Here is a list of Jane Austen events for 2024 that we love, and if you’re a Jane Austen fan – you will too.
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April to June
July to September
October to December
January to March 2024
Exhibition: Jane Austen Treasures
Chawton House, Chawton
Monday 1 January to Monday 6 May
To celebrate our 20th year of opening, this exhibition displays some of the most precious treasures in the collection, and drawing on both Knight and Austen family history and early women’s writing with never-before-displayed objects, new acquisitions, old favourites, and items unique to Chawton House. Free with house entry.
Jane Austen Birthday Ball
Alton Assembly Rooms, Alton, Hampshire
Saturday 13 January 2024
Join the Jane Austen Birthday Ball at the historic Alton Assembly Rooms. The Hampshire Regency Dancers will be showing you how to dance like Jane Austen.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events
Jane Austen Treasures and Tea
Chawton House, Chawton
Thursday 18 January 2024
Visit Chawton House, Jane’s brother Edward’s Great House, for an exclusive special view of a manuscript in Jane Austen’s hand and a guided exhibition tour, followed by a luxurious afternoon tea.
Jane Austen’s London Walk
London
Sunday 21 January
This guided walk is around in Mayfair. This is where Jane Austen frequented when visiting her banking brother, Henry and like all good bankers he went bankrupt! This is where Jane based the London section of Sense and Sensibility.
Pride and Prejudice, Waking Up The House
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton, Hampshire
Sunday 28 January
Join us for a P&P version of this special tour and get an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes as Jane Austen’s House wakes up for the day. In celebration of the publication of Pride and Prejudice on 28 January 1813, this tour will have a Pride and Prejudice twist! Hear stories about the inspiration, publication and reception of Pride and Prejudice as we explore the rooms where it was revised for publication and where Jane read aloud from her first published copy.
Jane Austen Waking Up The House Tickets
Virtual Book Club – Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 28 January
A Pride and Prejudice Day special.. join us onsite at Jane Austen’s House in Chawton for a lively discussion of all things Pride and Prejudice! Bring your thoughts, ideas and observations… bring your favourite quotes and the questions you’ve always wanted to ask… expect stimulating discussion and debate!
The Making of Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 28 January
This Pride and Prejudice Day, join Jane Austen’s House Director, Lizzie Dunford, for a fascinating talk on the making of Pride and Prejudice – the world’s most beloved novel.
The Making of Pride and Prejudice Talk
Virtual Pride and Prejudice Tour
Online from Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 28 January
Join us on Pride and Prejudice Day for a very special virtual guided tour of Jane Austen’s House. Together, we’ll discover the rooms where Pride & Prejudice was revised and edited, and where Jane Austen read the novel aloud to a neighbour on the very day she received her first copy. We’ll examine portraits of people Jane knew who may have inspired characters in the novel, and objects that help the story come to life.
Virtual Pride and Prejudice Tour Tickets
Snowdrops at Chawton House
Chawton House, Chawton
Sunday 4 February
Jane loved snowdrops and would have passed them on the way to her brother’s house. Seen as a symbol of hope, snowdrops signal that spring is just around the corner and the dark, cold days of winter are soon to disappear. All funds from this special event will go to support the National Gardens Scheme charities, including Marie Curie, Macmilian Cancer Support, and Hospice UK.
Chawton House Snowdrops Garden Scheme Tickets
Exhibition: Obstinate Headstrong Girl
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Created for Women’s History Month – March 2024
Lady Catherine de Bourgh calls Elizabeth Bennet ‘obstinate, headstrong girl’. This joyful display shines a light on some of the remarkable and unruly women Jane Austen knew, loved and was inspired by. See the stories of these women, see their favourite objects, and celebrate the Obstinate Headstrong Girls of Jane Austen’s own life.
Obstinate Headstrong Girl Exhibition
Friendship is certainly the finest balm
Online with Jane Austen House Museum
7 March (International Women’s Day)
In this exciting online collaboration with Jane Austen’s House, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and the Brontë Parsonage, join our four literary houses in an evening to celebrate female friendships. We’ll be looking at the influence these relationships had on the works and in the lives of some of Britain’s most loved writers.
