The Jesus College May Ball Committee invites you to an evening of light, shadow and spectra on the 17th June. Explore the illuminated orchard, wander through the radiant courts and find yourself in a maze of mirrors. With delicious sweet and savoury dishes from all across the globe and a sparkling spectrum of cocktails, enjoy dazzling entertainment as you dance the night away on a different wavelength.
There are three types of ticket; standard, priority and dining, priced at £155, £175, and £195 respectively.
Standard tickets allow you to enjoy the ball from 8pm, while priority tickets give you the chance to skip the queue and enjoy a champagne reception, and entrance to the ball before everyone else. If you are looking for a VIP experience, our luxury dining package includes a champagne reception and a grand three-course meal in hall.
If any spare tickets become available (e.g. from people not paying for their tickets), we will contact people on the waiting list in the order they went on. You'll stay on the waiting list until a few weeks before the ball, to give you the best chance of getting a ticket.
The Jesus May Ball doesn't offer refunds - however, it is possible to transfer the ticket into another name, although there is a fee for this (some of this is donated to charity!). If you believe you should be exempt from this fee, contact the Ticketing Officer at [email protected], but don't be surprised if your request is rejected.
The only acceptable attire is black tie, white tie, national dress or dresses of a comparable standard. Sports blazers are not allowed.
The menus for the night has been selected with the utmost care to cater for as wide a range of dietary requirements as possible, so we hope there will be something for everyone. If you have purchased a dining ticket, an email regarding dietary requirements will be sent to you. If you have any more specific questions, feel free to contact the Food Officer at [email protected].
The Ball will be based around several college courts, with an accessible entrance to the Ball via the Chimney. Whilst most of the Ball can be navigated using paved paths, there are some woodchip paths, uncovered grassy areas and cobbled floors, ramps over electrical cables, and carpeted grass areas are slightly raised from the ground. Additionally, there is a staircase up to the Hall area which sadly we are unable to provide a stairlift for. We will be publishing an accessibility map before the ball, and hard copies of this will be available on the night at the entrance. If you should require any more information in advance, or need any special provisions made, please email [email protected]. Additionally, the Chapel will be open all night with gentle acoustic music and a calm atmosphere for those who may need to take a few minutes away from noise or bright lights. This is a spacious area with an accessible entrance via a permanent ramp.
Cool Earth is the non-profit organisation that works alongside communities to halt deforestation and its impact on climate change. Half of the world’s rainforest has been destroyed in the last 40 years. And, contrary to the headlines, rainforest continues to be lost at a faster rate than ever. But it’s not too late. Cool Earth believes the rainforest can be saved.
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust is the only registered charity dedicated to supporting innovation in patient care across Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals. Whether it's treatment for an emergency, acute condition, pregnancy or long term illness, ACT believes that every patient deserves the highest quality of care available.
Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre offers support to women and girls who have experienced rape, childhood sexual abuse or any other form of sexual violence. Their goals are to provide specialist support and high quality services for women and girls who have experienced sexual violence, as well as raising awareness of sexual violence, its prevalence and effects.
For over 20 years, Jimmy’s has been providing help for the homeless in Cambridge. Jimmy’s works with the local Community, Volunteers and Partner agencies to deliver 24/7 emergency accommodation and supported housing for those who would otherwise be homeless or vulnerably housed.
The Campaign for Female Education is an international non-profit organization tackling poverty and inequality by supporting marginalized girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change. Their African-led movement has already supported 2.6 million children to go to school, with 120,000 young women in our CAMA alumnae network leading the charge, multiplying donor investment in girls' education by supporting even more girls to stay in school, and thrive after school.
Cambridge Development Initiative is changing the way student volunteering is done. They take a holistic approach to tackling the key development issues in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, by piloting innovative, community-driven projects. CDI is about empowering local change-makers to make a sustainable difference. CDI believes that students can be the catalyst.
Since 1993, Women for Women International has been helping women survivors of war rebuild their lives and choose their own futures - so far, they have helped more than 479,000 marginalised women in 8 countries affected by war and conflict. By inducing long-term change they hope to make a difference for generations to come.
The Cambridge Distillery has grown from the UK’s smallest distillery into a multi-international award-wining business, with every step in our production process carefully undertaken by hand with painstaking attention to detail. Using fresh botanicals, often locally grown and foraged, individually distilled under vacuum, we achieve an elegance and expression out of reach of traditional distillation methods.
All people are unique, and so too are their palates. We developed a system of blind tastings to create individual gins for individual people, and in doing so became the world’s first gin tailor. In partnership with Jesus May Ball, we are creating a bespoke Jesus May Ball 2019 gin with Jesus College botanicals, a unique drink for a unique ball. Please email [email protected] for more information and to order your bottle.
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The Cambridge Cider Company make full juice (>95% and never, ever from concentrate!) cider from locally grown apples. Cambridgeshire still grows, in our opinion, the best apples in the country. We work with many heritage orchards giving a renewed purpose to these bio diverse rich orchards. All of our ciders and perries are unfiltered and unpasteurised letting these awesome apples shine through to the cider. For us it's not about mass production, it's about creating the best cider we can.
