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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Atlanta with 11 fun events, including parades, pub crawls, live music, and more. This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 March 2025. Cultural and religious celebration on 17 March For other uses, see Saint Patrick's Day (disambiguation). Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick depicted in a stained-glass window at Saint Benin's Church, Ireland Official name Saint Patrick's Day Also called Feast of Saint Patrick Lá Fhéile Saint Patrick’s Day, feast day (March 17) of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. People of that country celebrate the day with religious services and feasts, but Saint Patrick’s Day has transformed into a largely secular holiday of revelry in other parts of the world. The correct abbreviation for Saint Patrick's Day is "St. Paddy's Day," not "St. Patty's Day." The first St. Patrick's Day parade in the United States took place in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2025! This year, St. Patrick’s Day will be observed on Monday, March 17.. Although the holiday originally started as a Christian feast day celebrating the life of St. Patrick and the spreading of Christianity to Ireland, today, it is a day of revelry and a celebration of all things Irish. Of course, Dublin, Ireland, has an extravagant multi-day St. Patrick’s Day Festival, featuring a parade, performances, and other events which attracts more than half a million spectators each year. It began in the 1920s as a military parade, shifted to a more standard procession in the 1970s, then become a full-blown party in the mid-1990s. St. Patrick’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, falls on March 17 every year. The day commemorates St. Patrick, who is believed to have died on March 17 around 460 A.D Present-day Armagh city and district (historical County Armagh) in Northern Ireland is home to St. Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland). (more) St. Patrick (flourished 5th century, Britain and Ireland; feast day March 17) is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland . While St. Patrick’s Day evolved into an unofficial holiday to revel in all things Irish, Evacuation Day became a legal civic holiday in Boston starting in 1901, March 11, 2025. Fact Check. The Irish government didn’t recognize St. Patrick’s Day as a public holiday until 1903, and the first parade in Dublin wasn’t held until 1931. Even pubs remained closed on March 17 until 1961. St. Patrick's Day fun starts this weekend with the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Raleigh. Road closures start at 8 a.m. and last until 11:30 a.m. affect the following locations: Tony Penn, President and CEO of United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, will serve as Grand Marshall of Tucson’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade The MTA will be running at least 11 extra trains on the commuter railroads Monday as riders head to Manhattan for the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Some 2 million spectators are expected to head to BATAVIA — Batavia Downs Gaming’s first traditional St. Patrick’s Day buffet, Updated: March 13, 2025 @ 11:15 am. Full Forecast; Site search Search. Menu. Search St. Patrick's Day celebrants cheer while singing songs during the Green Mile Pub Crawl of the Celtic Bayou Festival at the Greenroom in Lafayette, LA on March 17, 2018. BENNINGTON — The Bard Owl duo of Breeze Verdant and Annie Landenberger will perform Celtic and Celtic-inspired tunes among others on St. Patrick's Day this Monday, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Madison Brewing Company Pub and Restaurant, 428 Main St. in Bennington. They'll be joined by Stephen Iachetta on fiddle and mandolin. “A lot of residents here that call Riverview home, they participated in traditions of years of the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade – one of the biggest celebrations that we’re known for,“ said Misty Harvest, Director of Business Development. ”So it’s important that we keep that tradition and we keep that excitement going for The Niagara Falls Ancient Order of Hibernians are set to host the 41st annual Niagara Falls St. Patrick’s Day Party and Parade March 11, 2025 @ 4:05 pm. Full Forecast; Tuesday, March 11 The City of Huntsville announced the St. Patrick's Day Parade scheduled for Saturday has been canceled due to the potential for severe weather moving into the area. UTICA, N.Y. -- A St. Patrick's Day tradition celebrated its second year today in Utica. This year's parade grand marshal made a special visit to St. Agnes Cemetery in Utica to place a shamrock at the resting place of the inaugural grand marshal: John C. Devereux, who is also recognized as one of the City's founding fathers.
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