Middlesbrough Pride 2025

27TH SEPTEMBER 2025 A celebration of Teesside’s LGBTQIA+ community Join us in bringing Pride to the heart of Boro!

WHATS ON

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

MIDDLESBROUGH TOWN HALL Albert Road, TS1 2QJ

Performing Arts Workshop 9am - 12:30pm Interested in acting, singing, movement or writing? Join MTH Performing Arts’ workshop to build your performance skills and celebrate pride!

6 - 12 yrs Booking required. Contact: boxoffice@middlesbrough.gov.uk

Pride Flags Workshop 1pm - 3pm Join the Curious Young Creatives for a drop-in session where you can design a flag that represents your identity, your community or stand in allyship!

Quiet Pride 11am - 4pm A quiet space for a moment of calm with the opportunity to take part in rainbow weaving.

Market Stage 1pm - 5pm Join us for performances from local poets and singers, in a cosy space to celebrate talent and community

Family Arts Zone 11am - 4pm Sponsored by Foster with North East Celebrate Pride with creative Family Crafts that everyone can enjoy. Bring your imagination and share the joy!

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

Albert Road, TS1 2PA

Pride Market 11am - 5pm Visit our Pride Market packed with local support services, businesses, artists and makers as they sell their goods, share information and celebrate pride.

Pre-Parade Breakfast 9am - 11am Gather your friends, fill your stomachs, and get energised for the Pride ahead at a relaxed preparade breakfast. £6.95 for a buffet Hot & Cold breakfast

Pride Stage 12:30pm - 6pm Celebrate Pride with live performances from an array of artists ready to take the stage with their incredible talent, including That Clare, Jake Holt, Sapphires Drag Hour and guests Anna Phylactic, Kerry Ellis and Angie Brown!

Middlesbrough Pride Parade 12pm Grab a flag, bring your energy, and join our Parade as we fill the streets with pride, joy and solidarity. This parade is open to everyone - families, friends, allies and LGBTQIA+ community members.

Time To Talk 1pm - 3pm A safe space for trans and nonbinary people and their families and friends to talk, share experiences and build a community over a cuppa.

MIMA

Centre Square, TS1 2AZ

Progress Pride Flag Installation 10am - 4:30pm Find the Progress Pride Flag displayed proudly in MIMA’s Atrium window - a perfect selfie spot!

Family Art Trolley & Picnic 11am - 3pm The Family Art Trolley is a handson maker space packed with lots of exciting things.

Pick up a picnic from the MIMA Kitchen for £1 per child when visiting the Family Art Trolley.

We Are Family 10am - 4:30pm Discover “We Are Family” a celebration of children’s books and poetry. Explore works by authors from diverse backgrounds, enriching our understanding of the world around us.

CENTRE SQUARE

Centre Square, TS1 2BF

The Turkey & The Caterpillar 1:00pm, 2:15pm + 3:30pm A heartwarming outdoor performance following two new friends as they embark on a journey, to honour being their true selves and learn the importance of standing by your friends through life’s changing seasons.

Supported by Orange Pip Market

MIDDLESBROUGH ART WEEK

ORANGE PIP MARKET

Middlesbrough Art Week Now presenting its 8th festival edition, a week of exhibitions, talks, workshops, performances, events and exciting public interventions across Middlesbrough. middlesbroughartweek.com

Orange Pip Market 12pm - 7pm Packed with artisan food, arts and live music, there is something for the whole family to enjoy!

25 SEPT - 4 OCT

EROS 12pm - 5pm Pineapple Black, Hill St, TS1 1SU A collaboration between OUT OUT and Pineapple Black, this art exhibition invites you to witness how queer voices disrupt comfort zones and reclaim space 16+, viewer discretion @OutOut.Boro

Baker Street, TS1 2LF

Orange Pip Market Stage 12pm - 6pm Enjoy live entertainment from a variety of talented performers throughout the day while taking in the amazing atmosphere at Orange Pip Market

WHAT, WHERE & WHEN 9am - 12:30pm

Performing Arts Workshop

11am - 3pm

Pre-Parade Breakfast

11am - 3pm

Family Art Trolley & Picnic

11am - 4pm

Family Arts Zone

11am - 5pm

Pride Market

11am - 4pm

Quiet Pride

12pm

Middlesbrough Pride Parade

12:30pm - 6pm

Pride Stage

1pm - 5pm

Market Stage

1pm - 3pm

Pride Flags Workshop

1pm - 3pm

Time To Talk

1pm 2:15pm 3:30pm

The Turkey & The Caterpillar

INFO 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.

Middlesbrough Pride has a zero tolerance to hate.

PRIDE HOTEL OFFER Make the most of your Middlesbrough Pride weekend with exclusive hotel offers from our amazing partners!

Holiday Inn Express and Station Suites are offering discounted room rates especially for Pride attendees.

Use the code MBROPRIDE when booking to unlock your discount.

Scan the QR codes below to book directly and secure your stay and wake up ready to celebrate Pride in the heart of Middlesbrough!

PRIDE AFTER PARTIES Sapphires, Newport Road, TS1 1LE, 5pm - 4:40am Club XS, Albert Road, TS1 1NS, 5pm - 5:30am Madri Gras, Albert Road, TS1 2RU, 8pm - 4:30am

MAP

MIDDLESBROUGH TOWN HALL

MIMA

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

ORANGE PIP MARKET

CENTRE SQUARE

PRIDE ENTRANCE

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Thank you to the Middlesbrough Pride Planning Group, crowdfunder supporters, Monarchy, Vik Brown, the team at Sapphires and Middlesbrough Council.

Pride In Tees Valley

@PrideInTeesValley