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Hosted by the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, UK, this world famous annual Festival in September has something for everyone. The events are varied and many.

Dates of the 2025 Jane Austen Festival in Bath are from Friday 12th to Sunday 21st September. Starting with the world famous Grand Regency Costumed Promenade through the city, followed by walks, demonstrations, workshops, a historical Festival Fayre, themed Regency Balls, and lots more throughout the 10 day festival. See our website for more information. www.janeausten.co.uk

09/09/2026

Important travel information for anyone travelling to the promenade by train on Saturday.

It has been brought to our attention that there will be planned engineering works taking place around Bath & Chippenham over Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September.

Saturday 12 September:

Some trains between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads, plus services between Oxford and Bristol Temple Meads, will use an alternative route.

These trains will not stop at either Chippenham or Bath Spa.

Other train services between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads will also be diverted using another alternative route instead.

These trains will not stop at Didcot Parkway, Swindon or Chippenham, but these will stop at Bath Spa.

Rail replacement buses will be in operation, please check the GWR website for further details.

08/09/2026

Bookmark this post if you are attending the Jane Austen Festival 🔖

In this post we have all the handy dates and times to smoothly plan your first two days at the Jane Austen Festival.

Promenade wristbands won’t be posted out this year, so please factor in time to pick them up once you reach Bath. You can pick them up at the following times and places:

📆 Friday 11th September
📍Bath Guildhall, Georgian Room
Pick up between 12:30 - 17:30 and 20:00 - 21:00

If you are able to pick up your wristband on Friday, please do so to keep things running smoothly and swiftly on Saturday morning.

📆 Saturday 12th September
📍 The Royal Crescent (start point of the promenade
Pick up from festival stewards 9:00 - 10:30

This year our Festival Fayre is split across two Venues:

Bath Guildhall, Brunswick Room
Bath Pavilion

📆 Friday 11th September
12 noon - 17:00 (last entry 16:30)
💰 Entry £5 includes both venues

📆 Saturday 12th September
12 noon - 17:00 (last entry 16:30)
💰 Entry £5 includes both venues
(Promenade wristband holders go free on Saturday)

For those of you joining us for an event in Bath, remember that QR code tickets to all our events will be sent to you 48 hours before each event starts, so be prepared to keep a weather eye on your inbox during the festival.

07/09/2026

As part of the Jane Austen Festival, Postscript Books will be bringing a special pop-up bookshop to the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
from Monday 14th to Wednesday 16th September.

Browse a hand-picked selection of books inspired by Jane Austen and the Festival’s topics, including titles on the Regency period, British history, biography, literature, art, architecture, gardens and many other fascinating subjects.
Whether you're a devoted Austen reader or simply enjoy discovering books at exceptional prices, there's something for everyone.

📆 Monday 14th September 10:00 - 17:00
📆 Tuesday 15th September 9:30 - 17:30
📆 Wednesday 16th September 9:30 - 16:30

📍 Draper Room, BRLSI, Queen Square

06/09/2026

Still got sewing to finish at this year's Jane Austen Festival?

Fear not! Join us at one of our sewing drop in sessions. We have two different types of sessions this year:

Oh Sew Quiet:

New for 2026… Oh Sew Quiet!
Quiet sewing drop-in session, bring your own hand-sewing project along.

If you need to sit down quietly and crack on with a sewing project (perhaps as a deadline draws near!), this is the sewing session for you.

📆 Friday 11th & 18th September / 10:30
📍 Bath Central Library

Sew Chatty:

Bring along your sewing, last-minute hemming, embroidery, or latest bonnet in need of trimming to the Drawing Room (or gardens) of the Bath Priory for a session of sewing, chatting and sharing sewing advice (or sewing woes!) with other like-minded Austen friends.

📆 Wednesday 16th September / 14:00
📍 Bath Priory, Weston Road

03/09/2026

Last Chance to book your tickets for the Jane Austen Festival online!

We will be taking all tickets off sale on Friday 4th September at midnight. After this point you will only be able to purchase tickets to events 'on the door'. We can take both cash and card payments on the door.

Please note there will be no 'on the door' sales or returned tickets for any of our sold out events. This includes our Grand Regency Promenade which is sold out.

We will also not be able to process any returned tickets after Friday 4th September.

01/09/2026

Sense & Sensibility: A Jane Austen Festival Premiere + Live Intro

The Jane Austen Festival in collaboration with Universal Pictures and Everyman Cinema, is proud to host an exclusive preview screening of Sense & Sensibility ahead of it's release in cinemas on September 25th.

Enjoy a drinks reception hosted by Universal Pictures from 18:00, followed by an exclusive extended introduction to each film screening from director Georgia Oakley & screenwriter Diana Reid.

There will be three film screenings each with their own introduction.

Two of our film screenings have sold out, but we are pleased to open up a third screen for bookings today.

You can book tickets by visiting the link in the comments

📆 Thursday 17th September 18:00
📍 Everyman, Bath

30/08/2026

Our top Jane Austen Festival picks for £15 and under

Swipe through to see a selection of our favourite talks and performances on offer for £15 and under.

Click on the link in our page bio to view the full programme of events and to purchase tickets.

Address

40 Gay Street
Bath
BA12NT

Website

https://janeausten.co.uk/pages/festival

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