Mount Dora Jane Austen Festival

About this happenin

Downtown Mount Dora goes Regency for three February days at the Jane Austen Fest, which mixes scholar lectures and hands-on workshops with afternoon teas and a costume ball. Annie Donnelly Park is the base, and the Regency Marketplace beside the registration center there sells period clothing and books. Friday's soiree comes after orientation and talks. Saturday stacks classes like bonnet making, Regency dance, hair updos and lawn bowling against seated four-course teas in the 1893 Donnelly House, and ends at the ball. Sunday eases off: the marketplace opens in the morning, and a Dora Canal cruise and a picnic round out the weekend. Registration opens November 1 and has to come first, since workshops and events are booked individually after it. Single-day admission and a three-day pass are both sold (children 12 and under are free). Period dress is encouraged but optional. Venues are within a few blocks of the park, and only service dogs are allowed. The fest is a nonprofit that funds college scholarships for women.

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Where

Annie Donnelly Park and downtown Mount Dora · 530 N Donnelly St, Mount Dora, FL 32757