Each year, over 30,000 people attend our St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Festival in Balboa Park. It’s a great day for family and friends.
The Parade offers 150 entries, (floats, marching bands, clowns, drill teams, police and fire units) and the Festival (Sixth Ave. and Maple St.) features entertainment on two stages with Irish folk singers, Irish dancers, Irish crafts, Irish food, a Celtic Village, a beer garden, and a Kids Zone.
With City fees and operational costs increasing annually, the success and future of our Parade and Festival requires more than the help and dedication of volunteers within our community. We need financial support to keep the Parade as an annual family event.
Each and every donation is a gift that will be appreciated and is tax deductible. With your help, the Parade and Festival will continue better than ever.
Donations
$1,000 or more = Roinn Bhinse an Ri
$500 or more = Banriona
$250 or more = Uachtaran
$100 or more = Ard-Mheara
$25 or more = Cul Taca
Sponsorship Opportunities
Festival Entertainment Sponsor – $2,500
As a Festival Entertainment Sponsor, you will help us provide the stages, sound systems, and the Irish music and dance that are such an integral part of the Festival. Nothing supports Irish culture and heritage more than music and dance.
Miss Colleen Pageant Sponsor – $2,000
As a Miss Colleen Pageant and Dinner Sponsor, you support the Pageant and help send our Miss Colleen to Warrenpoint, Ireland, where she qualifies as a participant in the Maiden of the Mournes Pageant.
Festival Sponsor – $2,000
As a Festival Sponsor, you help defray the expenses incurred to make the Festival possible, such as park permits, city services, police support, insurance and festival security.
Program Book Sponsor – $1,500
As a Parade Program Book sponsor, you help defray the publication and printing costs of the Souvenir Parade Program Book.
Parade Day Dignitary Breakfast Sponsor – $1,000
As Parade Day Dignitary Breakfast Sponsor, you support and underwrite the VIP Breakfast honoring the Parade dignitaries, held prior to our St. Patrick’s Day Parade at the Imperial House Restaurant.
Parade Volunteer T-Shirt Sponsor – $750
As a Parade Volunteer T-shirt Sponsor, you help provide our volunteers with Official Parade Volunteer T-shirts so that they may be identified in their official capacity to the public.
Announcer Towers – $750
As Announcer Tower Sponsor, you help provide the towers where our announcers inform Parade watchers about the 150+ Parade entries.
All Donors and Sponsors are recognized in our Souvenir Parade Program Book and other printed Parade materials and will have seating in the VIP section of the Grandstand.
The Irish Congress of Southern California, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, tax I.D. #33-0090269
To inquire about donating or sponsoring – or for other questions – please contact Tricia Daley: 619-920-5004 or seasonsinthegarden@@hotmail.com
“Cèad Mìle Failte” – 100,000 Welcomes!
