Events and happenings to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death and the birth of Branwell Brontë. If you know any more events happening, please let me know!
(Also! The Brontë Parsonage Museum has a huge calendar of events so only a few are listed here. Check the website for more information.)
- January – February 19 Jane Austen Among Family and Friends: Exhibit at the British Library London, UK
- January – May 31 #rainjane Winchester, UK
- January 1 – 31 JANEuary at the Williamsburg, VA Regional Library
- January 22 Tea and Talk: Jane Austen & Marriage Bath, UK
- January 28 Branwell Brontë’s Haworth Haunts Yorkshire, UK
- February 1 – January 1, 2018 Mansions in the Sky Yorkshire, UK
- February 1 – January 1, 2018 To Walk Invisible: From Parsonage to Product Yorkshire, UK
- February 7 Adapting Jane London, UK
- March 16 – January 2018 Celebrate 200 Years of Jane Austen Warwick, NY US
- March 23 – 25 Jane Austen and the Arts Plattsburgh, NY US
- March 24 – 25 JASNA Pittsburgh festival Pittsburgh, PA US
- March 29 – 31 Sandition: 200 Years Cambridge, UK
- April 5 – 7 Austen Fest Knoxville, TN US
- April 19 An Evening with Sally Wainwright & Ann Disndale Yorkshire, UK
- May 11 Jane Austen Era Dancing in Middletown, Connecticut
- May 13 – July 24 Jane Austen 200 – Exhibit: The Mysterious Miss Austen Winchester, UK
- May 13 – July 24 Jane’s Winchester: Malady and Medicine Winchester, UK
- June 6 – August 20 Jane and her Alton Apothecary Alton, UK
- June 7 – September 20 Jane Austen Events Basingstoke, UK
- June 8 Jane Austen: Insights and Influences Southport, CT, US
- June 9 – 11 Daventry Jane Austen Festival Daventry, UK
- June 16 – July 9th Basingstoke Festival Basingstoke, UK
- June 17 – January 8, 2018 Jane Austen by the Sea Brighton, UK
- June 18 An Evening with Lucy Worsley Basingstoke, UK
- June 22 – October 29 Which Jane Austen? Exhibition Oxford, UK
- June 29 – The Making of Jane Austen with Devoney Looser NYC, US
- July Jane Austen statue to be revealed Steventon, UK
- July 4 What’s So Great About Jane Austen?: A Talk at the British Library London, UK
- July 13 – 16 Immortal Austen Adelaide, Australia
- July 14 – 16 Jane Austen Festival Louisville, KY US
- July 15 – September 20 The Navy at the Time of Jane Austen: Fighting, Flirting and Fortune Gosport, UK
- July 20 200 Years Since Jane Austen – Lunch Talk Bath, UK
- July 27 Jane Austen and her Hampshire Family @ Overton Library – Basingstoke, UK
- September 8 – 17 The Jane Austen Festival Bath, UK