Jane Austen Festival 2024
The 2024 Jane Austen Festival has now ended.
This page remains visible for visitors to read as an example of how and when Festival news is released regarding tickets and events.
All future events and pricing will be subject to change.
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For 2024 our Jane Austen Festival Photographer was
Sean Strange Photography.
Click below to go to his website for all the 2024 Festival photos.
Friday 13th to Sunday 22nd September 2024
The full Jane Austen Festival 2024 programme can be viewed by clicking the button below which will take you to the homepage for 2024.
Tickets for Jane Austen Festival events are no longer on sale online.
Tickets remaining will be sold on-the-door or at the start point of events, (cash or card) a minimum of 10 minutes before the event start time.
It will be first come first serve to purchase them from Festival Stewards.
Events with ticket availability remaining can be found here:
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Keep reading below for all updates about the 2024 Festival.
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Tuesday 8th October
For 2024 our Jane Austen Festival Photographer was
Sean Strange Photography.
Click below to go to his website for all the 2024 Festival photos.
Saturday 7th September
Tickets are no longer available to pre-purchase online. Events with tickets remaining will sell tickets on-the-door, or at the start point of each event. Tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis by Festival Stewards, cash preferred but card accepted too subject to signal.
A list of those events which with tickets remaining for door sales can be found here.
Promenade wristbands are unlimited, these can be purchased from Festival stewards at the Holburne Museum from 9:30 on Saturday 14th September.
We are no longer accepting returned tickets to re-sell them.
If you contacted the Festival team before Friday 6th September we will continue to finalise these resales.
Friday 23rd August
Here in the Festival office we are dealing with some last minute event plans and tweaks; we are sad to announce that Caroline Jane Knight and Christian Brighty will both no longer be appearing at the 2024 Jane Austen Festival.
So, we are pleased to announce that we have secured long-time friend of the Festival Dr. Amy Frost to lead us through “That’s not Pemberley… But does it matter?” on Wednesday 18th September at 11:30.
That’s not Pemberley…but does it matter?
Wednesday 18th September
11:30 (duration 1 hour)
Venue: The Mission Theatre, 32 Corn Street, BA1 1UF
Tickets £13
We all sigh watching Jane Austen adaptations when scenes set in Bath have clearly been filmed in Dublin or Rosings doesn’t quite match what we imagine it to be. Join Dr Amy Frost in an exploration of the inaccuracies of buildings and locations in Austen adaptations and for a lively discussion about if it really matters when they get it ‘wrong’.
We at the Jane Austen Festival are hopelessly heartbroken that Lord Christian Brighty had to cancel last minute for the 2024 Jane Austen Festival. But, he didn’t leave us sobbing into our lace hankies… he introduced us to another member of his esteemed ton, Rosalie Minnitt, who will bringing her sell-out success Clementine to the Festival!
Clementine
Thursday 19th September
21:00 (duration 1 hour)
Venue: The Mission Theatre, 32 Corn Street, BA1 1UF
Tickets £17
Lady Clementine has until her 27th birthday to find the one. When her latest beau goes missing, she embarks on a hilariously unhinged quest to solve the mystery of her ill fortune. But with neither sense nor sensibility, will our romantic heroine find love in time?@rosalieminnitt
One of The Guardian's Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2023. - Telegraph's Funniest Shows of the Fringe 2023 & 2024. - Skinny 2024 Ultimate Comedy Recs.' - Absolutely barnstorming' ★★★★ (Telegraph) - 'Hilarious and heartwarming' ★★★★ (Time Out) - 'Painstakingly crafted and brilliantly performed' ★★★★ (Chortle.co.uk)★★★★★ (BroadwayWorld.com)★★★★★ (TheatreWeekly.com)
Just like Christian Brighty’s show, this is not viewers of a delicate disposition!
This performance is only suitable for viewers aged 18+ as it may contain scenes of a sexual nature and language. The Jane Austen Festival takes no responsibility for anyone swooning for lack of smelling salts; you have been warned!
Tuesday 20th August
Online ticket sales will finish on Saturday 7th September at 11:00am BST.
Don't worry, events with tickets still available will have on-the-door sales (cash or card) from our lovely Festival stewarding team. You will be able to purchase tickets on-the-door from a minimum of ten minutes before each event start time.
A list of events which will have door sales can be found here.
Friday 2nd August
The Surgeons talk on Sunday 15th at 13:00 in the Soldiers Camp will be replaced by a talk on DUELLING by Captain Macfarlane of His Majesty’s 33rd Regiment of Foot.
13:00 – “Pistols at Dawn” – duelling talk
A talk from Captain Macfarlane of His Majesty’s 33rd Regiment of Foot.
Duelling in the time of Jane Austen, fact and fiction comparing how films often portray duels with how they were really conducted.
Free Event - no need to book
Venue: Holburne Museum Grounds, Great Pulteney Street, BA2 4DB
Friday 5th July
At last we have news of the last talk slot to be filled for this year's Jane Austen Festival Programme. The esteemed Angela Barlow from the Jane Austen Society will be joining us in the Bath Assembly Rooms on Sunday 15th at 15:00 to share her take on Jane Austen in London.
