Whitley Bay Carnival 2025

Whitley Bay Carnival 2025 ‘Journeys’ 24th & 25th May

The carnival parade is the centrepiece of a colourful family festival weekend bringing crowds to the Spanish City Plaza and Links to enjoy circus, street arts, live music and for the first time in 2025 The Heritage Games. All this alongside traditional seaside shuggy boats and fairground rides, street food, craft ale bars and a select group of trade stalls.

Since 2014 we have been celebrating all that is best about our seaside town. Many of our audience number are also participants with around 2,000 locals helping to make carnival happen each year and audiences of around 30,000 in 2024.

What’s happening?
Carnival opens on Saturday 24th May with the main site operating from 10.00 till 18.00 with a full programme of entertainment.

The Carnival Parade on the 24th will draw crowds from Whitley Bay Metro station to the main site at the Spanish City Plaza and Links. The parade sets off from the metro station at the centre of Whitley Bay at 11am and arrives at approx12:30. This is the busiest time as everyone in the parade and its audience arrive.

Saturday evening Carnival Ball in an on site marquee. Aimed at families from babes in arms to the eldest elders with party games and live entertainment . A 400 capacity themed ticketed event from 18.00 – 22.00.

Sunday 25th We will be staging the Heritage Games in association with local sporting clubs. Teams will compete for trophies and kudos. 12: 00 – 15:00

Sunday – the site opens 10:00 – 17:00 with a programme of live music and street theatre. Carnival finale 16:30

Do you want to take part in Carnival 2025?

You can apply for your traders stall by downloading and completing the Trader form.  As our theme is journeys we would be particularly interested in food from all parts of the world.

Trader agreement form 2025