Celebrations will start at 6am with the Magdalen College choir singing Hymnus Eucharisticus from the Great Tower.  The bells will then ring out over the city for approximately 20 minutes.

This year Magdalen Bridge will be open to pedestrians and closed to traffic from 3am until 9am to enable everyone to enjoy the singing in comfort and safety. The bridge will re-open to traffic as soon as it is safe to do so.

There will also be May Morning events and activities taking place across the city including Morris Men dancing in Radcliffe Square and Broad Street.

Many bars and restaurants across the city will open for breakfasts including eateries in the city centre and East Oxford. For more information about events and activities happening in Oxford on May Morning visit Daily Info’s website – www.dailyinfo.co.uk

Breakfast will be available at Tick Tock Café (all night), Rick’s Café, G&D’s and Atomic Burger on the Cowley Road, and at Queen’s Lane Coffee House, Patisserie Valerie, Quod, The Rose, The Grand Café, The Chequer’s and All Bar One in the High.

Turl Street Kitchen will be open from midnight will baps served at 5am and sit down breakfasts from 7am. The Vaults & Garden will be serving breakfast from 5.30am and G&D’s in St Aldate’s and Little Clarendon Street will be open from 6am. News café in Ship Street will be serving breakfast and hot drinks from 6am as will The Buttery, Jericho Café, and Art Café in Bonn Square.

The Big Bang will also be open from 6am serving the Big Bang Breakfast!

Pubs that will be celebrating May Morning include The Oxford Retreat, The Cape of Good Hope, The Bear Inn, The White Horse, The Grapes, The Anchor, The Crown, The Kings Arms, and The Chequers.