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| Dates (12 Sept 2025 - 21 Sept 2025) |
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The 2025 edition of The Jane Austen Festival will take place from Friday 12 September to Sunday 21 September and is the largest and longest-running Jane Austen Festival in the world.
The festival begins with the highly anticipated Regency Costumed Promenade, which fills the streets of Bath with over 500 people in Regency dress.
The 10-day festival includes a varied programme of events inspired by the timeless works of Jane Austen including: guided walks, costumed balls, theatrical performances, talks and more.
Visit the festival website for the latest updates and ticket availability.
2025 Festival Programme
Friday 12 September
- 9am - Jane Austen's Bath - minibus tour
- 10am - Sense & Sensibility Book Club
- 12pm - Friday Festival Fayre
- 1pm - "Carriages" to Meryton & Longbourn - minibus tour
- 1:45pm & 3:30pm - Taking Tea at No.1 Royal Crescent with Choux Box Patisserie
- 2pm - Austen's Arcadia
- 2pm - Jane Austen's Bath Homes - walking tour
- 2pm - Hartfield Country Dance Ball
- 3:30pm - Draw back the Curtain
- 7pm - Donwell Abbey Ball
- 8pm - Sense & Sensibility: The Musical
Saturday 13 September
- 9am - A Very Private Public Breakfast
- 11am - Grand Regency Costumed Promenade
- 12pm - Festival Fayre
- 12:30pm - A Whole Campful of Soldiers
- 1pm & 3pm - Croquet Game
- 1pm - "Carriages" to Meryton & Longbourn - minibus tour
- 1:30pm and hourly until 4pm - Austen's Lost & Found - theatrical walking tour
- 2pm - Longbourn Country Dance Ball
- 4pm - Rummaging through the Reticule
- 7pm - Rosings Park Ball
- 8pm - Sense & Sensibility: The Musical
- 8pm - Pride & Prejudice at Bath Abbey
- 8pm - Hunsford Parsonage Assembly
Sunday 14 September
- 7:45am - In Pursuit of Jane Austen - minibus tour to Hampshire
- 10am - A Very Private Public Breakfast
- 10am & 12pm - Jane Austen & Bath - walking tour
- 10am - A Whole Campful of Soldiers
- 11am, 1pm & 3pm - Croquet Game
- 11am - Ladies of Leisure
- 11:30am - Regency Church Service at Bath Abbey
- 12pm - Regency Picnic at Sydney Gardens
- 1pm - The Fee Tail and Female Fury in Austen's Legal World
- 1:30pm and hourly until 4pm - Austen's Lost & Found - theatrical walking tour
- 2pm - 250 Years of Austen in Bath - Embroidery workshop
- 2pm - Mr Tilney's Assembly Ball
- 4pm - Rummaging through the Reticule
- 7pm - Pleasure Gardens
- 8pm - Sense & Sensibility: The Musical
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