Bank holiday booze

Release time：2024-05-07 16:28:15 Source：Culture Compass news portal

Brits celebrated the long weekend by taking part in pub crawls and drinking with friends without fear of nursing a hangover at work on Monday.

Casual looking groups of party-goers were seen eating their greasy late night snacks and partying in Blackpool, Birmingham and Leeds over the bank holiday weekend.

But revellers in Oxford had a different dress code of ballgowns and dinner jackets as hundreds of students descended on the city's streets in the early hours of the morning, making their way home from prestigious balls.

Both Corpus Christi and Brasenose College held their annual May Balls in Oxford on Saturday, with tickets costing around £120.

With a black tie dress code, ball-goers were treated to posh perks including pole dancing, tarot reading, silent discos and even a student-run casino.

Some generous Oxford students carried their partners through the streets as they had clearly spent the whole night dancing in their heels

The celebrations in Oxford finished at 5am on Sunday morning, leaving students in formal wear to roam the streets

Revellers in Blackpool were spotted out in fancy dress to mark the extra day off

Meanwhile bank holiday party-goers in Birmingham brave the cold and treat themselves to a late night kebab

A group of girls in Leeds go out on the town to celebrate the May Day bank holiday 

Revellers up and down the country have been making the most of the May bank holiday weekend by spending the evenings drinking in bars and clubs.

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In Blackpool, people were spotted out in fancy dress to mark the occasion.

Others in Leeds took on the Otley Run - a pub crawl featuring 17 stops which serves as a rite of passage for students studying in Leeds.

Meanwhile glamorous party-goers in Oxford stumbled home at 5:00am with some choosing to mill around the iconic Radcliffe Camera, a baroque-style library built in the 18th century.

Men dressed in dinner suits were seen carrying home their sore-footed partners while others were forced to negotiate the cobbled streets in their heels.

Some of the guests leaving Oxford's balls were spotted with large boxes of cupcakes, handing them out to fellow students as a morning treat.

Oxford students could buy more expensive tickets to the May Balls, gaining them entry to a three-course meal paired with wine before the party started. 

Although Oxford's balls are glamarous, they have recently come under fire for charging students £446 per ticket.

Spirits were high for this group in Leeds who were celebrating the bank holiday weekend with a pub crawl

A group of women in Birmingham were spotted making the most of the May bank holiday by drinking in a bar

Two Oxford students pose for a photo with the Radcliffe Camera still dressed in their ball gowns

Oxford's streets filled with women in ball gowns and men in dinner suits and bow ties as the balls finished

A group of Oxford students looked worse for wear as they left the prestigious balls

Some guests leaving the Oxford balls were spotted with large boxes filled with cupcakes (pictured), handing them out to fellow revellers as a morning treat

In Birmingham four friends were pictured on Broad Street on Sunday evening

A trio of women in Birmingham are out on the town for the bank holiday weekend

As Oxford students stumbled home at 5:00am, some chose to mill around the iconic Radcliffe Camera (pictured), a baroque-style library built in the 18th century

One woman was seen clinging to a fellow student as she struggled to negotiate Oxford's cobbled streets in her glittered heels

The dress code for the May Balls in Oxford is black tie, meaning dinner jackets for the men and floor-length gowns for the women

The Corpus Christi May Ball chose a Greek mythology theme while Brasenose opted for the cabaret.

Brasenose College, founded in 1509, were also celebrating 50 years of admitting women.

Ball organisers chose to mark the anniversary by inviting guests to make a donation to the Malala Fund, a charity, founded by Novel Peace Prize winner and Oxford alumnus Malala Yousafzi, that advocates for girls' education.

Students at the ball were treated to a variety of food trucks offering paella, pizza and cake until 5am.

They could also choose from a selection of themed cocktails including the Green Fairy which included vodka, melon liquor, apple lime and gomme.

A shisha bar was available for any students that fancied smoking.

Brasenose College (pictured) at Oxford University offered students a cabaret-themed ball where they were treated to live performances, cocktails and food trucks until the early hours of the morning

Two Oxford students wearing floor-length gowns make their way home from the May Ball

Elegantly dressed Oxford students pose for a pictures outside the Radcliffe Camera in the early hours of Sunday

The dress code in Oxford was black tie and male students opted for dinner suits and bow ties

One man in Leeds takes part in the Otley Run - a pub crawl in Leeds featuring 17 stops

Half-dressed revellers fill the streets in Blackpool, with one man showing off his back where someone has scribbled the words 'single girl' in marker pen

One Oxford student helps another adjust her hair after leaving the May Ball in the early hours of the morning

Some generous men in Oxford carried their partners who had spent the night dancing in their heels

A well-dressed pair in Oxford are seen sporting sunglasses in the early morning sunlight

Some women in Oxford went barefoot as they left the ball while others tried to take on the cobbles

The streets of Blackpool were filled with revellers in fancy dress. One woman's hat reads: 'Kiss me quick'

Oxford students head home after the balls hosted by Brasenose and Corpus Christi College

Party-goers in Oxford pose with an inflatable monkey as they leave the ball

An Oxford student in a dinner jacket decides to take the easy way home, opting to rent an electric scooter

One Oxford student went full out to fit with the Greek mythology theme, adorning golden wings with his dinner suit

A group of friends out in Blackpool to celebrate the bank holiday weekend

Oxford students wear wreaths in their hair as they head home from the May Ball

Smartly dressed students took pictures outside the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford after spending an evening at the ball

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