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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. 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 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 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chicago 2025 always takes place the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. The parade will begin this year on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at noon. Like previous years, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will move along Columbus Drive from Balbo to Monroe Street. Source/Shutterstock Where to watch the other St. Patrick The parade will air live on ABC7 Chicago. Larry Mowry, Liz Nagy and Stephanie Wade are hosting this year. Then, the 47th South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day parade steps off at noon on Sunday. The St. Patrick's Day parade, which will run south to north on Columbus Drive, is organized by the Chicago Plumber's Union Local 130, James F. Coyne, general chairman of parade. About ABC7/WLS-TV Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will step off at 12:15 p.m. at Balbo and Columbus Drive proceeding north to Monroe Street. The parade will be broadcast live by ABC 7 Chicago. Expect street closures as early as 8 a.m. including Columbus Drive from Roosevelt Road to Wacker Drive and east/west streets in those boundaries. The 70 th annual Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade will take place on Columbus Drive between Balbo Drive and Monroe Drive shortly after the river is dyed green, according to officials. Jason Lesniewicz, Choose Chicago’s Senior Director of Cultural Tourism joins Wendy Snyder, in for John Landecker, to talk all things St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago. Listen in while Jason shares parade details, where and when you can watch the Chicago River being dyed, and more ways you can join in on the festivities this weekend. 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 Cultural Advisory Council Meeting Schedule for 2025; Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade. Saturday, March 15, 2025 Columbus Dr. from Balbo St. to Monroe St. The Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which dates back more than 250 years, will take place Sunday, March 16, drawing thousands of spectators — and bringing with it road closures, parking Description. Monday, 11:00 AM, NBC - St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025 Join LIVE as the parade marches up Fifth Avenue from East 44th Street to East 79th Street. This St Patrick’s weekend, RTÉ is celebrating all things Irish, showcasing the very best of Irish sport, entertainment and live coverage from the St Patrick’s Day Parade. Celebrating our unique identity and heritage RTÉ One, RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, RTÉ Radio and RTÉ Online have a mix of Irish storytelling, documentary and music to entertain While St. Patrick's Day officially takes place on Monday, March 17, most of the celebrations will take place the weekend prior. The downtown Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade will be held Saturday Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade. The city's St. Patrick's Day Parade steps off at 12:15 p.m. Saturday at Balbo and Columbus Drive proceeding north to Monroe Street. Street closures as early as 8 SAG-AFTRA Chicago will participating in the St. Patrick's Day Parade alongside the Chicago Federation of Labor! This is your chance to be more than a spectator in Chicago's St. Patrick's Day festivities; the parade begins at the corner of Columbus and Balbo and ends at Columbus and Monroe (approximately 0.5 miles). The Grand Marshal for the 2024 Chicago St Patrick's Day parade is Peter O'Brien Sr. O'Brien is the President and CEO of MADO Management, a diversified family business. it will be broadcast Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade. After the dyeing of the Chicago River, St. Patrick's Day weekend festivities will continue with the 70th annual Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
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