Northanger Abbey
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Friday 1 to Saturday 23 March
Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Catherine seizes her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the smart set in Bath. Between balls and parties, she meets worldly, sophisticated Isabella Thorpe – Iz, to her friends – and so Cath’s very own real-life adventure begins
Northanger Abbey Theatre Tickets
Exhibition: The Making of Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Wednesday 13 March to Friday 14 April
The exhibition will showcase a wealth of glorious Pride and Prejudice material, including a rare first edition, a first American edition, a “Peacock edition” illustrated by Hugh Thomson, and a first paperback edition. It also covers adaptations of the novel, from the first theatrical adaptations to the first film released in 1940, and BBC TV adaptations from 1938 – 1995.
Jane Austen House Museum Tickets
Book Club – Lady Susan
Online from Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Thursday 14 March
Join us for our Virtual Book Club – a lively online space in which we will discuss all things Jane Austen! We will focus on Jane Austen’s extraordinary short epistolary novel Lady Susan, which tells the story of the beautiful and unscrupulous widow Lady Susan Vernon – “most accomplished coquette in England”.
Chawton House History Tour
Chawton House, Chawton
Tuesday 26 March
Learn about the evolution of the Estate and discover our connection with Jane Austen and find out how we became home to a unique collection of early women’s writing. You will learn about the people in the paintings, take in views across the historic gardens from the Oak Room, and round off your time with us with a visit to the atmospheric Library.
Chawton House House History Tour
Jane Austen – Her Life and Times
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester
Wednesday 27 March (and also on Saturday 20 April)
Jane Austen was born in Steventon, near Basingstoke, Hampshire in 1775. She died in Winchester in 1817, in rented rooms in College Street. She knew and loved the Cathedral and is buried in the north aisle. Her brother Henry composed the inscription for her ledger stone.
Jane Austen Life and Times Tour
April to June 2024
Virtual Book Club – Sense and Sensibility
Online from Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Thursday 11 April
Join us to discuss Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility. We’ll get the ball rolling with questions, ideas and provocations about the novel and then it’s over to you – as a group we’ll share thoughts, theories, favourites and best-bits.
Book Club Sense and Sensibility Tickets
Life & Times of Jane Austen’s Emma
London
Thursday 11 April (plus 2 May, 6 June, 4 July and 12 September)
Explore the Regency and discover the best seller of 1815! Emma was Jane Austen’s last book published during her lifetime, in December 1815. Join your guide as we “take the air in Brunswick Square”, a favourable past-time for ladies of the day. Discover for the first time, or recall with delight, the story of Emma and the characters that make up this fantastic novel.
Life and Times of Emma London Walk Tickets
Godmersham Park Tour
Godmersham, Kent
Thursday 11 April
Walking in the footsteps of Jane Austen, our tour guide accompanies visitors around the gardens of Godmersham Park and through Godmersham Church. The tour also includes a visit to the Heritage Centre along with refreshments.
Virtual Guided Tour: Obstinate Headstrong Girl
Online with Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Saturday 13 April
“Obstinate, headstrong girl!” – Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Pride and Prejudice.
A lively tour of a new display, Obstinate Headstrong Girls – from the comfort of your own home. This joyful display shines a light on some of the remarkable and unruly women Jane Austen knew, loved and was inspired by. As the display curator, Ellora Sutton will share stories of these women, reveal her favourite objects and stories, and celebrate the Obstinate Headstrong Girls of Jane Austen’s own life.
Obstinate Headstrong Girl Exhibition
Austen’s Women: Lady Susan
The Atkinson Studio, Southport
Wednesday 17 April
Austen’s Women are back – in a brand-new show! Devil-may-care Lady Susan, the coquettish black widow, hunting down not one, but two, fortunes; oppressed, rebellious daughter Frederica; long-suffering sister-in-law Catherine; family matriarch Mrs De Courcy; and insouciant best friend, Alicia. Based on Jane Austen’s first full-length work from 1794, and created entirely from letters.
Jane Austen – Her Life and Times
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester
Saturday 20 April (and also on Wednesday 27 March)
Jane Austen was born in Steventon, near Basingstoke, Hampshire in 1775. She died in Winchester in 1817, in rented rooms in College Street. She knew and loved the Cathedral and is buried in the north aisle. Her brother Henry composed the inscription for her ledger stone.
Jane Austen Life and Times Tour
Virtual Guided Tour: Australia Special
Online with Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 23 April
Enjoy a guided virtual tour of Jane Austen’s House with an Australian twist! This tour is an Australia Special – designed for audiences in Oceania (but open to anyone!). It will include objects with a special link to Australia and New Zealand, and cameo appearances by Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, and Ruth Williamson, Chronicle Editor, joining to share stories of local objects.nd stories, and celebrate the Obstinate Headstrong Girls of Jane Austen’s own life.
