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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. 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 The Greater Bridgeport St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back on Friday, March 15th, 2024, and it promises a day filled with shamrockin’ good times. Where the Festivities Begin This vibrant parade kicks off at 12:00 pm sharp in the heart of Black Rock, Bridgeport. 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 Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025 in Bridgeport. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2025 in Bridgeport with interesting events near you. From parades to pub crawls there is everything that you would want to celebrate this day in Bridgeport. Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade route. The city's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The parade steps off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Columbus and 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. In November 1982, at the request of then-Mayor Leonard Paoletta, City Clerk Catherine Brannelly gathered a small group of people representing the local Irish community to discuss an idea that became reality on March 17, 1983-the First Annual Greater Bridgeport St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Details for other parades in the city: Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Starts at noon at Archer and Oak Park Avenues and will march east to Merrimac Avenue.. Northwest Side Irish Parade Until the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been held in Downtown Bridgeport from 1983-2019 under a plethora of changing weather conditions. “The St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s return to Bridgeport after three years, is a welcoming sign that life has resumed in Bridgeport,” stated Mayor Joe Ganim. patrick’s day 2021 with us As you know, the continued spread of Covid 19 remains in our state forcing us to ban all parades. But in Bridgeport, we want to celebrate the High Holy Days of St. Patrick in the safest format we know. Home of the Bridgeport, CT St. Patrick's Day Parade! Next Event. St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2025. March 14, 2025 in Bridgeport. Home; Grand Marshal; Events; On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 the GBSPDC will be hosting its 38th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. We are honored to be led by our 2020 Grand Marshal Mary Ann Doonan. The marchers will travel through downtown Bridgeport, beginning at Harbor Yard, continuing up Broad Street to Fairfield Avenue and return to Harbor Yard via Main Street. Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church located at 700 W Adams Street in Chicago will be holding their annual St. Patrick’s Day party on Saturday, March 15 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Old St. Pat’s Campus, 625 W. Adams (Entrance on Des Plaines St. between Adams & Jackson). Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Saturday, March 15 Find tickets & information for Greater Bridgeport Saint Patricks Day Parade Friday, March 14, 2025. happening at Burroughs Community Center, Bridgeport, CT on Fri, 14 Mar, 2025 at 12:00 pm EDT. Lennie, last week two (2) DUI Checkpoints were set up by THE Bridgeport Police Department. One on E. Main Street/Boston Avenue vicinity. The other on State Street, Fairfield Avenue, and Park Avenue. Credit: Jim Vondruska/Block Club Chicago Crowds packed the parade route for the 2024 Downtown St. Patrick’s Day parade. Credit: Jim Vondruska/Block Club Chicago. RELATED: Chicago River Dyed Green For St. Patrick’s Day 2024. Crowds packed the parade route for the 2024 Downtown St. Patrick’s Day parade.
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