Jane Austen & London - with the Jane Austen Society
15:00 (duration 1 hour)
Tickets £13 - now on sale
‘Here I am once more in this scene of Dissipation & Vice, and I begin already to find my morals corrupted.’
Letter from Jane Austen aged 20 to her sister Cassandra.
Actor and writer Angela Barlow uncovers Jane’s changing experience of the wicked capital through twenty years, both in her novels and in her life. Was London a ‘scene of Dissipation and Vice’, a place of ‘Domestic Happiness’, or did the city open up her vision, giving her a new freedom and the gift of a deeper companionship with her brother Henry?
Many images illustrate Angela’s theme, and she includes entertaining extracts from the novels and letters, keeping Jane Austen’s voice in our minds throughout. This talk will also include Q&A time about the Jane Austen Society.
Monday 1st July
Printed versions of the Jane Austen Festival programme are now on their way to Festival Friends, and are available to purchase for £1 in the Jane Austen Centre Giftshop.
Programmes will be available throughout the 2024 Festival itself from Festival Stewards at the largest of the Festival event venues.
If you can't wait for September, a PDF version of the printed programme is available for download by clicking the button below.
Friday 24th May
We are pleased to announce that the Ustinov Studio Theatre, (part of the Theatre Royal Bath family) will be hosting Dyad Production’s one woman adaptation of
Austen's Women: Lady Susan
on Friday 20th September at 19:30 as a special performance for the Jane Austen Festival (full details are below).
There will be three other performances over Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st, but Friday is the one we would love to fill with Jane Austen Festival costumed (or not) visitors.
Friday 18th April 2024
The full 2024 Jane Austen Festival programme of events is now available to view online here.
Printed programmes will be available to purchase during the Festival itself in September, and a PDF version will become available in due course.
Friday 29th March 2024
We are pleased to announce that Promenade wristband tickets will go on sale on Monday 1st April at 11:00. (no this is not an April Fool!) You will be able to purchase them through the Promenade website page.
2024 Festival daily fashion themes
Every year, photos of Festival-goers resplendent in their Regency finest go viral around the world, and the costumes people parade around beautiful Bath are a huge part of making the Festival the success that it is.
For 2024, we are sharing our costume themes for each day with you nice and early, so that any eager beavers wishing to sew new things have a good amount of sewing time.
Remember- the themes are just for fun!
We’re not going to get Lady Catherine-esque about the placement of gowns. You can join in with them as much or as little as you like, and the themes are chosen carefully so they can be flexible; you can achieve them with a whole new outfit or the judicious application of a ribbon, feather or new button!
Friday 23rd February 2024
We have news of the most exciting sort! Like an excitable younger Bennet sister, we know you are all terribly fond of dancing and eager for us to name the day of our next ball. So, we are very happy to announce that we will be welcoming guests to balls on both weekends of the Festival.
The Natural Theatre Company will be gracing us with their hilarious theatrical walking tour Lost & Found on Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th and Saturday 21st September. We know lots more Austen fans join us for the second weekend of the Festival, and we wanted them to enjoy the hilarity as well!
Furthermore, we know that the Festival Fayre can get a little muslin-crushingly busy (with a lack of Mr Tilneys to help out), so for 2024 we will be opening the Festival Fayre on the first Friday as well as the first Saturday. This should give anyone around in Bath on the afternoon of Friday 13th the chance to grab any last minute additions to their Promenading finery before Saturday.
Tuesday 16th January 2024
All details regarding the 2024 Summer Ball on Saturday 29th June are now available on the Summer Ball Page.
Friday 5th January 2024
The next Grand Regency Costumed Promenade will take place on Saturday 14th September 2024
Starting at 11am from in front of The Holburne Museum, find out more about the Promenade here.
Don't forget, become a Festival Friend and recieve a 10% discount code for 2024 Grand Regency Costumed Promenade wristband tickets when they go on sale later in Spring 2024.
Friday 1st December 2023
2024 Festival Friends membership is now on sale!
Become a Festival Friend and support the Jane Austen Festival all year round. The ideal Christmas gift for those restless Austen fans who just can't wait for next year's programme of events to appear already!
Your annual fee of £35 per Festival Friend Membership supports the continuation of The Jane Austen Festival along with other perks, including priority booking on Festival event tickets, and a 10% discount code for 2024 Grand Regency Costumed Promenade wristband tickets.
Buy your Festival Friend membership here > SOLD OUT FOR 2024
Monday 16th October 2023
Announcing our wonderful poster and cover image for the 2024 Jane Austen Festival!
......keep checking back here for more updates
Thursday 17th August 2023
On Saturday 21st September, 2024 in the Pump Rooms, Bath,
the Jane Austen Festival will hold The Northanger Abbey Gothic Ball
Don your Regency gothic finery and join us for a drinks reception lit by flaming torches next to the Roman Baths, followed by dancing and dinner in the Northanger Abbey setting of the Pump Rooms.
Tickets will go on sale in spring of 2024, as ever with priority booking going to our Festival Friends.
Festival Dates 2024
Friday 13th to Sunday 22nd September 2024
Festival Dates 2025
(250th anniversary year!)
Friday 12th to Sunday 21st September 2025
