Jane Austen Festival, Bath, UK

Jane Austen Festival, Bath, UK 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.
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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

Join Maggie Barton for a lively, but respectful, look at the rituals surrounding death, grief and funerals in Regency En...
15/06/2026

Join Maggie Barton for a lively, but respectful, look at the rituals surrounding death, grief and funerals in Regency England.

Her sparkling narrative will include the roles of clergymen, mutes, mourners and the newly emerging profession of Undertakers.

The talk will feature deaths in the Austen family, concluding with the death and funeral of Jane Austen herself – have your black-edged hanky at the ready!

Join us for an evening of wonderful music in the elegant Pump Room Resturant.Back by popular demand from the 2025 festiv...
09/06/2026

Join us for an evening of wonderful music in the elegant Pump Room Resturant.

Back by popular demand from the 2025 festival we have Pride & Prejudice in Words & Music.

Join us in the Pump Rooms for a three-course meal, accompanied by music and a re-telling of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, from violinist Leora Cohen, with pianist Paul Wingfield and narrator Susan Rutherford.

Gill Hornby's dynamic, abridged telling of Jane Austen’s witty and moving Pride and Prejudice is accompanied throughout by a piano and violin duet. The superb music is familiar and loved by many; composed by Carl Davis for the iconic 1995 BBC TV adaptation… returning by popular demand from 2025!

Your ticket includes a starter, a main course with sharing sides, and a trio of desserts.

For full event details and to book tickets click on the link in the comments.

This week is Volunteers' Week and we would like to celebrate our wonderful Jane Austen Festival stewards.The hard work a...
04/06/2026

This week is Volunteers' Week and we would like to celebrate our wonderful Jane Austen Festival stewards.

The hard work and dedication of our volunteer stewards is at the heart of the festival. We simply couldn't run it without them!

Our 2025 stewarding team was our largest ever, truly fit for a 250th anniversary year.

From litter picking after the Pleasure Gardens to pinning up trains at a ball, the duties of a steward are certainly varied!

We hope you join us in giving thanks to all our volunteer stewards for everything that they do.

31/05/2026

We've just about recovered from our amazing Gardens of Sotherton Summer Ball

Here is a little snippet of some of the truly accomplished Regency dancing we saw last night!

All of the dances were garden themed, guests can be seen dancing 'A Fig for Bonaparte'


Temperatures have been rising this week! Although this weekend is a little cooler, we still expect warm temperatures for...
30/05/2026

Temperatures have been rising this week!

Although this weekend is a little cooler, we still expect warm temperatures for our summer ball tonight.

Read our tips for keeping cool in the ballroom.

"To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment"We are certainly appreciating...
27/05/2026

"To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment"

We are certainly appreciating the shade of our gardens this week, but what were gardens like during the Regency period?

Timothy Mowl’s lavishly-illustrated talk will consider designed landscapes and gardens in Jane Austen’s novels, not only as representative of current horticultural fads, but as important elements in the plots, providing the background to moments of high emotional drama.

📅 Tuesday 15th September 2026
🕑 12 noon
🎟 Tickets £13

To purchase tickets and view other festival events, click on the link in the comments.

This talk will also be streamed live online, tickets can be purchased via our website.

We are looking forward to our Gardens of Sotherton Summer Ball this Saturday.We've been taking inspiration from many of ...
25/05/2026

We are looking forward to our Gardens of Sotherton Summer Ball this Saturday.

We've been taking inspiration from many of the beautiful gardens around Bath for our costumes!

One of our favourites is The Botanical Gardens, which we will be exploring again this year on the festival mini promenade.

Which is your favourite garden or green space in Bath?

Enjoy the Jane Austen Festival from the comfort of your own home.We are delighted to again be collaborating with the to...
19/05/2026

Enjoy the Jane Austen Festival from the comfort of your own home.

We are delighted to again be collaborating with the to live-stream a selected number of our Festival talks.

These Zoom tickets are sold and managed by the BRLSI team. When you join, your camera is automatically switched off and you will be muted. You will have an opportunity to type questions into the chatbox, which our volunteer stewards will put to the speaker at the end of the presentation, if time allows.

Please note that the talks are not recorded to share afterwards, they are live only.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click on the link in the comments.

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Bath
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