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Tradition Marches On! On Sunday, March 16, 2025, the parade will step off at noon from 103rd and Western Avenue in Chicago’s Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood. A family-friendly event, the South Side Irish Parade began in 1979 and has grown to become the largest St. Patrick’s Day community-based parade outside of Dublin, Ireland. Where is the Chicago South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day parade? The South Side Irish Parade will kick off at 103rd Street and Western Avenue in Beverly and proceed south to 115th Street and Credit: Kathleen Hinkel/Block Club Chicago. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843, when the city’s population was between 8,000 and 12,000. Marchers included citizens, a band and a military group of Irish men called the Montgomery Guard, who had spent the winter raising money for uniforms that debuted in the parade. How to get to the Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade. You can exit along the Beverly/Morgan Park branch at 99th Street, 103rd Street, 107th Street, 111th Street, or 115th Street, and walk about Tradition Marches On! On Sunday, March 16, 2025, the parade will step off at noon from 103rd and Western Avenue in Chicago’s Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood. A family-friendly event, the South Side Irish Parade began in 1979 and has grown to become the largest St. Patrick’s Day community-based parade outside of Dublin, Ireland. Crowds watch as the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day by the Plumber’s Local 130 in Chicago on March 11, 2023. Credit: Kathleen Hinkel/Block Club Chicago Chicago River Dyeing & St. Patrick’s Day Parade. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 15. Various locations Downtown CHICAGO (WLS) -- St. Patrick's Day celebrations will take place this weekend in Chicago. The iconic dyeing of the Chicago River is expected at 10 a.m. Saturday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. According to a well-researched 2024 Block Club Chicago feature by Linze Rice, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843 and included citizens, a band and a military group of Visit landmarks like The Givins Castle (Beverly Unitarian Church), Orhinal Rainbow Cone, which has been serving up the iconic, multilayered treat for over 80 years and the Beverly Arts Center. Chicago Southside Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade. March 16, 2025, noon. 103rd Western Ave, Free. More entertainment activities Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025 What we know: While St. Patrick's Day officially takes place on Monday, March 17, the City of Chicago's parade will step off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The downtown Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade kicks off at noon Saturday. The South Side Irish Parade will kick off at 103rd Street and Western Avenue in Beverly and proceed south to 115th The history of St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago goes back more than 175 years. Now a longstanding tradition, Chicago’s Irish parade was first held in 1843. The South Side of Chicago will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Irish on Parade Sunday morning. The parade steps off at noon from 103rd Street and Western Avenue in the Beverly and Morgan Park The South Side of Chicago will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Irish on Parade Sunday morning. The parade steps off at noon from 103rd Street and Western Avenue in the Beverly and Morgan Park A beloved Saint Patrick's Day tradition is returning to the South Side. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. The parade starts at noon in Chicago's Beverly and Morgan Park communities A beloved Saint Patrick's Day tradition is returning to Chicago's Beverly and Morgan Park communities. Thousands will line Western Avenue for the 2024 South Side Irish Saint Patrick's Day parade. The 2023 South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade will step off at noon, from 103rd and Western Avenue in Chicago's Beverly and Morgan Park area. It's part of the city's weekend-long festivities Maura Connors (right) was crowned queen of the 2017 Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade Jan. 15. Connors is a graduate of St. Barnabas Elementary School in Beverly.
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