York Pride Family Area 2026
York Pride is proud to provide a Family Area – a welcoming and inclusive space where children, parents, and carers can enjoy Pride together in a safe, fun, and supportive environment.
Each year, the Family Area brings families together to celebrate love, creativity, and connection, offering activities and entertainment designed for all ages. From crafts and storytelling to interactive performances and sensory play, it’s a space where everyone can relax, laugh, and feel part of the Pride celebration.
For 2026, we explored new ways to make this space even more engaging and accessible — and we invited organisations, artists, and community groups to help us shape it.
Together, we can create a space that celebrates families in all their forms and ensures that Pride is truly for everyone.
Follow @yorkpride on social media for updates and announcements as plans for the Family Area develop.
FAMILY AREA 2026 HOSTS
Jeddy Bear hosts the York Pride Family Area, helping create a space that feels warm, playful and full of Pride joy. As one of the faces guiding families through the day, Jeddy Bear brings colour, character and a welcoming presence to the programme.
Gary co-hosts the York Pride Family Area alongside Jeddy Bear, helping families enjoy a packed day of entertainment, activities and celebration. With performances, football demos, circus skills, fairground fun and family-friendly acts across the programme, Gary will help keep the day moving and make sure audiences know what is happening next.
Together, Jeddy Bear and Gary will help shape the Family Area into a joyful, colourful and properly welcoming part of York Pride.
FAMILY AREA 2026 ACTS AND ACTIVITIES
James Hall
James Hall brings lively family entertainment to the York Pride Family Area, helping create a programme that keeps younger audiences engaged, smiling and involved. Appearing twice across the day, James will help keep the energy flowing with performances designed for children, families and anyone who enjoys a bit of feel-good fun.
These appearances are part of what makes the Family Area more than just a quiet corner of the festival. It is a proper programme in its own right, with entertainment that gives families plenty to enjoy throughout the afternoon.
Katie Pritchard
Katie Pritchard brings colour, comedy and joyful chaos to the York Pride Family Area. Known for a performance style that is playful, musical and full of personality, Katie is a brilliant fit for a family audience looking for something lively, funny and wonderfully silly.
This set brings the kind of energy that works across generations. Children can enjoy the fun and movement, while grown-ups can enjoy the wit and performance craft.
Expect laughter, brightness and a performance that helps make the Family Area feel properly alive.
Mama G
Mama G brings stories, sparkle and kindness to York Pride. A much-loved family performer, Mama G’s work celebrates being yourself, looking after one another and understanding the world with compassion and joy.
This performance is a perfect fit for Pride, where messages of acceptance, love and belonging sit at the heart of the day. Expect warmth, humour and storytelling that children can connect with, while also carrying a message that matters.
Mama G brings the kind of family entertainment that feels fun, meaningful and proudly inclusive.
Ada Campe
Ada Campe brings wit, wonder and cabaret charm to the Family Area. With a performance style full of storytelling, humour and a little bit of magic, Ada offers something playful and engaging for audiences of different ages.
This appearance adds variety to the family programme, bringing a cabaret flavour in a way that feels accessible, clever and full of personality.
Expect moments of surprise, laughter and interaction as Ada helps create a Family Area programme that is as entertaining as it is welcoming.
Sir Elton Scone
Sir Elton Scone brings tribute sparkle and fabulous family-friendly fun to York Pride. With a playful nod to one of music’s most iconic performers, this act adds colour, character and singalong energy to the Family Area.
Expect big glasses energy, joyful performance and plenty of Pride sparkle. Sir Elton Scone is a brilliant example of what the Family Area is all about: familiar, fun, accessible entertainment with a queer twist and a whole lot of personality.
Dustin Kitsch Saxophone Rave
Dustin Kitsch Saxophone Rave brings live sax, big beats and pure party energy to the Family Area. This is a performance designed to get people moving, whether that means children dancing at the front, parents joining in or passers-by being pulled in by the sound.
With a mix of live performance and festival energy, Dustin Kitsch brings something bright, upbeat and different to the programme.
Expect an uplifting set that helps turn the Family Area into a mini dancefloor and gives everyone a chance to have a proper Pride boogie.
York City FC Foundation Football Demos
York City FC Foundation will be bringing football fun to the York Pride Family Area throughout the day. Their demos and activities give children and families the chance to get involved, have a go and enjoy sport in a relaxed, welcoming festival setting.
This is a brilliant way to add active play to the Family Area programme, giving young people a chance to move, try something new and connect with a well-known local organisation.
It also reflects what Pride does best: bringing different parts of the York community together in one shared space.
Circus Skills York: Have a Go
Circus Skills York invite families to step right up and have a go. Their hands-on activities give children the chance to try circus skills in a fun, supportive and confidence-building environment.
This is exactly the kind of activity that makes the Family Area feel active and exciting. Children can experiment, practise, laugh and learn something new, while families can enjoy watching them get stuck in.
It is playful, practical and perfect for a festival day.
Dowse’s Funfairs
Dowse’s Funfairs bring classic fairground fun to the York Pride Family Area. Their rides and attractions help create that proper festival atmosphere, giving children and families something to enjoy throughout the day alongside the stage programme and activities.
A fairground brings movement, colour and excitement to the site, making the Family Area feel even more like a destination within the festival.
Whether families are stopping by between performances or spending longer in the area, Dowse’s Funfairs help add that extra layer of Pride-day fun.
