Newcastle Pride is set to return for a city-wide takeover this summer, following the success of last year’s transformative event.
Presented in partnership with Newcastle NE1, the festival, which will take place across the 19th and 20th July, promises an even bigger lineup of celebrations, live entertainment, family activities and access to health and wellbeing support.
Today, Northern Pride, the charity behind the event also announced some big changes which they believe will make this year’s event even better. New venues are on board to amplify the city takeover. First up is the iconic Theatre Royal which will place host to the incredibly popular Family and Youth Zone. Whilst independent theatre, Alphabetti, will support the delivery of a new zone. The Trans+ Zone will provide a safe, celebratory, and empowering area for the region’s trans and non-binary community.
Elsewhere, Northern Pride teases a brilliant lineup yet to be announced, that will take to the Pride Arena Main Stage on Saturday 19th July, whilst a new look to Sunday 20th will see a host of tribute acts and local artists provide the entertainment. Working with Evnt Inspirations and Life Science Centre, a new layout to The Pride Arena will create more space for festival attendees to enjoy with the welcome news that a second stage will play host to the popular Dance and Cabaret zone.
Festival goers won’t need to wait until July for the fun to begin, as Pride Fringe will take place across June and will bring live entertainment, comedy, theatre and new experiences along with networking opportunities across a whole host of city venues. Plus Northern Pride will run its artist commission callout with Creative Central NCL, supported by Curious Arts.
Cllr Karen Kilgour, leader of Newcastle City Council said: “Last year’s celebrations represented a huge milestone for Newcastle, with more people than ever able to experience pride.
“With over 82,000 people engaging with the festival and a positive economic impact of roughly £4m, which benefitted the city, local people, local bars, restaurants and hotels, we are delighted to support the return of Newcastle Pride this summer.
“I look forward to joining in the celebrations and reinforcing our solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community at a time when we are seeing an abhorrent rise in discrimination, both in this country and across the world.”
Stephen Patterson, Chief Executive at Newcastle NE1, said: “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Northern Pride to support another city takeover. The move from the Town Moor into the heart of the city was an incredible success last year. Alongside the positive economic impact, it was fantastic to see such crowds enjoying everything Pride has to offer, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2025. This event format creates so many opportunities for local businesses and those in the city to support the festival and benefit from its positive impact and we hope to see many more getting involved this year.”
Ste Dunn, Director of Northern Pride added: “We are delighted to be bringing an even bigger and better Newcastle Pride to the city centre this year to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. After such a positive response from our community, supporters and partners, who embraced last year’s festival, we’ve been overwhelmed by the continued support. We are very grateful to be continuing partnerships with Newcastle NE1, Newcastle City Council, Curious Arts and so many more, and can’t wait to continue building on great foundations to deliver another brilliant event together.”
Early Bird tickets for the Pride Arena are on sale with Saturday tickets from £20, Sunday from £7.50 and full weekend tickets from £25. VIP tickets are also available for those looking to upgrade their experience.
Full details of the programme for Newcastle Pride, the Pride Fringe events and much more, head to www.northern-pride.com and follow Northern Pride on socials to stay up to date with all the latest news.
Meet the Artist!
Newcastle Pride 2025 designer
Mack Sproates (they/he) is a queer theatre-maker, artist, facilitator and zine-maker based in Newcastle. Their work is joyful, playful, cut and stick, silly and raw, aiming to help marginalised people’s voices feel seen and heard. They are inspired by DIY punk scenes, pop-culture, music, comic books and are a co-host of Alphabetti’s queer cult comedy cabarets, such as Happy New Queer, JAWS (but gay) and GAYLIEN.
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