The Moth GrandSLAM is the ultimate storytelling championship, inviting winners from The Moth’s open-mic StorySLAMs back to the stage to battle for the crown. With a full slate of local storytelling pros, you know this night is going to be good.

Come experience fierce, hilarious, and sometimes even heartbreaking stories at the Moth GrandSLAM live.

Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final.
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Stories Begin: 8:00pm

Tix and more info at:  https://www.themoth.org/tickets/san-francisco-grandslam-championship 

But now what do we do with all these winners?

Welcome to the WILDCARD Shiny Thing Showcase!

Tix at: https://www.inanutshellstorytelling.com/p/wildcard-shiny-thing-showcase-november-14 

Our season’s best storytellers, the ones who not only wowed the audience but moved their fellow storytellers, who won the vote and earned a featured spot, return for one extraordinary night. Every storyteller gets 12 minutes to tell their best true story and have their moment to shine.

And here’s the thing about our particular, Sacramento-style competition: everybody wins!

Every storyteller takes home a Shiny Thing because that’s who we are: a community that believes in celebrating the people brave enough to stand up and tell the truth out loud, with craft and intention. At the end of the night, the audience votes for one story to take home the Even Shinier Thing.

Because some stories are just that good.

This is WILDCARD!’s Grand Slam, but Sacramento-style, with our own twists, and it’s going to be a fantastic night.

The storytellers so far:

​Michelle Wood: WILDCARD!’s inaugural winner. She walked into the NOT HAT in June, told her story, and walked out with $50 and a feature spot. Then she came back in July and wowed as a feature. Michelle is exactly the person we had in mind when we came up with our Shiny Thing Showcase idea.

​Victoria Goldblatt: actor, playwright, award-winning director, and Neuroscience Health Consultant, which remains the most interesting combination of credentials we’ve ever put on a WILDCARD poster. She brought a story about the day everything changed.

​Frances Southwick: friendly family doctor, storyteller, and nonfiction writer from Davis. They told a tale of love and narcolepsy and completely won over the crowd. Bobby and Small (the cats) are very proud.

John Keenan: Told a harrowing childhood story about friendship and a gun that left the audience completely still. It was the kind of story that sticks with you and reminds you exactly why we all love this art form so much.

​THERE IS ONE SPACE LEFT! WILL YOUR STORY BE THE ONE? (Come to October’s WILDCARD! and put your name in the NOT HAT!)

​(More storytellers will be added as our season continues. Watch this space and/or see:
https://www.inanutshellstorytelling.com/p/wildcard-shiny-thing-showcase-november-14  )

The venue: Two Rivers Cider Company

We are so excited to bring the Shiny Thing Showcase to Two Rivers Cider, Sacramento’s original micro-cidery, founded in 1996 and a genuine neighborhood institution in Land Park. There’s a real stage, a food truck outside, and a lineup of small-batch ciders that will make you very happy you came.

A special recognition

Some people show up for the storytelling community not because it benefits them directly, but because they genuinely believe in the art form and what it can do for the people involved. John Aubert is one of those people: a storyteller, instructor, story coach, and host of Capital Storytelling’s Do Tell Open Mic. John has spent years showing up for S]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT iCal //localendar.com/elsie?DAM=PublishedEvent&event_id=2392&calendar_id=10045&k=111426&cb=false //localendar.com/elsie?DAM=PublishedEvent&event_id=2392&calendar_id=10045&k=111426&cb=false