A day for the whole family to celebrate the Irish in all of us!
The Annual San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade (largest Parade west of the Mississippi) will step off on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at on Fifth Avenue at Laurel Street as thousands of marchers and spectators gather to celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland.
There will be over 120 Parade entries. See Bagpipers and High School Marching Bands, Police and Fire Department Units, Floats, Dancing Groups, Marching and Equestrian Units, Clowns, Dignitaries and Honorees, Representatives from Ireland, Antique Cars and more. The Theme of this year’s Parade is “Celebrating Faith and Freedom”.
Following the parade, an event filled Irish Festival in Balboa Park features live entertainment on 2 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, Food Booths, a Beer Garden and a Kids Zone with rides.
Click Here to view a 2 minute video of the parade and Irish Festival.
The Annual San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade (largest Parade west of the Mississippi) will step off on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at on Fifth Avenue at Laurel Street as thousands of marchers and spectators gather to celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland.
There will be over 120 Parade entries. See Bagpipers and High School Marching Bands, Police and Fire Department Units, Floats, Dancing Groups, Marching and Equestrian Units, Clowns, Dignitaries and Honorees, Representatives from Ireland, Antique Cars and more. The Theme of this year’s Parade is “Celebrating Faith and Freedom”.
Following the parade, an event filled Irish Festival in Balboa Park features live entertainment on 2 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, Food Booths, a Beer Garden and a Kids Zone with rides.
Click Here to view a 2 minute video of the parade and Irish Festival.
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WHO WE ARE:
The Parade organization, the Irish Congress of Southern California, is a 100% Volunteer organization with dozens of Volunteers. We receive no City funds to put on one of the largest and best family events in San Diego. We fund the Parade and Irish Festival solely with event revenue and the donations of many individuals and businesses. We are grateful for the support of our long time Sponsors: 1. Our Presenting Sponsor for decades has been Guinness. 2. Our Parade T-Shirts are sponsored by The Field. 3. The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick donate all the proceeds of their annual Smilin' Irishman Contest to the parade. |
For 2015, we would like to thank our Media Sponsors:
We have several fundraising events this year and would like to thank and acknowledge the following donors of Festival Raffle Prizes: Coronado Brewing Company Velocity Paintball D-Bar Cohn Restaurant Group Fiesta Del Reyes Handerly Hotel San Diego Temecula Olive Oil Company Eureka! Burger Bandar Restaurant The Paintball Park Velocity Paintball Maritime Museum Catamarans' new Oceana Coastal Kitchen Dublin Square Irish Pub San Diego Natural History Museum Hotel Del |
Miss Colleen Pageant Donors Anthony's Cut & Color OB Waves Salon App. Store SD Automotive Museum OB Surf & Skate - Group Surf Lesson Teddy Bear Basket Julianne Designs A Parade requires a lot of Manpower! This year, some of that manpower is being provided by Pathfinders of San Diego. Many thanks to this organization for stepping up to help. 
Pathfinders is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining residential centers which address the needs of individuals recovering from the disease of alcoholism and co-occurring disorders, assisting their families in dealing with the effects of alcoholism, and providing services to the community in its effort to reduce alcohol-related problems
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