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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. 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.
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. 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.
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To make parking for the parade easy and stress free, we have partnered with Parking Panda, the nationwide leader in online parking reservations, to allow visitors to purchase guaranteed parking reservations.
Great parking options within walking distance to the Parade Route are available! Once purchased, parking passes are emailed instantly and guarantee you access to your selected location.
Parking is very limited and locations fill up, so we strongly recommend that you reserve parking passes for the parade in advance!
Park Happy!
This year we are very excited to announce that parking panda users will be able to get 20% off their parking with the promo code PADDY20.
Keep up with Parking Panda through Facebook and Twitter for news, deals, and everything parking!
Great parking options within walking distance to the Parade Route are available! Once purchased, parking passes are emailed instantly and guarantee you access to your selected location.
Parking is very limited and locations fill up, so we strongly recommend that you reserve parking passes for the parade in advance!
Park Happy!
This year we are very excited to announce that parking panda users will be able to get 20% off their parking with the promo code PADDY20.
Keep up with Parking Panda through Facebook and Twitter for news, deals, and everything parking!
We're teaming up with Uber so you can ride safe to and from the St. Patrick's Day Festival" To get your first Uber ride free (up to $30), sign up at http://get.uber.com/go/GREEN15 or download the app, and enter the promo code GREEN15.
Uber is an app that allows you to request a ride with the tap of a button. Drivers arrive curbside in just minutes, you can track the arrival of your ride on your iPhone, Android or Blackberry and payment is charged directly to your credit card on file.
Not sure how to Uber? It's easy!
iPhone, Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry:
Uber is an app that allows you to request a ride with the tap of a button. Drivers arrive curbside in just minutes, you can track the arrival of your ride on your iPhone, Android or Blackberry and payment is charged directly to your credit card on file.
Not sure how to Uber? It's easy!
iPhone, Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry:
- Download the app
- Select your pick up location
- Request a ride
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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 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 Handlery 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 Coronado Orfila Winery San Diego Botanical Garden The New Children's Museum SOHO San Diego Discovery Cube OC & LA Jimbo's.... Naturally! Rubio's San Diego Air and Space Museum Snooze Reuben H. Fleet Science Center |
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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