Jane Austen Festival 2024
We look forward to welcoming you to the 23rd annual Jane Austen Festival
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.
General ticket sales for the 2024 Festival will begin on Wednesday May 8th at 13:00 BST.
Wristband tickets for the Grand Regency Costumed Promenade are already on sale via the promenade page
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Keep reading below for all updates about the 2024 Festival.
Festival events sorted by type
As 2024 Jane Austen Festival events are finalised and announced they will added here:
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