In The South Newcastle Pride gets a little extra ‘Sparkle’ Star of The Voice, Jordan Gray and Shane Richie Jnr, are among the stars adding a touch of extra ‘Sparkle’ to one of the UK’s leading LGBT events. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
In The South Albert Kennedy Trust to benefit from north east LGBT run The fifth annual LGBT 5k, organised by Northern Frontrunners, will return to Newcastle’s Town Moor on Friday July 15 as a curtain raiser to Newcastle Pride. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts Heather Small to headline Newcastle Pride Newcastle Pride, one of the largest free festivals of its kind in the country, returns with its longest ever programme of live entertainment for summer 2016. By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Newcastle Pride generates £9m for local economy One of the UK’s leading LGBT festivals boosted the North East economy by more than £9m in 2015. Newcastle Pride, one of the largest free events of its kind in the UK, attracted a record-breaking 71,000 people in 2015, with an estimated additional 480,000 listening live around the world on Pride Radi By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News Top pop stars bring the crowds to Newcastle Pride B*Witched and Belinda Carlisle were among the acts performing at a free event in the North East this weekend. The chart-topping girl-band and 80s songstress were both headliners at the eighth annual Newcastle Pride festival, at the city’s Town Moor from Friday to Sunday (July 17 to 20). By Gary Hart • 2 min read
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 02: The Cast and Crew attend a photocall for “Pride” at Odeon Camden on September 2, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) LGBTQ+ News LGSM activists to lead Newcastle Pride Parade Members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), immortalised in the blockbuster movie Pride, will lead the Newcastle Pride parade through the city on Saturday, July 18. It will be the first time that the group, whose story was told in comedy film Pride released last year, has taken part in t By Gary Hart • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Newcastle expects £8M boost from Northern Pride Newcastle Pride, now in its eighth year, will return to the city’s Town Moor for three days of live entertainment from Friday July 17. The event, which is also celebrating 45 years of world Pride, contributed around £7.9m to the economy in 2014, attracting a record 65,000 visitors. Organisers are ex By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Newcastle Pride 2014 LGBTQ+ News Freemen show their Pride in Newcastle One of the oldest organisations in the North East is showing its pride and will be backing one of the region’s largest events this summer. The Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne, which can be traced back to Anglo-Saxon times, is supporting Newcastle Pride 2015. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
B*Witched Arts Home is where the Pride is! Five of the North East’s leading housing providers are proving there’s no place like home by sponsoring one of the region’s largest events. Gentoo, South Tyneside Homes, Places for People, Gateshead Housing Company and Riverside are all backing Newcastle Pride 2015. The LGBT festival, which returns By Besi • 2 min read
Lucy Spraggan LGBTQ+ News Newcastle Pride announce full festival line-up THE three-day festival, now one of the largest, free LGBT events in the UK, returns to Newcastle’s Town Moor from Friday July 17, celebrating 45 years of world Pride. Event organisers, Northern Pride, recently announced that girlband B*Witched and pop superstar Belinda Carlisle would be headlining t By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Suited and booted with Newcastle Pride The North East’s leading LGBT charity is hoping to raise “money, money, money” at its annual Black Tie Ball. THE popular event on Saturday June 20, will feature a live performance by top tribute band Abba Girlz, as well as a three course meal created by 1879 Events Management. Guests at the glamorou By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Belinda Carlisle and B*Witched headline Newcastle Pride One of the UK’s largest free LGBT festivals is back in July with a bumper line up, celebrating 45 years of world Pride. Newcastle Pride, which attracted more than 65,000 visitors in 2014, will return to the city’s Town Moor, from Friday July 17 to Sunday July 19, with a One Love theme marking the an By Besi • 2 min read
