St. Patrick's Day Parade and Irish Festival

The whole family can celebrate the Irish in all of us!
The Theme of this year’s Parade is:
Irish Building America

The Annual San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade (largest Parade west of the Mississippi) will step off on Saturday, March 14th, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. on Fifth Avenue at Laurel Street as thousands of marchers and spectators gather to celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland.

We have over 120 Parade entries. See Floats, High School Marching Bands, Police and Fire Department Units, Dancing Groups,Marching and Equestrian Units, Clowns, Dignitaries and Honorees, Representatives from Ireland, Antique Cars, Irish Setters and more.

Irish Festival in Balboa Park 9 am to 6 pm
Following the parade, an event filled Irish Festival in Balboa Park (Sixth and Maple) features live entertainment on 3 Stages. In the morning we have Irish Step Dancers and then we have a full afternoon line-up with Irish Folk singers and bands. All day there are Craft Booths, a Celtic Food Village and other Food Booths, a Beer Garden and a Kids Zone.

Main stage line up!
1:00 pm Highland Way
1:45 pm The Downs Family
2:30 pm Tony Cummins
3:15 pm Shamrockers
4:00 pm Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas
4:45 pm Scéal Eile

North stage line up!

Flag Presentation 9:45 am
Calamity   12:30 pm
   (All girl bluegrass/Americana band with fiddle!)
Rose Richie/Irish Dancing    1:30 pm
Chiara Capobianco 2:30 pm
  (Harpist performing on an Irish harp!)
Clan Rince/Irish Dancing 3:30 pm
The Vaquitos 4:30 pm
(Blues/rock with Irish theme)

Click below to watch a
2 minute video of the Parade and Irish Festival:

St. Patrick’s Day Schedule:

9:00 a.m. Festival Area Open
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

9:45 a.m.      Flag Presentation
Ceremony, Balboa Park
Sixth Ave & Laurel

10:30 a.m. Parade Steps off at
Fifth Avenue and
   Laurel St. and
proceeds North up
   Fifth Avenue to Upas
   Street, over to Sixth
Avenue and South on
Sixth to Juniper.

WHO WE ARE:

The Parade organization, the Irish Congress of Southern California, is a 100% Volunteer organization.

We fund the Parade and Irish Festival solely with event revenue and the donations and grants of many individuals and businesses.