Northern Pride

The festival has become a regional event with a large following and we aim to build on this in the future to ensure we achieve our mission statement: “To proudly promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender culture through public celebration of our heritage and engaging in education and cultural activities that enrich the community, whilst raising awareness of the issues people face regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics whilst building mutual respect and working to end discrimination” We achieve our aims and objective by holding various events, workshops, seminars and campaigns throughout the year which culminates in the pride festival in July. The first of these pride festivals was held in July 2008 and was attended by over 2,500 people. The three-day festival now includes a March through Newcastle city with entertainment, various LGBTQ+ safe zones, information stalls, and market stalls across the Town Moor, Newcastle plus an array of satellite events on the build-up to the festival which now attracts over 40,000 people.