Celebrate Pride in Newcastle

Newcastle Pride is back again in 2025, celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community's achievements and highlighting the ongoing fight for equality. The joyful and inclusive event happens each year, with thousands of people taking part in the annual March through the city.

Pride will takeover Newcastle city centre 19th - 20th July 2025, with even more venues, more performances, more activities and more fun than ever before. The city will also be hosting the first ever Newcastle Pride Fringe Festival, with events kicking off from 5th June. Read on to find out more about Pride celebrations 2025!

Get ready Newcastle, Pride is coming early this year!

Festivalgoers won’t have to wait until July to get into the spirit, as the city is gearing up to launch the first-ever Newcastle Pride Fringe this June. This brand-new addition to the North East’s 2025 events calendar is turning up the heat with an electrifying lineup of live entertainment, side-splitting comedy, powerful theatre, and  LGBTQIA+ networking events—spreading the celebration across the city all summer long.

Taking over local venues in the lead-up to the main Newcastle Pride Festival which is 19–20 July, this extended celebration, brought to you in partnership with NE1 and Newcastle City Council, promises to be a colourful, inclusive, and unforgettable warm-up to one of the North East’s biggest parties of the year.

This year, Newcastle Pride builds on the theme “unapologetically visible” with the aim to bring over 80,000 people to Newcastle during the Pride weekend, by bringing all the festival favourites right into the heart of the city. The Pride arena will be back with two stages where you can get your music fix for the weekend! 

The Market Village this year will be in Grey's Monument, Old Eldon Square and Blackett Street. The stalls will be filled with community groups, charities, and amazing makers and creators, many of which use their work and their art to improve the lives of the community.

Each year, thousands of people take to the streets in Newcastle and take part in the annual Pride March. This year, in line with the theme 'unapologetically visible', this year's March will again see thousands of people come together to fill the streets of Newcastle. The March will be full of community members, allies, local people and businesses. Groups of over 10 are encouraged to register here. 

Northern Pride's Pride in the City comes to a close every year with a candlelit vigil. The vigil takes place from 9pm on Sunday 20th July and is free to attend. The gates open 10 minutes before the start for none ticket holders to arrive. The vigil is an important part of each year's Pride Festival as it gives those in attendance time for reflection and remembrance. 

Part of Pride in the City, a select number of venues will be free to attend. These include:

• Northern Stage will be taken over by Curious Arts with a programme packed full of queer art and culture that informs its audiences who leave wanting more!
• The Lumo Platform will have live performances that will bring the LGBTQIA+ community to the centre of the city.
• The Family and Youth Zone will offer hands on activities, arts and crafts and live performances. This zone caters for LGBTQIA+ families and queer young people.
• The Health and Wellbeing Zone in the Civic Centre will be available for advice, support, signposting of organisations and groups to help body and mind.
• NE1's Screen on the Green will be showing screenings
• The Pride Shuttle Bus will be pulling up at key festival zones and will be free to hop on and off.
• Eldon Square is open for all. Whether it is for food, drink or to find the perfect Pride outfit!

Newcastle boasts a lively LGBTQIA+ scene, with numerous bars, clubs, and LGBTQIA+-friendly venues where you can celebrate Pride throughout the year. Why not keep the party going after Northern Pride Festival and head to the iconic Pink Triangle, centered around the Times Square area which is a hub for LGBTQIA+ nightlife. Head to Boulevard, Rustys and Powerhouse and join in the celebrations with fellow Pride-goers, dance the night away, and embrace the diversity that makes this community so vibrant.

Pride is a time to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community and be an ally. Educate yourself on LGBTQIA+ issues, challenge discrimination when you see it, and promote inclusivity in your own circles. Let Pride be a catalyst for change, and strive to create a world where everyone can live authentically and without fear.