For the Derwent Regency Festival, 2025 see this page. The dates for the Derwent Regency Festival are 28th November – 1st December, 2025.

Enjoy a Regency-era picnic in Runnymede’s beautiful historic garden on Sunday 18th January, 10am to 2:00pm.

Take pleasure sitting on the lawn, listening to beautiful music including harp, fiddle and flute.

Join in lively period country dancing if you wish. All dances will be taught on the day, neither dancing experience nor partner required. All ages and identities welcome.

Croquet and graces available for playing.

Includes an optional tour of the historic Runnymede house. Tours have limited capacity. Book in upon arrival. See times at https://folktas.org/regencypicnic. We don’t yet know the times of the tours but will post them here as soon as we have confirmed them with Runnymede.

Period or fine attire admired but not required.

BYO everything for your own picnic, including rugs orchairs.

Cost: $20 – paid to Runnymede on arrival.

Runnymede is at 61 Bay Rd, New Town and is open from 10am – 3pm. See https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/runnymede/. Ph: 03 6278 1269.

Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc.
folkdancetas@gmail.com, 03 6273 2127.
folktas.org/regencypicnic

See “But darling, I have nothing to wear” for hints on costumes (which are admired but not required).

Information about finding the venues, and reducing our environmental impact in transport and at the events, is at folktas.org/venuesenv. If you’d like to share transport to the venues, feel free to post a request to our Facebook group, Dance Folk Tasmania, or to talk to other people at the events. If you ask at an event, we can usually make an announcement for you.

Cathy and David, 03 6273 2127, folkdancetas@gmail.com

Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc

Facebook: Dance Folk Tasmania

Instagram: folktas

Your tickets support local folk music artists, as well as the venues who support us.