Jane Austen House Museum Australia Special Tickets
Virtual Book Club – Pride and Prejudice
Online from Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Thursday 9 May
Join us as we focus on Jane Austen’s most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice. We’ll get the ball rolling with questions, ideas and provocations about the novel and then it’s over to you – as a group we’ll share thoughts, theories, favourites and best-bits.
Book Club Pride and Prejudice Tickets
Godmersham Park Tour
Godmersham Park, Kent
Thursday 9 May
In the footsteps of Jane Austen is a guide led walking tour of Godmersham Heritage Centre, St Lawrence the Martyr Church and the gardens of Godmersham Park.
Exhibition: Chawton In Stitches
Chawton House, Chawton
Monday 13 May to 26 August 2024
Jane was an expert in stitching and sewed neatly, as commented by her brothers, She made shirts and shawls, and embroidered small purses for her nieces. This exhibition showcases the Royal School of Needlework graduate Emily Barnett, who took inspiration from the Chawton House collection. These pieces paint a picture of the ways in which needlework and knitting to watercolour, provided occupation, solace, community and skill to women from the eighteenth century to today.
Chawton In Stitches (Free with House Entry) Tickets
Reading in the Time of Jane Austen
St Laurence’s Church, Town Square, Reading
Tuesday 14 May
Part of the Reading Walks Festival 2024 collection. Jane Austen spent 18 months at school in Reading’s Abbey Gateway in the 18th century. Starting at St Laurence’s Church we will view the area around Jane Austen’s school, and walk to see the town how she might have seen it.
Reading in the Time of Jane Austen Tickets
Mansfield Park Guided Tour
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Saturday 18 May
To celebrate the 210th anniversary of the publication of Mansfield Park, this tour will follow the story of Jane Austen’s mature and serious third novel. See 200 years of Mansfield Park history and the rooms in which Jane wrote the novel. You will also discover objects that relate to Mansfield Park, including a rare first edition, and objects that inspired it including the topaz cross given to Jane by her brother Charles.
Mansfield Park Guided Tour Tickets
Reading in the Time of Jane Austen
St Laurence’s Church, Town Square, Reading
Sunday 19 May
Part of the Reading Walks Festival 2024 collection. Jane Austen spent 18 months at school in Reading’s Abbey Gateway in the 18th century. Starting at St Laurence’s Church we will view the area around Jane Austen’s school, and walk to see the town how she might have seen it.
Reading in the Time of Jane Austen Tickets
A Chronology of Fashion (1810-1820)
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
Tuesday 21 May
Calling all Jane Austen fans! Can you tell a spencer from a pelisse or know what to do with a reticule? Continuing our new Chronology of Fashion join curator Rebecca Quinton in this exploration of surviving garments, accessories and fashion plates from 1810-1820.
The Spirituality of Jane Austen
St Paul’s Cathedral Crypt, London
Saturday 8 June
Paula Hollingsworth says that her themes are not, as is generally thought, romance and marriage, but virtue, wisdom, and inner depth.She will explore Austen’s life and faith, including how suffering changes her writing and faith.
The Spirituality of Jane Austen Tickets
Pride and Prejudice Ball
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Saturday 8 June
In Pride and Prejudice, Chatsworth was used as Pemberley, the residence of Mr Darcy. Attend the Pride and Prejudice Ball, tour the Sculpture Gallery, graced by Mr Darcy himself (that is, the stone bust version), before an evening of dancing in the Carriage House.
Pride and Prejudice Ball at Chatsworth House Tickets
Virtual Book Club – Mansfield Park
Online from Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Thursday 13 June
Join us as we focus on Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park. We’ll get the ball rolling with questions, ideas and provocations about the novel and then it’s over to you – as a group we’ll share thoughts, theories, favourites and best-bits.
Book Club Mansfield Park Tickets
Jane Austen Course
Online Course
Saturday 15 June to Saturday 13 July (repeated Sunday 16 June to Sunday 14 July)
In this course, we will read together and examine Jane Austen’s writings, beginning with a look at her juvenilia. We will read and examine all of her major novels and conclude with a look at later writings. Led by Dr. Feihn.
