St. Patrick's Day (on March 17th, each year) is celebrated in New Orleans and its suburb in the form of....another parade! It's the perfect season for another celebration ... after all, it's New Orleans, and we love to parade!  

Our annual St. Patrick's Day Parades are considered another opportunity for family and friends to get together and enjoy a day outdoors. It seems as if the entire city is on the street with picnic baskets, umbrellas, and their recreational vehicles...enjoying one of the biggest street parties of the year! Men and women in walking groups from various clubs in the city dress in costumes of green and give out flowers, beads, and kisses to lucky parade goers along the route.

Schedule:

Friday, March 1, 2024

12:00pm: Irish Channel Practice March
Annual event hosted by The Irish Channel St. Patrick’s Day Parade Club. Assembles at Jackson Square

Friday, March 15, 2024

1:00pm: Irish Channel block party
This block party takes place on St. Patrick's Day and is located at Annunciation Square on the 1500 block of Chippewa. This block party has Irish music, food, drinks, and dancers, and proceeds benefit St. Michael's Special School.

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7:00pm: Downtown Irish Club Parade
The annual downtown St. Patrick's Day parade begins on the corner of Burgundy and Piety in the Bywater, proceeds roughly up Royal, across Esplanade to Decatur, up Canal to Bourbon. The parade makes several "pit stops" on its way to Bourbon St.

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

10am - 8pm: Parasol's Block Party Celebration
3rd and Constance 10am to 8pm. Music, green beer, food and surprises. The start of the block parties on the day of the Irish Channel Parade. The fun runs from 10 am to 8 pm, both days.

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11 am til - Tracy's Block Party
Annual celebration in the Irish Channel - 2604 Magazine Street. Lots of green beer, corned beef and cabbage and more fun. They are the party at the end of the Irish Channel Parade.

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1:00pm: Irish Channel Parade
The Irish Channel Parade starts on Napoleon Ave and Tchoupitoulas

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6:00pm: Italian-American St. Joseph's Parade in the French Quarter
The St. Joseph's Society celebrates St. Joseph with a parade through the French Quarter. The parade kicks off at 6 p.m. at the intersection of Convention Center Blvd. and Girod Street. It includes 16 floats, nine marching bands and a whole lot of guys dressed in tuxedos.

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

12:00pm: St. Patrick's Day Parade on Metairie Road
The annual Metairie Road St. Patrick's Day parade will take place at noon in front of Rummel High School on Severn Avenue, goes down Severn to Metairie Road, then Metairie Road to the parish line.

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Sunday March 24, 2024

12:00pm: Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade (Metairie)
The Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade will roll at 12:00 noon, on the traditional Veterans Highway route in Metairie.

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

11am: St. Bernard Irish Italian Islenos Parade
The St. Bernard Irish Italian Islenos Community Parade is one of the largest events in nearby St. Bernard parish. The parade starts at 12noon along the W. Judge Perez route in Chalmette - from Meraux Dr. down to Ventura and back! It consists of 53+ floats, 35+marching groups 1,500+ members and 350,000 pounds of produce!

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Date: March 1-April 6, 2024

Location: Various Venue in New Orleans, LA

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