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Volunteers Wanted! 2022 St. Patricks Day Parade & Festival
Sponsorship is vital with many opportunities and levels of sponsorship. Find out more here.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Media:
Live with Cindy
The Pulse SD
World of Wonder on KUSI
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The 2022 40th Annual San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival was a wonderful success.  A hearty thank you to all of our volunteers, our parade entries, our festival vendors, and our event attendees and patrons who made this success possible!
Please see the winners of our 2022 parade awards and our 2022 photos.
 
Please mark our calendars for next year’s event on Saturday, March 11, 2023 (rain or shine). The parade will step off at 10:30 a.m. on Fifth Avenue at Laurel Street to celebrate Irish heritage and culture in the San Diego region.
 
See dignitaries and honorees, floats, high school marching bands, police and fire department units, Irish community groups, dancing groups, equestrian units, clowns, antique cars, Irish setters, and more. Then enjoy a fun day at the festival for the whole family (see below).
 
You can see photos from past parades shown on the side tabs. The Irish Congress of Southern California is already planning for next year’s event. If you would like to volunteer your skills and talents, please see our volunteer tab and join us. 
 
The 2023 parade theme has not been announced yet. Check back here and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages at @stpatsparadesd for parade announcements as well as general events in the community. 

A hearty thank you to all of our volunteers, our sponsors, our parade entries, our festival vendors, and our event attendees and patrons who made this success possible!


​Irish Festival in Balboa Park 9 am to 6 pm
The family friendly festival is free to attend. Throughout the day, an event filled Irish Festival in Balboa Park (Sixth and Maple) features live entertainment on 2 stages. Enjoy Irish step dancing before the parade on the Ashleigh Roach stage at 6th and Nutmeg and after the parade a full afternoon line-up of Irish dance, traditional music, and bands on the Ashleigh Roach and Main stages. Enjoy craft and vending booths for an assortment of items, food booths including corned beef sandwiches and tacos, Guinness brats, and a variety of other delicious options, the beer garden ($5 entry. Serving Guinness, Harp, Nitro Brew, Smithwicks, Smirnoff Seltzer, and wine), and the kids zone. 

See the fun you can have at the parade and 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.
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We fund the Parade and Irish Festival solely with event revenue and the donations and grants of many individuals and businesses.
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Please see our sponsor logos and websites here.
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Irish Congress of Southern California, 415 Laurel Street, PMB #113, San Diego, CA 92101
Contact us at IrishCongress317@gmail.com