Jane Austen Festival News

Your worldwide guide to Jane Austen 250th Events

Looking for a way to celebrate next year's Jane Austen 250? Check out this post.

The Jane Austen Festival 2024: Two Perspectives

Two Jane Austen fans provide their perspectives on the Jane Austen Festival 2024

Masked Ball Preparation

Short film about the Masked Ball Preparations at this year's Jane Austen Festival in Bath

Discovering Bath with Jane Odiwe

The author of Searching for Captain Wentworth discusses her newest novel, Bath, and the Jane Austen Festival

Jane Austen Festival Video recording last year's events

Photographer, film maker and friend of the Festival Owen Benson has edited together some highlights of last year's Jane Austen Festival. Such a colourful event with costumes, music, food and dance ...

Guinness World Record

It's official! The world record for the  largest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes was achieved by 409 participants, for the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, UK, on 19 September 2009 Th...