With the added ceremony of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, March 2016 and St. Patrick’s Day 2016 were jam-packed with incredible celebrations and parades as Irish groups all across America held special events to honor the Rising's centenary year.
But we think this year we can do even better. March 2017 / St. Patrick’s Day 2017 will soon be upon us and with parade/celebration organizers already having spent weeks and months preparing, it’s definitely not too early for you to start planning how you’ll spend St. Patrick’s Day.
To get you started here’s IrishCentral first list of the best and brightest St. Patrick’s Day 2017 celebrations.
Have we missed your event? Know of anything weird and wonderful happening in your area for St. Patrick’s Day? Let us know at [email protected] and we’ll have further lists as we countdown to March 17.
Alabama
Birmingham - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The 33rd St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Five Points, Birmingham, AL will be led by the Ian Sturrock Memorial Pipe Band on Saturday, March 11, 2017, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Irish food and drink specials will be offered up all day from 11 am to 11 pm.
More info here.
Huntsville - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The 40th Annual Ellen McAnelly Memorial St. Patrick's Day Parade, presented by the Irish Society of North Alabama, will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Downtown Huntsville. Celebrations will kick off at 11:30 am.
More info here.
Arizona
Phoenix - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The Phoenix St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Faire will kick off at 10 am on March 11, 2017. This year's theme is "Salute to Irish Music and Dance."
The quaintly titled Faire starts at 10 am at Hance Park West side of Central at the Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004.
Admission $10.00 Adults (13 & older). Kids 12 & under FREE. Senior (55 & over) and Military $8.00.
More info here.
Arkansas
Little Rock - Saturday, March 11
The 18th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017, beginning at 1:00 PM. The parade starts at the corner of Third & Rock Streets in front of Dugan’s Pub in downtown Little Rock and ends at Sixth & Main Streets in North Little Rock.
More info here.
Hot Springs - Friday, March 17
The 14th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, will kick off after work at 6.30pm on March 17. This year it will welcome its first ever toastmaster general Tim Herlihy, the Tullamore DEW US Ambassador, as well the world-renowned Clydesdale horses.
Uncle Kracker will also be putting on a performance at the parade end!
More info here.
California
Hermosa Beach - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade will take place between 11 am - 2 pm PST on March 11.
More info here.
San Diego - Saturday, March 11, 2017
Join the San Diego celebrations in Balboa Park for the 37th Annual Irish Festival on Saturday, March 11, 2017.
The festival opens between 9 am and 6 pm while the parade begins at 10.30 am.
More info here.
San Francisco - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The West Coast’s largest Irish event celebrating Irish history and culture, the 166th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, will take place on Saturday, March 11 at 11.30 am. The Parade will start at the corner of Market and Second Streets where over a hundred colorful floats, Irish dance troupes, and marching bands will wind their way to Civic Center Plaza.
This year’s theme is: Passing on Traditions.
More info here.
Denver, CO, USA - March 16, 2013: Lady in red coat surrounded by everyone else wearing green while participating in the Denver St. Patrick's Day parade. Image: iStock.
Colorado
Denver - Saturday, March 11, 2017
Now in its 55th year, the Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2017 will step off at 9.30am led by Queen Colleen 2017 Laura Farley.
More info here.
Fort Collins - Saturday, March 11, 2017
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year at the annual community Parade and Irish Party in historic Downtown Fort Collins. The Lucky Joe's St. Patrick’s Day Parade, on Saturday, March 11 features creative floats, performers, and family fun for all! Join afterward for the Old Town Irish Party hosted by Wilbur's Total Beverage in Old Town Square with live music and a “green beer garden.”
The event will take place between 10 am and 5 pm.
More info here.
Denver, CO, USA- March 16, 2013: Young boy wearing an Irish cap catching a ride while participating in the Denver St. Patrick's Day parade. Image: iStock
Connecticut
Hartford - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The 46th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick's Day Parade will be Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 11.00 am. The parade begins at Capitol Avenue by the State Capitol, takes a left on Main Street, a left on Asylum, a left on Ford Street, and then ends by the Memorial Arch.
More info here.
Florida
Delray Beach - March 10 and March 11
The Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade is an annual hometown tradition that began in 1968 with an Irish local pub owner by the name of Maury Power, who took a stroll down Atlantic Avenue with his Shillelagh and a green pig and declared it, “My own parade” (or so they say).
This year the festival will kick off on March 10 at 5 pm while the parade itself steps off on March 11 at noon.
More info here.
Georgia
Atlanta - Saturday, March 11, 2017
Come rain or shine, between noon at 1.30pm on March 11, the 135th Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place.
More info here.
Parade in Atlanta, Georgia. Image: iStock
Hawaii
Throughout all of March and April celebrate the Celtic Days of Honolulu and Hawaii. Irish events around St Patrick’s Day include the Emerald Ball, the St Patrick’s Day Parade and Block Party – and they run through April.
The 50th Annual Waikiki St. Patrick's Day Parade that will be held on Friday, March 17. The parade kicks off at noon
More info here.
Illinois
Elmhurst - Saturday, March 4, 201
The Elmhurst 21st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off at noon on Saturday, March 4.
More info here.
Chicago (Downtown) - Saturday, March 11, 2017
This year's Parade will take place on Saturday, March 11, 2017. It steps off at noon rain or shine, while the river will, as always, be dyed green. This year’s theme is “Irish immigration: A new world of opportunity.”