Jane Austen Alton Regency Week
Alton and Chawton, Hampshire
Friday 21 June to Sunday 31 June
Join us at this festival in Hampshire that celebrate Jane Austen at her final home at Chawton and Alton. Each day there are Jane Austen themed talks, walks, dances, carriage rides, stalls stalls, music, as well as a Regency Ball on the final Saturday evening celebrate Jane’s life and her novels. Tickets go on sale early April and some of the key or new events are included below.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Regency Week Welcome Reception
Alton Community Centre, Alton
Friday 21 June
Drop-in event to meet other Jane Austen fans and the opportunity to meet the hosts of the Regency Week and hear from Caroline Knight.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Regency Dancing Workshop
Alton Assembly Rooms, High Street, Alton
Saturday 22 June at 3.30pm
Try your hand at Regency dancing. This is your chance to learn dance steps in the afternoon before the Regency Ball in the evening. Musicians will be accompanying the ball and instruction will come from Hampshire Regency Dancers.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Regency Ball
Alton Assembly Rooms, High Street, Alton
Saturday 22 June at 7pm
For Mrs Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice” the main concern was seeking out those in the upper layers of society – the eligible men of good fortune – to whom she could marry her daughters. Join us at the Alton Assembly Rooms and enjoy dancing at the Regency Ball.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Regency Picnic
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 23 June at 1pm
Join Jane Austen’s family in a Regency parade from Jane Austen’s House to Chawton House, stopping at St Nicholas Church where Jane prayed. The parade is a fundraiser for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation, founded by Caroline Jane Knight (the last of Jane’s nieces to grow up at Chawton House and Patron of Jane Austen Regency Week), and retraces Jane’s steps from her cottage in the middle of the village to Chawton ‘Great House’, as Jane called it, to the family library.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Regency Picnic
Chasten House Dyers Barn, Chawton
Sunday 23 June at 1.30pm
Join Jane Austen’s family and special guests for a Regency picnic. This year’s speakers include Zoe Wheddon, author of Jane Austen: Daddy’s Girl: The Life and Influence of The Revd George Austen, who will be giving us a deeper insight into the relationship between Jane and her father, and Hazel Mills, who will be talking about some of Jane’s most interesting and unexpected acquaintances.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Choral Evensong for Jane Austen
St Lawrence Church, Alton
Sunday 23 June at 6.30pm
Jane Austen fans are meeting for refreshments in the garden of the Allen Gallery from 4pm and will then promenade to nearby St Lawrence Church in time for the Choral Evensong at 6:30pm. Proceeds go to Hampshire Cultural Trust who care for some of Jane’s treasures. This is a FREE event.
Chawton in Stitches Curator Tour
Chawton House, Chawton
Friday 28 June at 11am
Curator’s tour of Chawton in Stitches, the summer exhibition at Chawton House showcasing the work of award-winning graduate of the Royal School of Needlework Emily Barnett, whose project takes inspiration from the gardens and collection at Chawton House. Her unique pieces are displayed alongside historic decorative arts pieces from the collection, printed advice on ‘feminine accomplishments’, and manuscript and scrap books compiled by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Cream Tea at Wyards Farmhouse
Wyards Farm, Alton
Monday 24 June from 1pm
Wyards was the home of Jane Austen’s niece Anna, the daughter of Jane’s eldest brother James by his first wife. Anna and her aunt Jane were extremely close and Jane often took the donkey and cart to Wyards to visit her. When Anna was left motherless at two years old, she was sent to Steventon Rectory to spend time with grandma and her aunts Cassandra and Jane, then twenty-one and nineteen. The current owner William Monk is a distant relation of the Lefroy family. Timed cream teas throughout the afternoon.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Chawton House Garden Tour
Chawton House, Chawton
Friday 28 June
Explore the beautiful grounds of Chawton House and how changing fashions and tastes developed from a formal layout to the English Landscape style. Hear about the Austen and Knight families, and their role in the garden changes. See how garden references in Jane Austen’s novels are reflected in the horticultural settings, which she knew and loved so well.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Jane Austen and the High Seas
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Saturday 29 June at 3.30pm
Explore Jane’s connections with the high seas, both in her novels and in her life. 2024 marks the 250th birthday of Jane’s brother Francis Austen who served in the Royal Navy, and was a huge influence on her writing. We will explore new exhibitions relating to his life, and the naval connections of Mansfield Park.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Outdoor Theatre – Persuasion
Chawton House, Chawton
Saturday 29 June at 6pm
Join This Is My Theatre at Chawton House for a potentially hat-astrophicproduction of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Too many characters and not enough actors will see this much-loved Austen novel brought to life in a comedic and potentially hat-astrophic production. Audiences will love this truly unique adaptation!
