JANE AUSTEN REGENCY WEEK

SATURDAY 21st - SUNDAY 29th JUNE 2025

The Jane Austen Regency Week is a 9-day festival held annually each June in Alton, Chawton and Selborne in Hampshire (UK). We are currently finalising our varied programme of walks, dancing, tours, talks and much more, ready for tickets to go on sale Alton Jane Austen event tickets from TicketSource.. The Latest Update section below will list tickets as they go on sale - all live events in the Events section of this website.

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE:
Launch event on Friday night

Alton Regency Day on Saturday (free)

Jane Austen's House Virtual Guided Tour on Saturday Events | Jane Austen's House

Regency Supper on Sunday

Embroidery Workshop at Chawton House on Monday Regency Week Flower Brooch Workshop - Chawton House

Book readings at Goldfinch Books, Wyards - Tours & Cream Teas, and Regency Sewing on Monday
Waking up the House at Jane Austen's House on Tuesday Events | Jane Austen's House

Book readings at Goldfinch Books, A Dance Workshop, A Teatime Discussion of P&P, A Regency Concert on Tuesday

Book readings at Goldfinch Books, An Historian's Tour of Chawton, Sickness and Health in Jane’s Life and Writings on Wednesday

A Garden Tour Regency Week Jane Austen Garden Tour - Chawton House and House Tour Regency Week Tour: Jane Austen at the Great House - Chawton House of Chawton House on Thursday 

The Owners of Jane Austen, Organ Recital, Library Display, and Book Readings at Goldfinch Books on Thursday

A Day at Gilbert White's House - tours and pin cushion sewing on Friday Owl Pin Cushion Sewing Workshop – Gilbert Whites House 

18th Century Garden Tour – Gilbert Whites House 

Jane Austen House Tour – Gilbert Whites House

Textiles and Dress at Jane Austen's House on Friday Events | Jane Austen's House
Book Readings at Goldfinch Books on Friday

Children's Craft at the Library, An Historian's Church Tour and An Historian's Tour of Alton, closing with a Country Dance on the second Saturday

Tour of Jane Austen's House on the second Sunday Events | Jane Austen's House

Brewery and Public Houses tour of Alton, closing with a Choral Evensong on the second Sunday 

Unless otherwise stated, all tickets available from: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alton-jane-austen

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If you would like to wear your Regency attire to events, please feel free to do so. Rest assured, you won't be the only person wearing costume. In fact, we actively encourage it.

We invite you to explore this site to find out about the Jane Austen Regency Week. You can see programmes for past events going back to 2008 in the Archive section.

JANE AUSTEN
BIRTHDAY BALL WEEKEND 2026

(Provisionally) SATURDAY 17th - SUNDAY 18th JANUARY 2026

Another chance to enjoy the Jane Austen Birthday Ball and a range of other events and activities in 2026.

The Jane Austen Regency Week takes place in Hampshire, UK to celebrate both our local internationally-acclaimed writer, and a very interesting period of history, encouraging people to explore their cultural heritage.

The Jane Austen Regency Week and the Jane Austen Birthday Ball Weekend are run by by a group of volunteers and participating organisations under the auspices of the Alton Jane Austen Group. It is funded through ticket sales, grants, sponsorship and advertising.

Some of the events are run by registered charities who receive the ticket income as part of their fund-raising activities: Jane Austen's House Museum (CIO); Chawton House; Hampshire Cultural Trust; Gilbert White and the Oates Collections; The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Resurrection, Alton.