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Jane Austen Festival

Ten days in Bath celebrating Jane Austen

Bath, England
10th-19th September 2021
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2019 Festival

The 19th Jane Austen Festival, Ten wonderful days of celebrating all things Austen in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath was a great success! Thank you everyone who attended and made this year’s festival so spectacular. 

Photos from the 2019 Jane Austen Festival Bath have arrived! Follow the link below

Owen Benson Photographer

CLICK here for pdf of 2019 Programme

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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
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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