The 18th Jane Austen Festival was Ten wonderful days of celebrating all things Austen in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath.
…This is what we did in 2018 – next year there will be different events
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Friday 14th September 2018 12 noon – Jane Austen & Marriage* 4pm – Draw back the curtain* 6pm – Pre-Festival Get Together |
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Saturday 15th September 2018 9am – A private public breakfast 10am – 33rd Regiment of Foot 11am – Regency Costumed Promenade 12noon – Festival Fayre 12.15pm – Pride & Prejudice at the Fayre 1.30pm (6 tours) Austen Undone! 4pm – Where’s Jane? 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule 8pm – Country Dance Ball |
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Sunday 16th September 2018 10am – A private public breakfast 10am – 33rd Regiment of Foot 11am – Jane Austen & Bath walk 11.30am – Tour of Beckford’s Tower 1.30pm (5 tours) Austen Undone! 2pm – Reading Persuasion 2.30pm – Austen & the pleasure garden walk 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule 6pm – Northanger Abbey 8pm – Ghost walk of Bath 8.30pm – One last song – Rosie Lomas |
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Monday 17th September 2018 9.30am – Your carriage awaits minibus tour 10am – Where to find that man – walk 10.30am – All aboard Laconia – dance workshop 11am – Bath v Lyme Dr Amy Frost 12.15pm – Mr Wickham & Mrs Clarke – talk 1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock & Devizes 1.30pm – As dance at Bath – dance workshop 2pm – Austen Sisters – Rowan Suart 2pm – Reading Persuasion 3.30pm – Jane Austen’s Assemblies – Performance 6.30pm – Jane Austen The Radical – Helena Kelly 8pm – The apothecary to send for – John White |
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Tuesday 18th September 2018 9.30am – Outing to Stourhead – day trip* 9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour 10am – Life’s Lottery – walk 11.30am – I never wish to offend – etiquette 1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock & Devizes 2pm – Reading Persuasion 8pm – The Admiralty entertains – John White |
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Wednesday 19th September 2018 9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour 10am – United at last! – walk 1.30pm – Meryton tour of Lacock & Devizes 2pm – Reading Persuasion 2.30pm – Jane Austen & Bath – walk 7.30pm – Jane Austen’s Persuasion – A Musical Drama |
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Thursday 20th September 2018 9am – Austen’s Hampshire haunts – tour 10am – Gambling – walk 10.30am – As danced in 1818 – dance workshop 12noon – Lunch at Longbourn – Theatre Royal Bath* 2pm – Reading Persuasion 3pm – Jane Austen’s Persuasion – A Musical Drama 5.30pm – Beastly Bath – walk 8pm – Rational Creatures – spoken word performance |
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Friday 21st September 2018 9am – Austen’s Hampshire haunts – tour 10am – Grand walk to Weston – walk 11am – The Longbourn letters – talk 12noon – The importance of aunts – Angela Barlow* 12.3pm – Conversation with Adrian Lukis (Wickham) 2pm – Spirituality of Jane Austen – Bath Abbey 2pm – Pre-Ball Dance Workshop 2pm – Reading Persuasion 4pm – Draw back the curtain – tour* 6.30pm – Twilight tour of No.1 Royal Crescent (4 tours) 7pm – Regency Costumed Masked Ball |
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Saturday 22nd September 2018 8.30am – Day trip to Lyme Regis & Sidmouth 10am – A private public breakfast 11.45am – Building Austen’s world: architectural fact and fiction – in Jane Austen – with Dr Amy Frost 2pm – Reading Persuasion 2pm – Underwear in Georgian England 3.30pm – Anne Elliot’s guide to Bath – walk 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule 6pm – One wish to air and liberty – gardens talk 8pm – Darcy’s Ball |
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10.30am – Persuasion with John Mullan |
Pictures will be taken at most events but only a small selection posted on this site. If you see an image of yourself and do not wish it to be on our website please let us know and it will be removed.
