After a year of waiting here it is!
The 20th annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath
10th to 19th September 2021
Ten wonderful days of celebrating all things Austen in the beautiful city of Bath
See below for ticket availability most events have space and tickets can be bought on the door
Please note: only tickets for events on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September are available to buy online.
CLICK here for pdf of 2021 Programme
Details of all events are also listed below.
- Click on the date to see what’s on that day.
- then –
- Click on each event for more details and the link to online ticket sales.
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Friday 10th September 2021 4pm – Theatre in Jane Austen’s time – talk 6pm – Pre-Festival Get together TICKETS ON DOOR |
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Saturday 11th September 2021 9am – A very private public breakfast – food SOLD OUT 9.15am – In pursuit of Jane – trip to Hants TICKETS AT START 11am – Regency Costumed Promenade TICKETS AT START 11.30am – Festival Fayre – in the Guildhall TICKETS ON DOOR 12 noon – Pride & Prejudice – short theatrical TICKETS ON DOOR 1.30pm – Austen Undone! – comedy walk TICKETS ON DOOR 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk SOLD OUT 4.30pm – Absolute beginners pre-ball workshop SOLD OUT 8pm – The Festival Country Dance Ball SOLD OUT |
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Sunday 12th September 2021 9.15am – Jane Austen’s Bath – driven tour SOLD OUT 10am – A very private public breakfast – food SOLD OUT 10am – Tour of Beckford’s Tower TICKETS AT DOOR 11am – Jane Austen and Bath – walking tour SOLD OUT 1.15pm – to Meryton & Highbury – driven tour SOLD OUT 1.30pm – Austen Undone! – comedy walk TICKETS ON DOOR 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk SOLD OUT 7pm – Austen the Art of Social Distancing TICKETS ON DOOR 8.45pm – Ghost walk of Bath – walking tour TICKETS AT START |
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Monday 13th September 2021 9.15am – In pursuit of Jane Austen – tour to Hants SOLD OUT 10am – Gambling – walking tour TICKETS AT START 10.30am – As danced on TV – workshop TICKETS ON DOOR 10.30am – Space & place in P&P – Amy Frost TICKETS ON DOOR 1.30pm – As danced on TV – workshop TICKETS ON DOOR 4pm – Jane Austen’s Ball – performance TICKETS ON DOOR 8pm – Take a dish of tea with Austen TICKETS ON DOOR |
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Tuesday 14th September 2021 9.15am – Jane Austen’s Bath – driven tour TICKETS AT START 10am – United at last! – walking tour TICKETS ON DOOR 11am – Prom to Pandemic – 20 yrs of Festival TICKETS 1.15pm – Meryton & Highbury – driven tour TICKETS AT START 2.30pm – Pugs & Prejudice – with Freddie TICKETS ON DOOR 8pm – Princely Austen supporter King! TICKETS ON DOOR |
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Wednesday 15th September 2021 9.15am – In pursuit of Jane Austen – Hants SOLD OUT 10am – Quest for a bank balance – walk TICKETS AT START 12noon – Building Austen’s Bath – walk SOLD OUT 2.30pm – Reading Austen post 2020 FREE 5.30pm – Beastly Bath – walking tour TICKETS AT START 7.30pm – Jane Austen & the Cheltonians TICKETS ON DOOR |
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Thursday 16th September 2021 9.15am – Jane Austen’s Bath – driven tour TICKETS AT START 10am – That noble hill – walking tour TICKETS AT START 10.30am – Regency dance – workshop TICKETS ON DOOR 1.15pm – Meryton & Highbury – driven tour 6 TICKETS AVAILABLE 2pm – Jane Austen Embroidery – talk TICKETS ON DOOR 2pm – Pre-Ball dance workshop TICKETS ON DOOR 7pm – Regency costumed Masked Ball – EMAIL FOR TICKETS festival@janeausten.co.uk |
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Friday 17th September 2021 8am – Day trip to Lyme Regis & Sidmouth 5 TICKETS AVAILABLE BUY AT START 9.15am – Pursuit of Jane Austen – tour Hants 1 SPARE TICKET BUY AT START 10.30am – What Jane do? – Julia Golding TICKETS ON DOOR 12.15pm – Anatomy of an Austen novel – talk TICKETS ON DOOR 12.30pm – Theatre in Jane Austen’s time – talk TRB Box Office 3.30pm – Austen writers’ panel – discussion TICKETS ON DOOR 8pm – Almost Austen: with Louise Geller TICKETS ON DOOR |
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Saturday 18th September 2021 9.15am – Jane Austen’s Bath – driven tour 10am – A very private public breakfast – food 10am – What about the workers – walking tour 11.30am – Offstage Austen with John Mullan 1.15pm – to Meryton & Highbury – driven tour 2.30pm – Listening to Miss Bates – John Mullan 8pm – A Decent Proposal – Natural Theatre Co |
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Sunday 19th September 2021 10.30am – Portico to Pigsty: Architecture – talk CHANGE OF VENUE TO – MUSEUM OF BATH ARCHITECTURE 12noon – Mini-promenade from The Circus |
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