Jane Austen's Bath - minibus tour

9:00 (duration 3 hours)

Meet: Outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT 

A combination of walking and driving visiting outdoor locations in Austen's Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Includes Charlcombe, described by Jane as 'being sweetly situated in a little green valley', and finishes with the best view of Bath from that 'Noble Hill'.
For this event you will travel in a small luxury 21st Century minibus driven by your tour guide Adge Secker.

Tickets £48

Sense & Sensibility Book Club

10:00 (duration 1 hour)

Venue: Bath Central Library, 19-23 The Podium, BA1 5AN

You are welcomed to Jane Austen Festival book club, graciously hosted by Bath Library. We will be discussing Sense & Sensibility in small groups, so bring your copy along and come prepared to chat and share your thoughts with others! We will start with the questions attendees suggested when booking, and then see where the discussion leads each small group...
Please reserve a place to indicate you will be attending. You can also suggest a question or point to discuss during the session when booking.

Free Event - please reserve a place

Wristband pick-up point 

10:00 - 18:00 

Venue: Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW

Collection point for both Promenade and Pleasure Gardens pre-purchased wristbands.  

Friday Festival Fayre

12:00 (duration 5 hours - last entry 16:30) 

Venue: Bath Pavilion, North Parade Rd, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EU

For 2025 we will be opening the Festival Fayre for the full Friday afternoon for visitors to pick up some last-minute bits of Regency finery ready for Promenade day! Explore Bath Pavilion full of Regency stalls offering hats, fans, gloves and lots more.

It is advisible to bring cash for swift and guaranteed purchases at the fayre. Capacity of the building is limited so you may have to queue for entrance, last entry will be at 16:30 for a 17:00 close.

Tickets £5 on the door - cash preferred

"Carriages" to Meryton & Longbourn - minibus tour

13:15 (duration 4 hours)

Meet: Outside the Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, BA1 2NT

Starting with a driving tour of Austen’s Bath, then onto the village of Luckington to visit the St Mary with St Ethelbert Church and walk in the footsteps of the P&P 1995 cast. Next Lacock – a village trapped in time and the location for Meryton & Highbury. Then back to Bath to finish with the best view of Bath from that 'Noble Hill’.
For this event you will travel in a small luxury 21st Century minibus driven by your tour guide Adge Secker.

Tickets £58

Taking Tea at No.1 Royal Crescent with Choux Box Patisserie

13:45 & 15:30 (duration 1 hour)

Venue: No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath BA1 2LR

Come and take tea at No.1 Royal Crescent with our friends, Choux Box Patisserie. Your ticket includes a fabulous afternoon tea with a Georgian twist and time to explore the historic house museum after. Our 'Jane Austen in Bath' immersive tour will guide you through the house. For £2.50 extra you can visit our exhibition; 'The Most Tiresome Place in the World: Jane Austen & Bath'.

Tickets £43.50

Austen's Arcadia

14:00 (duration 1 hour)

Meet: In foyer of Theatre Royal, Saw Close, BA1 1ET

Jane Tapley follows the career of one of the earliest and greatest female writers of the 18th century, if not of all time. Hear about her quiet private life as an unmarried vicar's daughter and her personal struggle for independence, and how her novels gathered momentum and appreciation after her death. Talk followed by a Q&A.

Tickets £13 from Theatre Royal Box Office, theatreroyal.org.uk

Jane Austen's Bath Homes - walking tour

14:00 (duration 2hrs 15mins) 

Meet: At the entrance to Green Park Park, Green Park Buildings, BA1 1HZ

Mrs Austen, accompanied by Jane, came to Bath in 1801, looking for suitable accommodation to rent; eventually living at four different addresses in the city. So where did Jane Austen actually live? Walk with Bath Parade Guides to find the locations of her Bath homes and other houses associated with her. 

The tour ends at 4 Sydney Place, opposite the Holburne Museum where refreshments are available.

Tickets £13

Hartfield Country Dance

14:00 (duration 3hrs 30mins) 

Venue: Banqueting Room, Guildhall, High St, Bath BA1 5AW

Join us in the spectacular Banqueting Room of Bath's historic Guildhall for Regency dancing, called by Liz Bartlett of the Jane Austen Dancers. Live music will be provided by Beau's Band. There will be a bar open throughout the event.

Please note that to spare Mr. Woodhouse the worry, this is a food-free event!

Regency costume mandatory for this event. Please do not bring in your own snacks to keep everyone safe.

Tickets £65

Draw back the Curtain

15:30 (duration 1 hour)

Meet: In foyer of Theatre Royal, Saw Close, BA1 1ET

Join Jane Tapley, Special Events Organiser at the Theatre Royal, for an illustrated talk on the theatre in Georgian times and its influence on Jane Austen's novels. The talk will take place in Bath's Georgian theatre built in 1805, the year Austen left Bath for the delights of Clifton.

Tickets £13 from Theatre Royal Box Office, theatreroyal.org.uk

Donwell Abbey Ball

19:00 (duration 4 hours) 

Venue: Banqueting Room, Guildhall, High St, Bath BA1 5AW

We welcome you to an evening of Regency dancing in the spectacular Banqueting Room of Bath's historic Guildhall. Dance calling will be provided by Liz Bartlett of the Jane Austen Dancers, with live music from Beau's Band. Regency games wil be provided by John White of Select Society, downstairs in the Brunswick room. There will be a bar open throughout the event, as well as a cold buffet.
Please note that the dances will be the same as for the Hartfield Country Dance.
Feel free to add a nod to our Donwell Abbey theme with some strawberries in your outfit!
Regency costume mandatory for this event. 

Tickets £100

Sense & Sensibility: The Musical

20:00 (duration 2 hours) 

Venue: Pump Room, Stall St, Bath BA1 1LZ

If ever a novel were screaming for a musical adaptation, Sense & Sensibility is the one. After 2024’s sold out run, Sense & Sensibility: The Musical comes to you in a new, intimate chamber setting, featuring outstanding international singer-actors from the UK Premiere cast. 

Set against the stoic and judgemental values of Regency era England, the Dashwood sisters experience the world very differently. Elinor, patient and thoughtful, upholds the values of society, yet yearns to express her true feelings. Marianne, young and passionate, dives head-first into romance without a thought for her reputation. With its soaring musical score and sensitive lyrics and dialogue, Sense & Sensibility: The Touring Musical invites audiences to live alongside the Dashwood Sisters, their colourful family, friends and even enemies; where people rarely say what they mean, and passions, hidden by society, are realised in song.

The Jane Austen Festival team are pleased to be working in partnership with Bath’s Historic Venues events team to bring you this exciting adaptation of Sense & Sensibility.

Tickets £30