OUR PRIDE
Day SOCIAL
DATE: Saturday, July 5th
START TIME: 12:00 PM
END TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: The Old Coal Yard
COST: FREE
ACCESS: Wheelchair accessible with an access toilet. Please contact the venue for specific details.
Trigger warning for loud noises, course language, flashing lights and topics such as racism, transphobia and homophobia.
3 PM - Panel Discussion
Joy, resistance &Solidarity
One of the most highly regarded aspects of Our Pride is the panel discussion. The topic this year is joy, resistance and solidarity.
We will again present our panel in a slightly different way. We again want to hear from you! You will be able to ask the panellists questions. With this approach, please be mindful of what you ask the panel and respect their decision if they do not wish to answer your question. It will, as usual, be host-led
Frit Tam - Panellist
Frit Tam is a transgender, British Chinese, award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, speaker, zine-maker, writer and futurist. He is co-director of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival and he’ll rarely say no to a portion of chips. As an adventure documentary filmmaker, his sole mission is to share stories from underrepresented communities in the outdoors and adventure spheres, so that anyone who has not seen themselves on the big screen, may finally do so. In his activism work, as a trans man, he understands what it means to vision a world before embodying it, and enjoys holding imagination workshops to create a better future.
Dami - Panellist
Amy Langdown
Amy Langdown is a Queer and disabled award winning poet, artist, producer and facilitator based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Amy loves working with communities to create art inspired by lived experience. With years of experience working on community projects in the North East, Amy's work always aims to give people access to safe spaces and opportunities to have their voices heard because it can, and does, change lives - and the world!
They write on themes such as identity, politics and what it means to exist in the world we live in today. They are the producer and host of Out of Your Head! Poetry and have headlined at cultural events and venues such as Lindisfarne Festival, Durham Fringe Festival, The Cluny, Roundhouse Poetry and Northern Stage.
Amy is also a lover of dungarees, their dog Bonny, fun earrings, podcast-length voicenotes, books and singing with others.
Find out more about Amy’s here: https://www.instagram.com/amylangdown_/
Photo by Hand of Glory Media
Dr Si Long Chan - Panellist
Si Long (they/them) is a Hong Kong born co-organiser at East and Southeast Asians North East (@esa.ne_). ESA.NE is a trans and intersex led community-network with a queer politics that centres QTIBIPOC+ community care and activism. Si Long co-organises protests and actions, offers support and advocacy within our community, and regularly organises community events and spaces.
Currently, ESA.NE is fundraising for ‘Emergency Funds for Hossam’ (see our bio and contribute). ESA.NE is also organising QTI Pride with our communities, as well as having conversations with queer collectives in Asia about across-border community building and solidarities.
4:15 PM - Raffle
We have received some incredible donations (25+ items) this year. We will be posting the donations via our social media pages, so keep an eye out.
We are raising funds to help with the costs of this year’s pride and for Rainbow Noir. https://www.rainbownoirmcr.com/
We would appreciate any more donations and your support in joining us for the raffle. Please send us a DM or an email to hello@sister-shack.com. Thank you.
5:30 PM - 6 PM - eddie doyle
Newcastle (UK) based Eddie Doyle is an exciting new voice in experimental music. Her self described 'post-Catholic post-rock' draws influence from an eclectic mix of electronic, trip-hop, art-rock and beyond; a unique blend. Cleaving open audiences with her emotive vocals, Eddie Doyle finds a confrontational vulnerability. An indulgent exploration of self, story and sound.
5 PM - 5:15 PM - They Girls, Theys & Slays Choir
The Girls, Theys and Slays choir are a community choir set up in March 2024 by Maya Torres and Rosie Bowden. The choir brings together likeminded women and non-binary folk for casual rehearsals and performances across the North East. So far, they have performed at Alphabetti Theatre, Live Theatre, Darlington Hippodrome, Newcastle Pride 2024 and WOW North East 2025. They were also featured in WOW’s Hope Brigade in 2026. The Choir is completely free to attend and open to any NE woman or non binary person over the age of 18. Maya and Rosie have had the opportunity to share their practise with schools, youth groups and other organisations, celebrating the power of music and community far and wide.
2 PM - 2:15 - poetry from Rhian Jade
Rhian Jade is a performance artist and poet from Belfast, living in Newcastle and producing Queer work that is all about joy, solidarity and liberation!
12-6 PM - Market Stalls
(Inside)
Join local LGBTQIA+ traders at our mini market. There will be loads of items on offer.
Stalls:
1b Books
Jem’s Vegan Bakes
Wilder Stained Glass
BetterTown
Northern Dykes
Bear’s Wears
Sister Shack
(Outside)
Smashin’ Pasties.
3 PM - Panel Discussion
Joy, resistance &Solidarity
One of the most highly regarded aspects of Our Pride is the panel discussion. The topic this year is joy, resistance and solidarity.
We will again present our panel in a slightly different way. We again want to hear from you! You will be able to ask the panellists questions. With this approach, please be mindful of what you ask the panel and respect their decision if they do not wish to answer your question. It will, as usual, be host-led
12 PM - 4 PM - Crochet & Crafts with Stitched by Steph
Stitched by Steph is a local crochet artist who will be familiar to many of you who have attended Sister Shack markets over the last few years.
Steph will be on hand to help you crochet flags, friendship bracelets (both crochet and non-crochet), a large community flag that everyone can contribute to, and more. There will be a transfer tattoo station, where you can make your own tattoo, and there will also be general crafts for you to do yourself, including colouring in
The Old Coal Yard, Elizabeth St, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1JS