Archery

10:30 - Thursday 18th & Saturday 20th September

Adventurous spirits, grasp your bow and arrow - prepare for a marvellous experience!
On arrival, you'll be welcomed by your host, a GB Archery qualified instructor, as you take in Kelston Roundhill's breath-taking views. They'll guide you through the woodland walk towards the archery range - where all the magic happens. Here, you will be shown everything you need to know about your bow and arrow, the rules on the range and safety demonstration. Once all bases are covered, it's time to show off your newly learned skills with plenty of Archery games!

Venue: Brocks Outdoor Advertures, Kelston, Bath BA1 9AF

Tickets £35

Bookbinding for Jane Austen - workshop

Wednesday 17th September - 9:00

Rediscover the joys of making with your hands and engage with the ultimate portable technology: the book. But not just any book. The covers will be made using wallpaper faithfully reproduced from Jane Austen's house, Chawton.
In this workshop, Kate will guide you step-by-step in the traditional craft of bookbinding. You will come away with a hardback book that you have made from scratch and all the basic bookbinding skills that will enable you to continue and elaborate at home.

This session is suitable for all (8+ children to be supervised). All materials and tools will be provided. Some of those tools are sharp!

Venue: Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £55

Bonnet and Turban workshop

10:00 - Thursday 11th & Monday 15th September

Complete your outfit with one of my popular part-made bonnets or turbans choose your trimmings from a wide selection provided. All materials and refreshments included, this workshop is aimed at beginners/intermediate level.
Please email Sylvia: regencyworkshops@gmail.com for fabric options silks, satins or cottons.

Venue: The Artpad, Pulteney St, Bath, BA2 4DN

Tickets £90 from regencyworkshops@gmail.com

Print Culture & Calling Card Etiquette in the time of Jane Austen - workshop

Friday 19th September - 10:30 & 13:30

Giving and receiving visiting cards was essential to Regency social etiquette. Using Persuasion as an example, we will explore Austen's depictions of their use (and abuse) in communication and maintaining social hierarchies.

Typography expert Manfred Makowski will then demonstrate the creation of authentic replica cards, including video footage from his letter press studio. Participants can examine various traditional print materials, movable type, decorative elements, and tools.
Each participant will receive a hand-printed souvenir calling card celebrating Austen’s 250th birthday to keep.

Venue: Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £25

Croquet Game

Saturday 13th September - 13:00 & 15:00

Sunday 14th September - 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00

Tuesday 16th September - 13:00 & 15:00

Friday 19th September - 10:00 & 12noon

Sunday 21st September - 14:00

Spend 1 hour experiencing the Regency sport of "Pall-Mall" with an outdoor croquet game at Bath Croquet Club. Equipment and introductory instructions provided, enjoy a relaxed game of croquet, followed by post-match refreshments in the Croquet Pavilion. (Refreshments included in the ticket price)

Venue: Bath Croquet Club, Great Pulteney Street, Recreation Ground, BA2 4DS (entrance via Great Pulteney Street)

Tickets £25

Curl Hairpiece Workshop

Tuesday 16th September - 9:30 & 12:30

Join us for a workshop on constructing your own clip-in curls to complete your Regency hairstyle. This hands-on, 2 hour session, will take you through the steps to create historically inspired curls using human hair. At the end of the workshop, you will have built your own easy to wear curls that will be ready to wear by the next day.

Your instructors, Juliana and Angela, are long time re-enactors and have both built multiple sets of hair pieces over the years. You will be provided with resources, a complete set of written instructions with reference pictures, and lots of advice during the workshop!

PLEASE NOTE: Most supplies will be provided at the time of the workshop. However, your participation in this workshop requires that you purchase ahead of time your own supply of human hair for the project which matches your own hair colour. Please do not buy synthetic hair for this workshop, it must be human hair. Once you purchase your ticket, information will be provided on the type of ‘human hair’ extension to purchase.

Venue: Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £42

Academy for Dancing - Regency dance workshop

Monday 15th September - 10:00

'The Jane Austen Dancers respectfully inform the Nobility, Gentry & Public in general, that they intend to give a dance Workshop, as an agreeable mode of introducing attendees into the art of dancing. Any awkward diffidence at public Assemblies will be divested by attending and enjoying our choice selection of Country Dances.”
[based on extant Bath dance school advert]

Aimed at all levels of ability, no need to bring a partner. Period costume (no trains) is welcome but not essential. Please wear flat, non-slip shoes, light clothing and bring a drink. A good understanding of English is necessary to understand the teaching.

