The 19th Jane Austen Festival, Ten wonderful days of celebrating all things Austen in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath.
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Priority booking for Festival Friends opens on Monday 17th June. Tickets go on general sale from Bath Box Office on Monday 1st July.
Click on the date to see all the events on that day. Then click on each event for more details and link to online ticket sales.
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Friday 13th September 2019 12pm – Courtship with Kim Hicks – theatrical 4pm – Theatre in Jane Austen’s time – talk 6pm – Pre-Festival Get together |
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Saturday 14th September 2019 9am – A very private public breakfast – food 11am – Grand Regency Costumed Promenade 11.30am – Festival Fayre – in the Guildhall 12 noon – Pride & Prejudice – short theatrical 1.30pm – Austen Undone! – Theatrical comedy walk 3.45pm – What Kitty Did Next – Carrie Kablean talk 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk 4.30pm – Absolute beginners pre-ball workshop 8pm – The Festival Country Dance Ball |
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Sunday 15th September 2019 10am – A very private public breakfast – food 10.30am – Tour of Beckford’s Tower with Dr Amy Frost 11am – Jane Austen and Bath – walking tour 1.30pm – Austen Undone! – Theatrical comedy walk 2pm – Georgian ice cream – with Jane Walton 2.30pm – Jane Austen and the pleasure garden – walk 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk 6pm – Being Mr Wickham – Theatrical Premier |
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Monday 16th September 2019 9.15am – Your carriage awaits – Bath minibus tour 10am – Crime in the time of Jane Austen – walk 10.30am – As danced on TV – beginners dance workshop 11am – Buildings you don’t know in Austen – talk 1.15pm – Meryton tour to Laycock and Devizes 1.30pm – As danced on TV – improvers dance workshop 2pm – Reading Austen – favourite chapters 3.30pm – Yours very affectionately, Jane – narrated dance 7.30pm – A noisy game of lottery tickets – evening soiree |
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Tuesday 17th September 2019 9.15am – Your carriage awaits – Bath minibus tour 10am – Dubious wealth, questionable freedoms – walk 10am – Create your own reticule – workshop 10.30am – Be more Jane – Sophie Andrews book signing 12.15pm – ‘A tendency to some particular evil’ – talk 1.15pm – Meryton tour to Laycock and Devizes 2pm – Reading Austen – favourite chapters 2pm – ‘To be fond of dancing…’ – Charlotte Cumper 4pm – Kitchens and cooking in Austen’s England – talk 5.30pm – Pre-Theatre supper at the Regency Tea Rooms 8pm – Honours of the table – Mr Adams the Butler |
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Wednesday 18th September 2019 9.15am – Your carriage awaits – Bath minibus tour 10am – The 5 crescents – walking tour 10am – Create your own soft bonnet/turban 10.30am – Morning call – with Festival crew 1.15pm – Meryton tour to Laycock and Devizes 2pm – Beginners Archery Taster Session 2pm – Reading Austen – favourite chapters 2.30pm – Lady Susan – matinee improvised performance 2.30pm – Jane Austen and Bath – walking tour 5.30pm – Pre-Theatre supper at the Regency Tea Rooms 8pm – Lady Susan – improvised performance 9.15pm – Ghost walk of Bath – Laugh at Bath Tours |
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Thursday 19th September 2019 8.45am – Austen’s Hampshire Haunts – minibus tour 8.45am – Day trip to Clifton and Blaise Castle 10am – Create your own reticule – workshop 10am – Austen’s Bath v Fanny Burney’s City – walk 10.30am – As Danced by Royalty in 1819 – workshop 12noon – Murder at Mansfield Park – Moonstone 12.45pm – Create your own soft bonnet/turban 2pm – Reading Austen – Lady Susan 3.30pm – Layers of Jane Austen – talk 5.30pm – Beastly Bath – walk Laugh at Bath Tours 7.30pm – Bad girls and bonnets – History Wardrobe |
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Friday 20th September 2019 8.45am – Austen’s Hampshire Haunts – minibus tour 10am – Who’s for tea or coffee? – walk 11am – Acting Masterclass with Karen Eterovich 12.30pm – Theatre in Jane Austen’s time – talk 2pm – Pre-Ball dance workshop 2pm – Reading – Lady Susan 3.45pm – Adapting Austen – Anna Lea 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk 7pm – An evening of Austen delights – Tea Rooms 7pm – Regency Costumed Masked Ball |
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Saturday 21st September 2019 9am – A very private public breakfast – food 10am – A novel experience – walking tour 11am – What matters in Jane Austen? John Mullan 3pm – Yours, Jane Austen – Harker Productions 5.15pm – Miss Morland’s guide to Bath – walk 8pm – Cheer from Chawton – Karen Eterovich |
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Sunday 22nd September 2019 10.30am – Its Not Rosings! – Dr Amy Frost 11am – Jane Austen her home and her friends – walk 12noon – Mini-promenade from The Circus |
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