Veterans Breakfast Club StoryFest 2027

The Veterans Breakfast Club brings its mission to the national stage for the second time with StoryFest 2027, a four-day beachside event where veterans, families, writers, speakers, filmmakers, and other storytellers will come together to share stories of service across generations. Check back for details.

As we did in 2o26, we’ll gather in Santa Monica for conversations, performances, panels, and breakfasts that deepen understanding, bridge divides, and inspire through story.

We’ll have celebrated veteran authors, meet pioneers who broke the ground-combat barrier, and build community in the way the VBC does best—with a microphone, a room full of people, and stories no one else is telling.

This isn’t just a conference. It’s a community of listening. And you’re invited to be part of its second year.

StoryFest 2027 is made possible through the generosity and partnership of Unlikely Collaborators, a Santa Monica–based foundation dedicated to using storytelling to bridge social divides and expand understanding between people with different lived experiences.

Unlikely Collaborators supports the Veterans Breakfast Club because of our shared belief in the power of honest, personal stories to bring people together. Their work centers on helping individuals see beyond assumptions and barriers that keep us disconnected. Our work centers on bridging the civilian–military divide by giving veterans a welcoming place to share their stories of service and homecoming.

Together, we’re creating StoryFest as a place where veterans, families, writers, artists, and the wider public can meet, listen, reflect, and build community, one story at a time.