Venue: City of Bath Scouts, 7 Grove St, Bathwick, BA2 6PJ

Tickets £18

Dance like Jane Austen, 1775 to 1817 - Regency dance workshop

Tuesday 16th September - 10:00

To celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen’s birth, join the Jane Austen Dancers to learn some of the dances which were popular throughout Jane Austen’s lifetime, 1775 to 1817. We’ll enjoy a variety of Country Dances of this era, a Cotillion of ‘her day’ and a fashionable Quadrille figure from 1817.

Aimed at all levels of ability, there’s no need to bring a partner. Period costume (no trains) is welcome but not essential. Please wear flat, non-slip shoes, light clothing and bring a drink. A good understanding of English is necessary to understand the teaching.

Venue: Elwin Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £20

"Every Savage Can Dance" - Regency dance workshop

Wednesday 17th September - 14:00

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the BBC adaptation and 20th anniversary of the film of Pride and Prejudice with the Jane Austen Dancers, enjoying some of the ever-popular, but harder dances that feature in these much loved adaptations.

Aimed at those with previous dance experience, there’s no need to bring a partner. Period costume (no trains) is welcome but not essential. Please wear flat, non-slip shoes, light clothing and bring a drink. A good understanding of English is necessary to understand the teaching.

Venue: City of Bath Scouts, 7 Grove St, Bathwick, BA2 6PJ

Tickets £18

“Irresistible Waltz" Country Dancing - Regency dance workshop

Thursday 18th September - 10:00

Jane Austen, in Emma, describes Waltz Country Dance tunes as “irresistible” - so join The Jane Austen Dancers for a sociable session covering dances to these slower waltz tunes popular c1790 -1820. We also take a short look (to avoid ‘waltz vertigo’!) at scandalous Couple Waltzing, popular after 1810 and described by Byron as “wanton”, and follow its route to acceptance in polite society.

Aimed at all levels of ability, there’s no need to bring a partner. Period costume (no trains) is welcome but not essential. Please wear flat, non-slip shoes, light clothing and bring a drink. A good understanding of English is necessary to understand the teaching.

Venue: Elwin Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £20

"Pretty though Inferior"?: Cotillion & Quadrille Dance-off - Regency dance workshop

Friday 19th September - 10:00

"Much obliged for the quadrilles, which I am grown to think pretty enough, though of course they are very inferior to the cotillions of my own day”. Dancers with previous experience, join the Jane Austen Dancers in a more detailed dance session covering the Cotillions of Austen's youth and the Quadrilles that came along later in her life. Then you can decide whether you agree with Austen's preference or not!

This session is aimed at those with previous dance experience and there’s no need to bring a partner. Period costume (no trains) is welcome but not essential. Please wear flat, non-slip shoes, light clothing and bring a drink. A good understanding of English is necessary to understand the teaching.

Venue: City of Bath Scouts, 7 Grove St, Bathwick, BA2 6PJ

Tickets £18

From Pattern to Promenade - beginners dressmaking workshop

Thursday 18th September - 10:00 & 13:00

Join seamstress and dressmaking tutor Anna Vickery for a 2 hour workshop on getting started using paper garment making patterns for Regency costumes.

Suitable for beginners, during this workshop we will discuss everything from choosing a pattern, taking your measurements, reading material requirements to laying out the pattern, cutting the cloth and assembling a garment. Small groups should allow time for individual help, so bring any patterns you’ve got stashed, a pen/notebook and paper scissors.

Venue: Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £48

250 Years of Austen in Bath - Embroidery workshop

Sunday 14th September - 14:00

Celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen’s birth at this special embroidery workshop! Learn traditional techniques to stitch a beautiful Royal Crescent hoop design, commemorating the Jane Austen Festival and the charm of Bath’s iconic architecture.
All materials included, along with expert instruction from Abigail Rose and Sophie Andrews of Laughing With Lizzie. Beginners are welcome, and light refreshments will be served.

Venue: Percy Community Centre, New King St, Bath BA1 2BN

Tickets £62 from buytickets.at/abigailrosecreative

Fabric Dye Workshop

Wednesday 17th September - 12:30 & 14:00

Led by Dr Lindsey Holmes, this workshop allows you to try your hand at dyeing fabrics using plants and flowers, exploring both period and modern techniques. You will create a range of swatches and a guide on how to repeat these processes once you get home, with advice suited to your local plants and flowers.
Feel free to bring small samples of fabrics you want to dye, although everything you need will be provided!

