For the first time in THREE YEARS, Cambridge University students dress up to commemorate their inaugural May Ball
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For the first time in THREE YEARS, Cambridge University students dress up to commemorate their inaugural May Ball

Last night, Cambridge University students dressed up in cocktail dresses and dinner jackets to mark the university’s first May Ball in three years.

On Friday night, hundreds of young men and women braved the heat to queue outside Robinson College, ready to attend one of the college’s most anticipated social events.

Attendees dressed up to match the Moulin Rouge theme, with tickets for the famous night costing £100 each.

It is the first time since the Covid pandemic that May Balls have been held at the institution. Previous events in 2021 and 2020 were canceled, so the 2019 events were the last ones staged there.

Students dressed up in their finest clothes to attend the first May Ball at Cambridge University in three years on Friday, June 17Students queued for an hour in the heat while dressed up in glamorous cocktail dresses and dinner jackets as they waited to get into the ballStudents were treated to live music, cabaret, and magic as well as a headline indie act, Kawala, and delicacies such as Sicilian sourdough pizza once inside.

‘Cabaret, elephants, and windmills!’ says their events page. MOULIN ROUGE is the theme of the Robinson May Ball 2022!’

‘Prepare yourself for an over-the-top spectacular frenzy of colour, music and movement fueled by all the food and drinks your heart desires!

‘Party all night, watch the sunrise and experience the legendary Moulin Rouge at what Varsity described at one of the best value for money May Balls in all of Cambridge!’

Alumni of Robinson, which is one of the newest colleges at Cambridge, include the likes of comedian Robert Webb, TV presenter Konnie Huq and former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

Since 1866, May Balls have been hosted to celebrate the conclusion of the academic year at major university colleges.

May Balls first became popular at Cambridge in the 1830s, with the First and Third Trinity Boat Club May Ball in 1866 being the first recognized event.

Tickets for a pair of meal tickets at Trinity can cost anywhere from £100 to £640.

Meanwhile, tonight one of Oxford’s summer parties will be attended by students.

The Christ Church Commemoration Ball will see hundreds of past and present students dress up in white tie attire.

Organisers say the ball, which takes place every three years and is being held at the historic college, will transport people into an ‘incredible world of spectacle and enchantment’ with its La Durée theme.

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