Jane Austen Outdoor Theatre Persuasion Tickets
Pride and Prejudice Summer Ball
Guildhall Bath, High Street, Bath
Saturday 29 June
The 2024 edition of our Jane Austen Festival Summer Ball will take place in Bath’s historic Guildhall on Saturday 29th June 2024. This year we will be having a “Pride & Prejudice Peacock” theme, in honour of one of her favourite novels and its famous cover.
Jane Austen Regency Week Country Dance
Alton Assembly Rooms, Alton
Saturday 29 June at 6.30pm
“Country dances”, often referred to as “Playford” dances after the first publisher of instruction books – were popular from the 17th to early 19th century as a sociable and lighthearted relief from the formal dances of court or the precise stepping at a Regency Ball.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Regency Pets at Church Day
St Nicholas Church, Chawton
Sunday 30 June at 10.45am
Bring your pets along to the outdoor service at St Nicholas Church Chawton where Jane Austen prayed. In the grounds of Edward’s Great House (Chawton House), we expect all our pets to behave wonderfully for our peaceful hour of prayer!
St Nicholas Church Pets to Church Service Information
Jane Austen Guided Walk Through Alton
The Cairn, Alton
Sunday 30 June at 11am
A tour of Alton, focussing on the buildings and people that Jane Austen would have known. See where her ‘Alton apothecary’ lived, where she went to buy her cloak, visited her sister-in-law when brother Francis went to sea and where brother Henry first opened his Alton bank. Many of the places that she would have seen when coming into her market town are still standing.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
Jane Austen Regency Supper
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 30 June at 7pm
To close off the Jane Austen Regency Week, a Regency style meal will be served. All the dishes, including the desserts, are put on the table at the same time for guests to serve themselves whilst we talk about the wonderful week we have enjoyed.
Jane Austen Regency Week Events Tickets
July to September 2024
Jane Austen and Her Winchester Connections
Tourist Information, Guildhall (The City of Winchester Trust), Winchester
Thursday 11 July
Part of the City of Winchester Trust Summer Walks Programme 24 collection. Jane Austen did not just come to Winchester to die in 1817. She, her family and friends had many connections with the city which this walk will illustrate.
Jane Austen and Her Winchester Connections Ticket
Annual Dress Up Day
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Saturday 13 July at 12pm
I never in my life saw anything more elegant than their dresses. Pride & Prejudice
It’s the perfect excuse to break out your favourite Regency regalia and pose, picnic or promenade at Jane Austen’s House and our pretty cottage garden. It’s a way to step back in time and get a sense of life in Regency England, and to experience the House in a new way.
Fashion in the 18th Century
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Saturday 13 July at 3pm
Prior to the clingy muslin gowns worn by Austen’s heroines, women’s fashion was structured by the underwear worn below and the accessories worn above, shaping them into fantastic serpentine silhouettes. Fashion historian Elisabeth Gernerd, in celebration of her new book The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th-Century Atlantic World, is delving into the fascinating world of late eighteenth-century underwear and accessories.
Fashion in the 18th Century Tickets
Jane Austen’s Winchester Guided Tour
Tourist Information, Guildhall, High Street, Winchester
Saturday 13 July
A walk inspired by Jane Austen who died on July 18, 1775 in a house on College Street, just behind Winchester College. She came to Winchester to be treated by the surgeon Dr Lyford who could not save her, and she is buried in Winchester Cathedral. Discover landmarks of Jane’s life, and places in Winchester that Jane visited and people she met.
Jane Austen Winchester Walk Tickets
A New Jane Austen
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Sunday 14 July
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Jane Austen’s House, Dr Juliette Wells shares new discoveries about Americans’ contributions to the site’s renown, from published accounts of visiting Chawton Cottage at the turn of the twentieth century to noteworthy donations of Austen relics to the museum, including the lock of Austen’s hair and the topaz crosses owned by the Austen sisters.
A New Jane Austen Talk Tickets
Sew like Jane Austen Embroidery Workshops
Chawton House, Chawton
Friday 16 July and Friday 23 August
A two-part intermediate embroidery workshop where you can learn about traditional skills that Jane would have known. Create your own beautiful botanical motif and enjoy tea and biscuits in the gardens.
