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Your definitive guide to all the Cambridge and Oxford University balls in summer 2025

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If y0u’re desperate to worm your way into one of the fancy balls at the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford in 2025, then we’ve got you covered. Here is an extremely helpful list of all the balls at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in summer 2025. Plus some handy information on the tickets and dates. Tickets are still available for the vast majority of these events, so get planning.

Here’s a quick refresher on all the stupidly silly Oxbridge lingo. A “May Ball” is a very fancy event held in June at the University of Cambridge (yes, the name is really confusing). A “June Event” or “May Week Event” will be a cheaper, smaller version of a May Ball. These parties go on slightly less late and usually have fewer forms of entertainment. A “Commemoration Ball” is a really big ball in Oxford. If an Oxford event doesn’t have the word “Commemoration” in the name, then it’s usually smaller, cheaper and held earlier in the year.

So, here is a definitive, very long list of all the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford balls happening in 2025. The ones that haven’t been cancelled yet, anyway.

Exeter College Ball, University of Oxford

Date: Saturday 26th April, 7:30pm

Price: Sold out

Theme: Oceana

Tickets: Sold out

Somerville-Jesus Ball, University of Oxford

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Date: Saturday 3rd May

Price: Sold out

Theme: La Belle Époque

Tickets: Sold out, waitlist for Somerville students here

Balliol Ball, University of Oxford

Date: Saturday 10th May, 8pm

Price: Sold out

Theme: Star crossed lovers masquerade ball

Tickets: Sold out, waitlist here

Lady Margaret Hall Ball, University of Oxford

Date: Saturday 10th May, 7pm-5am

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Price: £130 for LMH students, £170 for LMH alumni, £180 for their guests, £180 for everybody else

Theme: Garden of the Hesperides

Your definitive guide to all the Cambridge and Oxford University balls in summer 2025

Exeter College Ball, University of Oxford

Somerville-Jesus Ball, University of Oxford

Balliol Ball, University of Oxford

Lady Margaret Hall Ball, University of Oxford

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Mansfield College Ball, University of Oxford

St Hilda’s Ball, University of Oxford

Wolfson Ball, University of Oxford

Clare Hall May Week Event, University of Cambridge

Robinson College May Week Event, University of Cambridge

Homerton May Ball, University of Cambridge

Christ Church 500th Commemoration Ball, University of Oxford

Darwin May Ball, University of Cambridge

Hughes Hall June Event, University of Cambridge

Murray Edwards Garden Party, University of Cambridge

Jesus College May Ball, University of Cambridge

Trinity May Ball, University of Cambridge

Newnham JCR Garden Party, University of Cambridge

Clare May Ball, University of Cambridge

Downing May Ball, University of Cambridge

Queens’ College May Ball, University of Cambridge

St John’s College May Ball, University of Cambridge

Magdalene May Ball, University of Cambridge

King’s Affair, University of Cambridge

Pembroke College May Ball, University of Cambridge

Newnham MCR Garden Party, University of Cambridge

Trinity Hall June Event, University of Cambridge

Corpus Christi May Ball, University of Cambridge

Wadham Commemoration Ball, University of Oxford

Queen’s College Commemoration Ball, University of Oxford

Hertford College Ball, University of Oxford

The New College Commemoration Ball, University of Oxford

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