Story Fest is the cultural main stage of America's great cities. Each year, Back Pocket Media takes over the most iconic theaters in San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York for one electric night of live storytelling, where award-winning writers, podcasters, journalists, and cultural leaders take the stage to tell the true stories that define where we live. It is a love letter to the city, performed in front of a sold-out house. The rooms don't just fill up. They are the room: the tastemakers, creators, and decision-makers who set the agenda in each market. And the night is only the ignition point. Every Story Fest is built and amplified by the most trusted newsrooms in each city, from KQED and the SF Chronicle to the Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, turning a single evening into a wave of earned coverage that travels far beyond the venue.