storyteller since 1986. She taught storytelling at the University of Washington’s Experimental College and Seattle Pacific University. Her storytelling books and recordings won a Parent’s Choice Gold Award, three Storytelling World awards and the Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award. She will share the stage with her husband, Garrard.

For teens 14 and older, and adults, three storytelling workshops are offered 1-3 p.m. at WICA on the afternoon before the concert.

• Tickets are $20 for adults and seniors and $15 for students and youth. Workshops are $25. For tickets, call the WICA Box Office at 360-221-8268 or go online to https://tickets.wicaonline.org