Jane Austen Embroidery Workshops
Virtual Guided Tour: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Thursday 18 July
On the anniversary of her death, join us for a virtual tour of Jane Austen’s House, walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps and discovering the house she knew and loved, whilst learning about her life here in Chawton and her extraordinary legacy.
Jane Austen Life and Legacy Tickets
Jane Austen & Gothic Tourism
The ARC, Jewry Street, Winchester
Friday 19 July
A talk about Northanger Abbey with Cheryl Butler and find out what inspired the novel, and how Netley Abbey was a popular destination for people seeking ghostly monks another apparitions. One novelist commented, “that the abbey conceals a mystery of a horrible nature, I have no doubt.”
Jane Austen and Gothic Tourism Tickets
She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Saturday 20 July at 2pm
Join us for a joyful afternoon of music and conversation with Gillian Dooley, the author of ‘She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music’. Moving into the House, Gillian will play and sing some of the songs that Jane Austen is known to have sung. She will also be joined by Christine Morphett who will accompany her on the harp.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
~ Pride & Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice Outdoor Theatre
National Trust, Errdig, Wrexham
Saturday 20 July
Step back in time over two hundred years and meet Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters as they navigate the mire of manners of regency society. With stunning period costume, timeless wit, and a romantic original score, Chapterhouse’s Pride and Prejudice is a faithful telling of this popular Jane Austen novel.
Pride and Prejudice Outdoor Theatre Tickets
Scenes from Mansfield Park
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
Thursday 25 July
An exciting new promenade performance of scenes from Mansfield Park and Lovers Vows, performed in and around Jane Austen’s House. Join us for an exclusive preview of scenes from a specially commissioned new adaptation of Mansfield Park, performed at Jane Austen’s House by performers from the Guildford School of Acting.
Scenes from Mansfield Park Tickets
Pride and Prejudice Outdoor Theatre
Beaulieu Grounds, New Forest
Tuesday 13 August
Step back in time over two hundred years and meet Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters as they navigate the mire of manners of Regency society. With stunning period costume, timeless wit, and a romantic original score, Chapterhouse’s Pride and Prejudice is a faithful telling of Austen’s greatest work. Join family and friends for an evening of magical theatre as they bring the world’s favourite love story to the Beaulieu grounds.
Pride and Prejudice Outdoor Theatre at Beaulieu Tickets
The Dance of Jane Austen’s Workshop
St Olaves Church Hall, Marygate Lane, York
Sunday 18 August
Join me for a Regency dance workshop in preparation for the Jane Austen Festival in Bath. This workshop is open to everyone (even if you’re not going to the Festival). We will cover the basic dances you’re likely to find at any regency ball and this will be a good opportunity to learn some of the most common dances from this period.
Jane Austen Dancing Workshop Tickets
Summer Theatre Pride and Prejudice
Stourhead, Stourton, Warminster
Saturday 31 August
Chapter House Theatre Company will be performing classic production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Bring a picnic and join us on the West Lawn at the back of Stourhead House for an enjoyable evening under the stars.
Jane Austen Festival Bath
Bath, Somerset
Friday 13 to Sunday 22 September
The annual Jane Austen Festival sees ten wonderful days of celebrating all things Jane Austen in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath. Special events include a Regency Costumed Mask Ball a Costumed Promenade along the Close, and a Ghost Walk around the city.
Jane Austen Festival Bath Tickets
Jane Austen Costumed Parade Bath
Grand Regency Costumed Parade, Bath
Saturday 14 September
Part of the annual Jane Austen Festival, the parade led by soldiers will be starting at 11am from the front of The Holburne Museum.
Jane Austen Festival Promenade Tickets
Jane Austen Costumed Ball
Assembly Rooms, Bath
Saturday 14 September
Part of the annual Jane Austen Festival, the costumed ball tickets sell out very quickly. Join the email list to get tickets as soon as they go on sale.
Walk Tonbridge Festival – In the Austen Family Footsteps
Tonbridge Castle, Kent
Tuesday 17 September at 11am
George Austen was born in Tonbridge in 1731 and there are many links to Jane Austen’s family and the town. Join Vivian Branson, a member of the Jane Austen society for a historical walk as she shares our town’s connections with the Austen family, and touch on the influence they had on Jane’s work.
Jane Austen Walk Around Tonbridge Tickets
Make Do and Mend: The Manuscript of The Watsons and Mansfield Park
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
27 September
Kathryn Sutherland is talking about, “Make Do and Mend: the manuscript of The Watsons and Mansfield Park,” to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mansfield Park.
