Events

This events calendar is meant to socially enrich our DJABC community wherever members may find themselves. We will gladly share any Jane Austen related event here. We may also share events that may appeal to darker interests as we see fit.

*Any events where times were not specifically listed are shown to be all-day; however, this is only a default setting.

Please, contact us with information you would like to see at least two weeks in advance.

Sep
22
Sat
Northwest Bookfest 2012 @ Peter Kirk Park
Sep 22 @ 2:00 pm – Sep 23 @ 10:00 pm

 

Austenesque authors: Laurel Ann Nattress, Shannon Winslow, Susan Mason-Milks and Jenni James will have a booth to meet readers and sell books.

For more information see the Northwest Bookfest 2012 website.

Oct
6
Sat
The Jane Austen Singers @ St Peter's Church
Oct 6 – Oct 7 all-day

The concert is sponsored by The Wykeham Gallery, as reported by the Hampshire Chronicle.

Please, call for more information, including times.

Oct
27
Sat
Jane Austen Day @ Glenn Eyrie Castle
Oct 27 @ 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Nov
30
Fri
A Victorian Festival of Christmas 2012 @ Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Nov 30 @ 3:00 pm – Dec 2 @ 11:00 pm

A weekend of Victorian style Christmas frivolity at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Jan
17
Thu
Sundance Film Festival @ Park City, UT
Jan 17 – Jan 28 all-day

Austenland will be among the films premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival as one of the 16 U.S. Dramatic Competition entries.

Oct
23
Fri
Suffragette in Theaters (USA)
Oct 23 all-day

suffragette-2015-movie-posterWritten by Abi Morgan and directed by Sarah Gavron, Suffragette is a British drama film about the British women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.

In late 19th and early 20th century, the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal state in the quest for equal rights.

Suffragette trailer

Staring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, and Meryl Streep.

Check your local listings for showing times and prices.