STO Fest 2026 (Storyteller Overland)
Thu, Oct 15 2:00 PM – Sun, Oct 18 5:00 PM PDT
Details at a glance
STO Fest 2026 (Storyteller Overland) is a overland adventure on Thu, Oct 15 2:00 PM – Sun, Oct 18 5:00 PM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) at Lasertown, Johnson Valley, California. Cost: to be announced.
- What
- Overland Adventure
- When
- (Pacific Daylight Time)
- Where
- Lasertown, Johnson Valley, California
- Cost
- To be announced
- Organizer
- Storyteller Overland
- How to register
- Register on the organizer's site
STO Fest by Storyteller Overland takes place in Johnson Valley, CA, October 15-18, 2026, with educational sessions from Overland Expo.
<p>STO Fest is hosted by Storyteller Overland in Johnson Valley, California, October 15-18, 2026.</p><p>Overland Expo's Director of Programming, Azure O'Neil, will lead three educational sessions covering full-time overlanding, marshaling and spotting, and community building in the overland space.</p><p>STO Fest is the national Storyteller owner's rally: three nights, four days (Oct 15–18) in the high desert of Johnson Valley, California, on a private playground called Lasertown. Open to everyone.</p><p>Thursday Oct 15: gates open at 2:00; Vendor Village, food trucks and merch booth open 2:00–7:00; Western States play 7:00–7:45 and Ozomatli 8:15–9:45 on the Gibson Stage.</p><p>Two bands every night Thursday through Saturday, plus campfires, learning labs, a vendor village, food and cold drinks. Lineup includes The Struts, Blackberry Smoke, Jared James Nichols, Ozomatli, The Western States, Black Sabbitch, and The Dusty Bunch.</p>
Photo by Dylan McLeod on Unsplash.
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