October to December 2024
Jane Austen’s Travel Writing Desk
God’s House, Town Quay, Southampton
November 2024 to February 2025
Jane Austen’s writing desk is going on display in Southampton for the first time since she lived in the city over 200 years ago, providing literary and history fans the chance to see up-close what she used to pen early drafts of now internationally famous novels.
God’s House Tower Tickets and see Visit Hampshire for more info
Book Club – Jane Austen’s Letters
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton (Virtual Event)
14 November
Discussion Jane Austen’s Letters, collected and edited by Deirdre Le Faye. This unique collection brings together all of Jane Austen’s known surviving letters, offering an unparalleled and irresistible insight into Jane’s life from 1796, when she was 20 years old, to May 1817, just weeks before her death at the age of 41.
Book Club: Jane Austen’s Letters
In Training for a Heroine Walking Tour
Walking Tour, Southampton
16 November (November, December and January Dates)
Discover Jane Austen’s Southampton with this specially curated walking tour in Southampton’s historic Old Town. As part of your experience, you’ll also gain access to the exhibition In Training for a Heroine, showcasing Jane Austen’s travelling writing desk. Gifted to her by her father on her 19th birthday, this desk is the centerpiece in Southampton’s celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday.
Jane Austen by Lucy Worsley
New Theatre, Oxford
17 November
For these live, beautifully illustrated talks, Lucy invites audiences to step into the world of Jane Austen, the beloved author of timeless classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion. 2025 dates also available.
Jane Austen and an Audience with Lucy Worsley
Jane Austen and the Art of Writing Tour
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton (Virtual Event)
21 November
Jane Austen and the Art of Writing. A virtual tour of our brand-new exhibition, celebrating Jane Austen’s creative process and the groundbreaking writer she was.
Jane Austen and the Art of Writing Tour
Chawton House Tour
Chawton, Hampshire
27 November
Discover our connection with Jane Austen and find out how we became home to a unique collection of early women’s writing.
Jane Austen Chawton House Tour
Candlelight Tours of Jane Austen House Museum
Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton
6 December and 14 December
Join us for a unique, candlelit guided tour of the House and discover Jane Austen’s story, told by an expert guide, using the House itself and objects from the collection to set the scene. Walk through rooms Jane and her family knew and loved, discover their Christmas traditions and family pastimes, and enjoy the House dressed up for Christmas.
Candlelight Tour of Jane Austen House Museum Tickets
Life and Times of Jane Austen’s Emma
Chawton, Hampshire
7 December
Discover the best seller of 1816 – Jane Austen’s Emma. It was published in December 1815, and Jane wrote it whilst living at Chawton Cottage, about the same time Mansfield Park was published. It’s one of her most beloved novels, and you can find out more about Jane’s dedication to the Prince Regency and a hint of a marriage proposal on this wonderful walk. (If the weather is poor, this talk may be held indoors).
Winter Garden Wreath Workshop
Chawton House, Chawton
13 December
Create your own Christmas wreath filled with greenery from the garden at Chawton House, what Jane called Edward’s ‘Great House’.
Chawton House Garden Wreath Workshop Tickets
Book Talk: Jane Austen’s Prayers
Chawton, Hampshire
14 December
Explore Jane Austen’s novels and her life in more detail, including the prayers she wrote to read out loud with her family in the evenings. They fit into her pocket, are heartfelt and remind us that Jane was a christian and devoted to God. Celebrate Jane Austen’s life and her prayers with Emma Darlington, the author of Jane Austen’s Prayers.
Jane Austen’s Birthday
Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Hampshire
Monday 16 December
To celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday, her Chawton Cottage home hosts a series of activities throughout the day to celebrate this special occasion.
Jane Austen’s Birthday Celebrations Tickets
Jane Austen’s Virtual Birthday Party
Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton (Virtual Event)
Monday 16 December at 8pm
Join us online, along with fans from across the globe, for a brilliant birthday celebration in this much-loved annual tradition!.
Jane Austen’s Birthday Celebrations Tickets
Online Talk: Mary Robinson: Celebrity, a Conversation with Paula Byrne & Hilary Davidson
Chawton House (Online)
18 December
In this talk, Jane Austen biographer Paula Bryne and fashion historian Hilary Davidson explore the ways that Mary Robinson’s celebrity status took shape.
Chawton House Mary Robinson Tickets
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