Derwent Regency Festival: Regency Garden Party
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Derwent Regency Festival: Regency Garden Party
A day of Regency activities, fine food and tea in the fine garden of historic Runnymede. Your ticket includes delicious lunch and afternoon tea of period sweet and savoury food and hot and cold drinks, as well as Regency country dancing, live music, Maypole dancing, period games to play and a historic tour. Period attire encouraged, otherwise something dashing or elegant.
This event is part of the Derwent Regency Festival, 27th-30th November, 2026: Celebrate the Regency era in style and fun with wonderful live, period music. Events including a Regency evening at Narryna Heritage Museum, dance workshops and a Jane Austen Grand Regency Ball in the fine St James Church Hall in New Town, a Garden Party of country and Maypole dancing, live music, history and delicious period food in the fine garden of historic Runnymede House, and a music and history sail on the majestic tall ship, the Lady Nelson. Four days of fun, food, fine music, dancing and general frivolity. This year we also have a bonus night of historically themed contra dancing on the Monday night. Further details here: https://www.folktas.org/regency
Note that tickets for the Garden Party are mostly sold as part of weekend tickets for the festival, so if the individual event is sold out, please consider buying a ticket for the weekend.
This festival is an annual event. The main festival page is https://www.facebook.com/events/944001788289261
All ages and identities welcome.
Facebook: Folk Federation of Tasmania or Dance Folk Tasmania
Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
https://www.folktas.org/regency
[email protected]
6273 2127
A day of Regency activities, fine food and tea in the fine garden of historic Runnymede. Your ticket includes delicious lunch and afternoon tea of period sweet and savoury food and hot and cold drinks, as well as Regency country dancing, live music, Maypole dancing, period games to play and a historic tour. Period attire encouraged, otherwise something dashing or elegant.
This event is part of the Derwent Regency Festival, 27th-30th November, 2026: Celebrate the Regency era in style and fun with wonderful live, period music. Events including a Regency evening at Narryna Heritage Museum, dance workshops and a Jane Austen Grand Regency Ball in the fine St James Church Hall in New Town, a Garden Party of country and Maypole dancing, live music, history and delicious period food in the fine garden of historic Runnymede House, and a music and history sail on the majestic tall ship, the Lady Nelson. Four days of fun, food, fine music, dancing and general frivolity. This year we also have a bonus night of historically themed contra dancing on the Monday night. Further details here: https://www.folktas.org/regency
Note that tickets for the Garden Party are mostly sold as part of weekend tickets for the festival, so if the individual event is sold out, please consider buying a ticket for the weekend.
This festival is an annual event. The main festival page is https://www.facebook.com/events/944001788289261
All ages and identities welcome.
Facebook: Folk Federation of Tasmania or Dance Folk Tasmania
Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc
https://www.folktas.org/regency
[email protected]
6273 2127
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Where is it happening?
Runnymede House Tasmania, 65 Bay Rd, New Town TAS 7008, Australia, North Hobart
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