May Morning Festivities 2007
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This year, May 1st falls on a Tuesday (click here to get one of our free Year Planners for keeping track of important dates such as this). Singing from Magdalen Tower will be at 6.00 am for 7 minutes, as ever. Click here to see where you can get champagne breakfasts and sausage butties. This year, Magdalen Bridge will be closed from 3am - 9am. This usually includes the area from the east side of Magdalen College Tower to the Plain. This is due to people having jumped off it into the deceptively shallow water in previous years and broken themselves rather horribly. There’s access (from the city centre end) for 8000 people to a “Controlled Zone” (probably Magdalen Bridge - Longwall Junction) within earshot of the choristers. This tends to be getting full by around 5am. Longwall Street, the High Street and Merton Street may be closed to vehicles for any portion of the time between 3am and 9am. Buses from Cowley & Headington will reach the city via Donnington Bridge Rd. Longwall Street, the High Street and Merton Street may be closed to vehicles for any portion of the time between 3am and 9am. St John's College Choir will sing Madrigals from the tower in Front Quad, St John's, St Giles, "somewhere about 7am ". This year's Morris Dancing will see the Oxford University Morris Men and Oxford City Morris Men accompanied by Abingdon Traditional MorrisDancers, Adderbury Morris Men, Charlbury Morris, Crendon MM, Icknield Way MM, Kingstone Rapper Sword Dancers & Mason's Apron. Dances will occur in various locations from 6.30am onwards, beginning in Radcliffe Square, then at the end of New College Lane and in Broad Street, finishing up outside St John's about 8.30am.) There will then be a break until lunchtime when dancing will resume in North Parade. For May Ball details, have a look at our Balls, Festivals and Gigs events pages. You can list your own - it's free! |
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Places open bright and early
for breakfast and drinks on May Morning:
5.00am |
Quod, 92 - 94 High Street, 202505 Queens Lane Coffee House will also open at 5am, for normal service. |
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6.00am |
The King's Arms, Corner of Parks Rd & Holywell Street, 242369 The Turf Tavern, down Bath Place, off Holywell Street, 243235 QI, Turl Street, 261500 The Big Bang, Walton St, Jericho, 511441 G & Ds, Little Clarendon Street and St Aldates, 516652 The Grapes, 7 George Street, 793380 St Giles Café, 52 St Giles, 552110 |
6.15am
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The Corridor, corner of Princes Street and Cowley Road, 247519 |
| 6.30am |
FREVD, Walton St, Jericho, 311171 The Grand Café, 84 High Street, 204463. The 6.30am - 7.30am breakfast sitting is FULLY BOOKED. Still some places (as of Thu 26th) on the 7.30am - 9.00am sitting. £20 breakfast includes salmon or parma ham with eggs, tea or coffee, toast, fresh orange juice, and champagne cocktails. |
| Browns (9.00am), and Maison Blanc (7.30am) will not be opening outside their usual times, nor, we assume, will the White Horse on Broad Street, as they didn't last year and are not answering the phone just now. |
If you’re doing something interesting for May Morning you can list
the details instantly and for free by clicking HERE,
or, to be listed on this very page, call us on 01865 241133, or email [email protected]
Events (or simply late openings) taking place the previous evening (Mon April 30th) with a May Day theme:
Purple Turtle, Frewin Court, Tel. 247007, offers The Alternative May Day Ball, 5.30pm till 3.30am, free entry.
Cellar Bar, also in Frewin Court, 244761, has a May Day celebration with comedy and live music: 9pm-6am, £4-7.
Temple Bar, 21 Temple Street, 243251, will be open to 3am.
The Corridor will be open all night (see above).
