Georgettes of Oxford is putting together a range of appropriate events, from picnics in a historical setting to card games played in St James’s

I like the description of your pic-nic – Philip Stanhope, the Earl of Chesterfield 1748

Summer Picnics and 17th – Early 19th Century Historical Dance Class

Dates: 7th and 21st of August
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: The Old School Room, St Peter’s Church, Turn Turn, Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8AQ
Dance Mistress: Dr Helen Davidge
Details: Please bring a picnic and rug. If the weather is nice we will picnic and dance (including practising the dances for the display at the Bodleian on the 4th of October) in the Churchyard; if the weather is inclement, we will dance and picnic inside the Old School Room.

Previous Social Events

Sunday the 18th of January 2026 – Scenes performed from Jane Austen’s Emma at The Bodleian, Weston Library by Erika Sanderson and Helen Davidge

Tuesday the 16th of December 2025 – Raising a Glass to Jane Austen on her 250th Birthday, at the Gardeners Arms

Saturday the 13th of December 2025 – Jane Austen’s 250th Anniversary Regency Birthday Ball at Townhill Park House

Thursday 4th of December 2025 – Private Viewing of the ‘Austens at Oxford’ Exhibition at St John’s College, University of Oxford

Saturday the 14th of September 2025 – Picnic and informal dancing in St Mary’s Church Hall, Bath

Saturday the 13th of September 2025 – Members’ meal at the Raven, Bath, at the Jane Austen Festival

Saturday the 30th of August 2025 – Georgettes’ visit to watch Death Comes to Pemberley

Sunday the 10th of August 2025 – Dance Display and Picnic at Broughton Castle

Saturday the 10th of August 2025 – Members’ Jane Austen Birthday party

Saturday the 19th of July 2025 – Regency Dance Display and picnic at Jane Austen’s House Chawton

Sunday the 29th of June 2025 – Dance Display and Picnic at Lydiard Park

Sunday the 5th of January 2025 – Georgettes of Oxford’s Twelfth Night Masked Dance and 18th Century Christmas Celebrations in Abingdon Abbey Buildings

Monday the 23rd of December 2023 – Charivari Agréable’s Christmas by Candlelight Concert at Exeter College Chapel

Friday the 6th of December 2024 – Members’ Christmas Drinks

Thursday the 21st of November 2024 – Book Launch of Penny Hampson’s latest Regency Novel An Adventurer’s Contract at The Gardeners Arms

Sunday the 15th of September 2024 – Picnic and dancing at Sydney Gardens, Bath on the first weekend of the Jane Austen Festival, Bath

Saturday the 14th of September 2024 – Dinner at The Raven, Bath on the first weekend of the Jane Austen Festival, Bath

Sunday the 18th of August 2024 – Georgettes of Oxford visit to Le Roi Danse – Charivari Agréable’s recital as part of their ‘Early Music by Candlelight’ Summer Festival at Exeter College Chapel

Saturday the 3rd of August 2024 – Georgian Picnic at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare in Hampton, London

Friday the 19th of July 2024 – Regency Summer Assembly at St Peters Church

Sunday the 14th of July 2024 – Georgettes’ Dance Display and Picnic at Broughton Castle

Thursday the 4th of July 2024 – Sheridan’s School of Scandal performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon

Saturday the 8th of June 2024 – Talk, Q&A and meal with Dr Jennifer Kloester at St Margaret’s Institute followed by Dinner 5-8pm at the back room of The Gardeners Arms

Monday the 22nd of May 2024 – Members sewing at Cogges Manor Farm, Witney

Thursday the 16th of May 2024 – Member’s private Bridgerton Season 3 Party and viewing of Georgettes on BBS South

Monday the 6th of May 2024 – Dance Display and Picnic at Cogges Manor Farm Witney

Saturday the 17th of February 2024 – Regency Cluedo Evening

Friday the 5th of January 2024 – Georgian Twelfth Night Celebrations

Saturday the 25th of November 2023 – Costumed Christmas visit to Cogges Manor Farm

Saturday the 11th of November 2023 – Visit to Witney Blanket Hall and Witney Antiques

Sunday the 8th of October 2023 – Regency Parlour Card Games evening

Saturday the 2nd of September 2023 – Visit to The Dancing Master Exhibition at the Bodleian & Georgette’s Summer Assembly

Saturday the 12th of August 2023 – Visit to the Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians Exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace

Tuesday the 1st of August – Charivari Agréable at Oxford’s Early Music by Candlelight Summer Festival, Songs of Syrinx at Exeter College Chapel

Wednesday the 26th of July and Monday the 21st of August 2023 – Regency Board Games evening

Sunday the 16th of July – Costumed Picnic at Blenheim Palace

Tuesday the 11th of July – Outdoor Production of Pride & Prejudice and Picnic at Cogges Manor Farm, Witney

Saturday the 17th of June 2023 – Costumed Picnic and Visit to Jane Austen’s House in Chawton

Sunday the 21st of May 2023 – Georgettes of Oxford First Picnic and Social in St Peter’s Churchyard

Wednesday the 10th of May 2023 – Inspector Sand’s Wuthering Heights at the Oxford Playhouse

Monday the 1st of May 2023 – Regency Dancing on the Green for May Day

Saturday the 22nd of April 2023 – Georgian Cards Games

Saturday the 11th of March 2023 – Costumed meet-up at the Ashmolean to launch the society