TWISTED is a one-night-only celebration of creativity and self-expression and an invitation to dress up and go to town. Inspired by Damien Frost’s Night Flowers photographic exhibition, Bartholomew’s becomes an immersive world of art, music and performance – and most importantly dancing. Come out and play, petals.

SOAK is back in 2026! An exhilarating lineup of international and Newcastle talent, reimagining the iconic Newcastle Ocean Baths with a series of intimate and inspiring music performances at sunset.

Night Flowers presents a selection of Damien Frost’s iconic photographic series, capturing the charged intimacy of late-night dancefloors where art, performance and self-reinvention collide. Shot over a decade in London and expanded through New Annual, the exhibition premieres new portraits of Newcastle’s queer and alternative communities, celebrating radical identity, place and exuberant self-expression.