Hartlepool Pride 2025

SATURDAY 5 JULY 2025

Supportedby 10am-4pm

A vibrant celebration of Hartlepool’s LGBTQIA+ community with fun, free activities for all ages. Join us in bringing Pride to Hartlepool!

We can’t wait to celebrate Pride together! In order to keep everyone as safe as possible throughout the day, please note...

Photography and videography will take place throughout the event. If you do not wish to be photographed, please speak to a member of the Events Team who will be wearing Curious Arts branded pink hi-vis jackets. Hartlepool Pride has a zero tolerance to hate.

WHAT, WHERE & WHEN

10am - 11am Coffee Morning

18+ INFO

11am - 4pm Family Arts Zone - Mini Pride

11am - 4pm Object Handling

11am - 4pm Pride Market

11:30am - 4pm Bobby Dazzler Stage

11:30am - 4pm Clothes Swap: Fit For Pride

12pm - 4pm Quiet Pride

12:30pm - 4pm Pride Chalk Art

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Drag Workshop

1pm - 3pm Time To Talk

2pm Pop-Up Parade

Happy Pride Hartlepool!

If you would like to support the future of Pride across Tees Valley! Scan to donate to Curious Arts and help us us continue to celebrate and uplift our LGBTQIA+ communities.

WHATS ON

Free, drop-in events for all ages unless otherwise stated

HARTLEPOOL TOWN

HALL THEATRE THE NORTHERN SCHOOL OF ART

Raby Road, TS24 8AH

Coffee Morning

10am - 11am

Join us for a morning of friendly faces, inspiring LGBTQIA+ speakers, and the chance to connect before heading to Pride together.

Church St, TS24 7EX

Pride Market 11am - 4pm

Visit our Pride Market packed with local support services, businesses, artists and makers as they sell their goods, share information and celebrate pride.

Drag Workshop

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Join a local drag artist for a fun crash course in movement, persona and self-expression. No experience needed - just bring your amazing self!

*Free, Booking required, 18yrs+

Sign Up on Eventbrite here 18+

Clothes Swap: Fit For Pride 11:30am - 4pm

We especially welcome clothing donations from genders you may no longer identify with, so that others can find pieces that affirm who they are today. Let’s make fashion joyful, sustainable, and inclusive!

Time

To Talk 1pm - 3pm

A safe space for trans and nonbinary people and their families to talk, share experiences and build a community over a cuppa.

CHURCH SQUARE

Church St, TS24 7EX

Bobby Dazzler Stage

11:30am - 4pm

Celebrate Pride with live performances throughout the day! An amazing array of performers ready to take the stage with their incredible talent, including Gloria Love, Miss Toni’s Academy, Better The Kylie You Know and many more! Hosted by Skankii Kandl and Ophelia B!

Pride Chalk Art

12.30pm - 4pm

Join Local artists and help transform Church Square with original artwork and written words of positivity - made using chalk!

HEAD QUARTERS

Church St, TS24 7EB

Pop-Up Parade

2:00pm

Grab a flag, bring your energy, and join our Pop-Up Parade as we fill the streets with pride, joy and solidarity. This short, high-impact parade is open to everyonefamilies, friends, allies and LGBTQIA+ community members alike.

Gender Affirming Haircuts 11am - 4pm

Head Quarters is offering genderaffirming haircuts in a welcoming, supportive space by skilled stylists. Come as you are and leave feeling even more you!

*Under 16’s require permission from a parent or guardian. Drop In reduced cost of £5

HARTLEPOOL ART GALLERY

Church St, TS24 7EQ

Object Handling

11am - 4pm

Join the museum of Hartlepool for a special object handling craft session, all about the LGBTQIA+ histories of Hartlepool! From sailors at sea to performers on the stage, learn more about the stories that make up Hartlepool.

Family Arts Zone - Mini Pride

11am - 4pm