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Families can expect a day filled with excitement and entertainment at the Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade, held in downtown Forest Park. As one of the best St. Patrick’s Day parades around, the event features over 65 entries, including bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers and floats featuring local businesses. Join us at 1 pm on March 1, 2025 for a fun-filled day in downtown Forest Park at the best St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the western suburbs! 70+ entries include bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, police & fire departments & much more! The parade kicks off at 1 pm from Madison and Van Buren and travels east on Madison to Elgin. Grab On Saturday, March 2, 2024, the Village of Forest Park will be hosting their annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade will begin at 1:00 PM at Madison St. and Van Buren and will travel East on Madison St. into Forest Park. Join us at 1 pm on March 2, 2024 for our 28 th Annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade for a fun-filled day in downtown Forest Park at the best St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the western suburbs! 65+ entries include bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, police & fire departments & much more! Join us for the 29th annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 1, 2025 at 1 pm -- a fun filled day on Madison and the best parade in the western suburbs! 70+ entries including bagpipers, Proviso East Marching Band, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, Chicago White Sox Southpaw, local police & fire departments & more! Proviso East High School Marching Band at the Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday March 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor Some of my favorite parade participants included the float for Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch, which had a DJ and inspired lots of dancing, the Medinah Shriners in their small motorcycles and cars, and Get out your “Kiss Me I’m Irish” buttons out because Forest Park is kicking off St. Patty’s Day in style. The village is expecting about 8,000 to 10,000 people to pack the sidewalks along Madison Street to watch more than 70 floats, marchers, bands and others go by, according to Laurie Kokenes, executive director of the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce. Join us for our 28th Annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade for a fun-filled day in downtown Forest Park at the best St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the western suburbs! 65+ entries include bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, police & fire departments & much more! Join us for the 29th annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 1, 2025 at 1 pm -- a fun filled day on Madison and the best parade in the western suburbs! 70+ entries including bagpipers, Proviso East Marching Band, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, Chicago White Sox Southpaw, local police & fire Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025 in Forest Park, Illinois. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2025 in Forest Park, Illinois with interesting events near you. From parades to pub crawls there is everything that you would want to celebrate this day in Forest Park, Illinois. Event in Forest Park, IL by Explore Forest Park on Saturday, March 1 2025 with 1.8K people interested and 318 people going. 29th Annual Forest Park St. Patrick's Day Parade Forest Park's St. Patrick's Day Parade along Madison Street includes more than 70 entries featuring Irish dancers, bagpipers, marching bands, local businesses, and Medinah Shriners parade units. Visitors can continue the celebration at local dining establishments along Madison Street. Choose from a 12:30 pm or 1:30 pm registration timethen meet us at Forest Park Bank (7348 Madison) where you’ll receive your wine glass, itinerary and more on the day of the event. Availability of day of ‘walk-in’ spots is not guaranteed, so reserve your spot today. The Wine Walk will be held rain or shine. On Saturday March 7, 2020 Forest Park will be hosting their annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade will begin at 1:00 PM at Madison St. and Van Buren and will travel East on Madison St. into Forest Park. Village of Forest Park 517 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois 60130 Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 am until 5 pm / closed weekends Telephone: 708-366-2323 – Fax 708-488-0361 E-mail: contact@forestpark.net. Follow us on Facebook. Instagram: vofp517 Sandy Byrnes throws out candy to kids on the side on Saturday, March 5, 2022, during the Forest Park St. Patrick's Day Parade on Madison Street in downtown Forest Park, Ill. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer During this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, nearly 10,000 spectators lined Madison Street, Saturday afternoon from Van Buren Street to Elgin Avenue, many of them children with outstretched arms, holding bags to be filled with candy and any other items that marchers tossed their way. Join us for the 27th annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 4, 2023 at 1 pm -- a fun filled day on Madison and the best parade in the western suburbs! 70+ entries including bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, local police & fire departments & more! PLUCK OF THE IRISH: Madison was full of green for the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Nearly 80 groups, businesses and bands took the eastern trek past the crowded lines of parade revelers. The mix of participants brought local flavor including the Proviso East Marching Band, political floats, businesses and []
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