Two Lumo staff members standing with the pride mascot next to a pride in the city poster

Lumo provides platform for live performances at Northern Pride

Lumo is pulling up at this year's Northern Pride with its very own Lumo Platform

Published 15 Jul 2024

Centred around Grey's Monument and Old Eldon Square, the Northern Pride Market Village, sponsored by Lumo, will introduce a new zone to Pride in the City for 2024. The Market Village will bring together different organisations and community groups celebrating and demonstrating their commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community.  

The Lumo Platform, a live performance stage hosted by performer PlastiQ, will also bring the queer community together in the city centre like never before.

Taking to the stage on Saturday 20th July, will be an array of talent, including the Ladies of Midnight Blue, an Afro-Latin percussion & brass duet, Ryan Petitjean, a North East singer song writer and host and performer Carmen Silk, who will bring show tunes with vaudeville silliness – to name just a few.

To add to the celebrations, Newcastle Mela is bringing Punjabi Roots to the platform, who is also performing at the arena with Shin DCS later in the day. The ongoing partnership between Pride and the Mela, two of the biggest city wide celebrations of arts and culture, cements the power of collaboration to celebrate the vast talent here in the region and in the queer community. 

Martin Gilbert, Managing Director at Lumo, said: “We are proud to once again support Northern Pride, which is one of the city’s most exciting events for our communities, customers and colleagues. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do at Lumo, both internally with our fantastic teams and through our ‘one-class’ all-inclusive and sustainable electric train service connecting Newcastle with Edinburgh and London. 

We’re delighted to be able to support what is set to be a fantastic event right in the heart of the city, with the Market Village Zone and Lumo Platform stage creating even more opportunities for everyone to join in the fun.”

Ste Dunn, Director of Northern Pride, said, “We’re delighted to be supported by Lumo again this year. Lumo operates from London to Edinburgh and we are proud to not only provide the Lumo Platform for new artists this year, but also transport for our many visitors who come to Northern Pride from all across the UK. We hope everyone heads to our new Market Village zone to enjoy some of these very talented performers live in action.”

The main event which will take place over the weekend of 19-21 July, has moved from the Town Moor to various locations across Newcastle. The Pride Arena, at Central Park in Times Square, will host Drag icons, 90s favourites, top DJs, leading tribute acts and local stars for this year’s new-look Northern Pride. Across the city, the Curious Arts Stage will take over Northern Stage, and the Family and Youth activities will consume the newly renovated Assembly Rooms, and the vibrant market stalls will take over the streets surrounding Greys Monument and Old Eldon Square, truly encompassing a city-wide take over.