2025 Schedule
The Fest is now over until 2026. We leave this schedule live as an example of what you can expect from next year’s Fest.
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Friday, February 7th
8:00 / Registration / Annie Donnelly Park
Mornings / Regency Marketplace / Annie Donnelly Park
All day / Jane Austen Treasure Hunt / Downtown Mount Dora
10:00 / Welcome / Mount Dora Community Building auditorium
10:30-11:30 / Speaker: Dr. Julietter Wells – Jane Austen’s Letters – An Intimate Voice / Mount Dora Community Building auditorium
11:30-12:30 / Journaling Workshop / Mount Dora Community Building Lobby
1:00-3:00 / Lawn Bowling Workshop / Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club
1:00-4:00 / Book Discussion / Barrel of Books
1:00-3:00 / Playlet Workshop / Auditorium Lobby
1:00-3:00 / Bonnet Making Workshop / Mount Dora Community Building Green Room
4:30-5:30 / Speaker: Elizabeth Steele / Pride and Prejudice: What We Learn From Reading and From Watching / Community Building Auditorium
6:00 / Soirée (meet & Greet) / Community Building
7:00-9:00 / Film / Community Building Auditorium
Saturday, February 8th
8:00 / Registration / Annie Donnelly Park
Mornings / Regency Marketplace / Annie Donnelly Park
All day / Jane Austen Treasure Hunt / Downtown Mount Dora
9:30 / Welcome & Introduction of Scholarship Winner / Mount Dora Community Center Auditorium
10:00-11:00 / Speaker: Kim Wilson – Tea With Jane Austen / Mount Dora Community Center Auditorium
11:30 / First Tea Sitting / Donnelly House
11:30-1:00 / Stained Glass Workshop / First United Methodist Church
11:30-1:30 / Turban Making Workshop / Mount Dora Community Building – Green Room
1:00 / Second Tea Sitting / Donnelly House
2:00-4:00 / Stained Glass Workshop / First United Methodist Church
2:00-4:00 / Book Discussion / Barrel of Books
2:00-4:00 / Bracelet Workshop / Mount Dora Community Building – Green Room
2:00-4:00 / Create a Parasol / Lakeside Inn
2:30 / Third Tea Sitting / Donnelly House
4:30-5:30 / Speaker: Rachel Dodge – Regency Etiquette in Jane Austen’s Novels / Mount Dora Community Center Auditorium
6:00-7:30 / Authentic Jane Austen Dinner / Mount Dora Yacht Club
8:00 / After Dinner 18th Century Theatre Event / Mount Dora Community Center Auditorium
Sunday, February 9th
Mornings / Regency Marketplace / Annie Donnelly Park
We are sorry but, the balloon rides have been cancelled.
10:00-12:00 / Dora Canal Cruise / Leaves from the Yacht Club dock
11:00 / Regency Picnic / Gilbert Park
3:00-4:30 / Strawberry Picking / Amber Brooke Farms
Schedule is subject to change.