Venue: Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £35

Fencing Workshop

Monday 15th September - 14:00 & 15:30

Wednesday 17th September - 10:00 & 11:30

Friday 19th September - 14:00 & 15:30

Join a Fencing taster workshop with Bath Sword Club and enjoy a taste of the sport rumoured to be Mr Darcy’s favourite. Learn offensive & defensive stances, putting them into choreographed non-contact sequences to experience your own ‘duel’.
Regency costume very welcome, but please be aware that protective safety equipment will be worn including a full head mask and glove. Flat shoes advised.

Venue: City of Bath Scouts, 7 Grove St, Bathwick, BA2 6PJ

Tickets £25

The Jane Austen Letter: tools & techniques

Monday 15th September - 10:00 & 12:30

In Jane Austen's day, personal communication options were limited. You either spoke in person, or you wrote a letter. This is why letter writing skills were so crucial, and the tools and methods so ubiquitous. In this workshop you will get hands-on experience in all the essential components: paper, pounce, quill, ink, sand, then fold, seal, and post! And, if you are particularly ambitious (and have a lot to say, but not a lot to spend) we might even try 'cross-writing'!

Venue: Duncan Room, BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, BA1 2HN

Tickets £16

Make / Sew Bold - Jane Austen workshop

Friday 19th September - 10:00

If we may MAKE / SEW BOLD, you are invited to our Georgian studio on Great Pulteney Street to customise your own Regency-style reticule - the perfect accessory! You will choose a reticule from our selection and then customise it using beautiful items from our vintage haberdashery bar to complement your favourite gown.
No sewing experience required - all sustainably sourced, quality fabrics and haberdashery is provided along with a CREAM TEA!

Venue: The Artpad, 62 Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4BP

Tickets £45

Parasol workshop

14:00 - Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th & Monday 15th September 

Complete your outfit with this elegant Regency-style parasol and matching Bag with removable handle for ease of travel, its part made for you to complete and trim. Learn how to replace the canopy using the pattern provided, to match any outfit. All materials and refreshments provided.
Please email Sylvia: regencyworkshops@gmail.com for fabric options silks, satins or cottons.

Venue: The Artpad, Pulteney St, Bath, BA2 4DN

Tickets £130 from regencyworkshops@gmail.com

Regency Rum Bluffers: “Persuasion” -  singing workshop

Tuesday 16th September - 11:00

A chance to dive into Jane Austen’s songs about faithful sailors and their constant true loves. Bring “Persuasion” to life with group songs and, as usual, with an entertaining quiz.
No previous singing experience is needed and the songs will be taught by ear, so there is no need to be able to read music.

Venue: The Mission Theatre, 32 Corn St, Bath BA1 1UF

Tickets £25

Regency Rum Bluffers: “Desert Island Austen” - singing workshop

Thursday 18th September - 11:00

Imagine Jane on a desert island - what music would she choose? What luxury would she take? What book would she choose? Join this group session to sing the songs Jane might chose and speculate with us on what book and which luxury she would choose.
As always, no previous singing experience is needed and the songs will be taught by ear, so there is no need to be able to read music.

Venue: The Mission Theatre, 32 Corn St, Bath BA1 1UF

Tickets £25

Sew Chatty

Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th September - 12 noon

Bring along your sewing, last-minute hemming, embroidery, or latest bonnet in need of trimming to The Roseate Villa, Henrietta Road, Bath for a midday session of sewing, chatting and sharing sewing advice (or sewing woes!) with other like-minded Austen friends.

Venue: The Roseate Villa, Henrietta Road, Bath, BA2 6LX

Free Event - please reserve your place

Sewing with Jane Austen

Thursday 18th September - 11:00

Create your own 18th-century ‘Hussif,’ a sewing accessories wrap, using fabrics from the 'At Home with Jane Austen' collection. Learn traditional hand-sewing techniques while crafting a practical and stylish wrap for your sewing tools.

Perfect for beginners and experienced crafters, this workshop combines creativity and history for a unique experience. All materials and light refreshments provided. Led by Abigail Rose, embroidery artist and seamstress, with assistance from Sophie Andrews, aka Laughing With Lizzie.

Venue: Percy Community Centre, New King St, Bath BA1 2BN

Tickets £65 from abigailrosecreative@gmail.com