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Societies and clubs at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

CAMsocs lists 4 student societies and clubs at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, including a boat club, a JCR, an MCR and a theatre company. The most common areas are Identity, Community & Wellbeing, Academic & Subject and Outdoors & Adventure. Each listing links to its sources; nothing here is run by the college.

Identity, Community & Wellbeing2

Sport & Fitness1

Theatre, Film & Dance1

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Formal hall at Sidney Sussex

Yes: College Regulation G11 provides for guests from other colleges; a Sidney student books you in SidNet and the charge goes on their College account.

Formal nights
Wed, Fri, Sun in term; 19:30 (SSCSU)
Guests
Up to 3 guests aged 18+ who are not College members; younger siblings only with Domestic Bursar permission
Booking
SidNet (login); up to a fortnight ahead per the undated SSCSU page; cutoff not published
Dress
Students wear gowns with formal dress; other-college guests may wear their gown and are encouraged to
Price
2026-27: £14.50 student, £19.95 guest (College finance and funding page)

Formal Hall is held three times a week (College dining (opens in a new tab)); the College's finance and funding page (opens in a new tab) names Wednesday, Friday and Sunday during term, booked through SidNet, and gives 2026-27 prices of £14.50 for students and £19.95 for guests. The undated SSCSU Hall guide (opens in a new tab) adds a 19:30 start and booking up to a fortnight ahead. White Book Regulation G11 (opens in a new tab) (file dated 20 November 2024, still linked from the publications and governance page (opens in a new tab)) lets a student bring up to three adult (18+) guests who are not College members, charged to the student's College account. A guest from another college may, but need not, wear their gown, and the host should encourage it. No public booking cutoff was found.

Students must normally wear a gown with formal dress or be refused entry. Younger guests need the Domestic Bursar's advance permission: the minimum is 14, or 12-13 with a parent or guardian throughout. Staff may ask for a guest's name and college, and the College can ask any guest to leave. G11 allows students and guests to bring their own wine and drinks but not spirits, or to buy wine at the Buttery; staff may limit alcohol, and drinking games and drunkenness are banned. Source conflict: the undated SSCSU page says wine must be bought from the Buttery; follow G11 and check on the night. The SSCSU page's £9 / £12.65 prices are older than the College's 2026-27 figures.

Practical assessment: a Sidney student can bring you as one of three adult guests, booked in SidNet; finding a host is the main step.

Checked 7 Nov 2026 against the college’s pages · the college’s own page (opens in a new tab) is the authority; rules change between terms.

How formal hall works, and every college’s rules

May Ball at Sidney Sussex

Sidney May Ball · May Ball

Date
2027; exact date not yet published
Tickets
Not yet open. Ticket categories listed: Sidney students, Sidney student guests, Sidney alumni, Cambridge students. 'The official ticketing link will be added when applications open.'
Workers
'Information about working at the Ball and how to apply will be shared here when available.'

The ball’s own site (opens in a new tab) is the authority for dates and tickets.

Checked 8 Nov 2026. Not run by CAMsocs; we sell no tickets.

Every college’s May Ball, and how tickets work

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