Chicago (South Side) - March 12, 2017
The Southside parade will take place on March 12 at noon. Just before this, at 11 am, will be the mile-long fun run.
More info here.
New York City, NY, USA - March 17, 2014: Participants at the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade that takes place on 5th Avenue in New York City. Image: iStock.
Indiana
Indianapolis - Thursday, March 16 until Saturday, March 18
While the weekend begins Thursday evening at 5 pm with the greening of the river, the 37th annual parade will kick off at 11.30am on March 17. The following day the 26th Annual Shamrock Run & Walk "Darn Near 4 miler” and the Lucky 7 seven-mile timed run will have you working off all that Guinness.
More info here.
Iowa
Davenport - Friday, March 17 & Saturday, March 18
The Great Weekend begins with the Gathering of the Clan Luncheon on Friday, March 17. The parade, however, isn’t until March 18 commencing with Mass at 10 am followed by a step off time of 11.30am.
More info here.
Louisiana
Baton Rouge - Saturday, March 18, 2017
The 32nd annual Wearin’ of the Green Parade will take place in Baton Rouge on March 18, 2017. It will roll out promptly at 10 am.
More info here.
Morristown, New Jersey, USA - March 9, 2013: Traditional irish leprechaun parade at the Saint Patrick's Day festival. Image: iStock.
Maryland
Ocean City - Saturday, March 11, 2017
Join the Annual Ocean City St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at noon.
More info here.
Massachusetts
South Boston - Sunday, March 19, 2017
The “Southie” St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on March 19, stepping off at noon.
More info here.
Minnesota
Minneapolis - Friday, March 17, 2017
With everything from a Wee Leprechaun to a Ms. Blarney competition, the Minneapolis St. Patrick's Day Parade will begin this year at 7.30pm on March 17.
More info here.
Morristown, New Jersey, USA - March 9, 2013: Irish-American women parade in truck at the Saint Patrick's Day festival. Image: iStock.
Mississippi
Downtown Biloxi - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The 39th annual Hibernia St. Patrick’s Day Parade and 5k run will take place this year in Downtown Biloxi on March 11.
The parade featuring bands, military units, flag bearers, bagpipers, leprechauns, a horse-drawn carriage with the parade's Grand Marshal and Colleen, and colorful floats tossing Irish trinkets, green beads, and doubloons.
More info here.
New Hampshire
Manchester - Sunday, March 26, 2017
Stepping off at noon on Sunday, March 26, 2017, the Manchester St. Patrick’s Day Parade will leave from Elm Street and proceed from Salmon to Central Street.
More info here.
New York, NY, USA - March 17, 2016: The The beautiful Rose of Tralee women march in the St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City. Image: iStock.
New York
Manhattan - Friday, March 17, 2017
Of course, the most well-known (and the oldest) St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the world will return to Manhattan again this year, starting off at 11 am and parade up Fifth Avenue.
More info here.
New Jersey
Hoboken - Saturday, March 4, 2017
A night for the partiers and late-night revelers takes place on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Hoboken will unite in solidarity for the biggest event of the year, the annual St Paddy's Hoboken Celebration (often known as Leprecon).
New Mexico
Albuquerque - Saturday, March 11, 2017
NM ShamRock Fest returns to the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum on Saturday, March 11 for the greenest jam-packed St. Patrick's Day celebration in town.
From 11 am to 6 pm, NM ShamRock Fest will feature two stages with performances by Irish singing groups, Celtic fiddle groups, bagpipe and drum bands, dancers and choral ensembles
North Carolina
Raleigh - Saturday, March 11, 2017
At 10 am on March 11, the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade will begin.
The Wearin' 'O the Green Festival is held on City Plaza at the south end of Fayetteville Street in downtown, along with some of the neighboring streets, and starts off as soon as the parade is over.
Ohio
Cleveland - Friday, March 17, 2017
Celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Cleveland St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17 itself, kicking off at the unusual time of 1.04pm.
More info here.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City - Saturday, March 18, 2017
On Saturday, March 18, 2017, head down to the "pot o' gold" in Bricktown at the O’City St. Patrick's Day Parade. The parade starts at 11 am in Downtown OKC and ends in Bricktown with plenty of live music, great beer, delicious food and fun for everyone.
More info here.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia - Sunday, March 12, 2017
The 2017 Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Sunday, March 12 from noon until 3 pm.
The 2017 Parade Theme is “St. Patrick, protect and guide our police officers.”
More info here.
Texas
Dallas - Saturday, March 11, 2017
The 38th Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade, known as largest St. Patrick’s Parade in the Southwest, will step off at Greenville at Blackwell St at 11 am on March 11, 2017. Later in the evening, 90s group Jimmy Eat World will headline the festival alongside Rooney and the Unlikely Candidates
More info here.
Washington D.C. - March 11 & March 12
The 46th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade in Washington, D.C. will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2017.
The 2017 Theme is “Irish in Public Service’ as is embodied by their 2017 honorees such as Grand Marshal Cody Keenan, Former Director of Speechwriting for the White House.
On March 11, Shamrock Fest will take over RFK stadium from 11 am until 5 pm where Dropkick Murphys and House of Pain will hype up the crowds for the following day.
Washington D.C., USA-March 17, 2013: These teenage girls bear green flags at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C. Image: iStock.
Know of any interesting St. Patrick’s Day events in your area not included here? Send us an email with the info at [email protected]. We’ll be covering more events as the big day draws near, make sure your event is included and enjoy the preparations!
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