The 2021 Jane Austen Festival was a completely different experience than past years. Due to extensive renovations ongoing at Historic Locust Grove, and planning this event during a global pandemic the festival took on a new look. In addition, new guidelines at Locust Grove are examining the intersections of race and power in a historic home that was formerly a place of enslavement. 
Because of these changes the speaker portions of the festival became virtual. But the fashions, the vendors and the wonderful participants still allowed for a wonderful look at Jane Asten's world.