Past Event
Saturday, March 15, 2014, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
St. Patrick's Day Parade & Irish Festival
Balboa Park on Fifth Avenue at Laurel
Cost: Free
The parade travels up Fifth Avenue from Laurel to Upas Street and then returns down Sixth Avenue to Laurel. An event-filled Irish Festival follows in Balboa Park with live entertainment.
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. Parade beings at 10:30 am.
The Irish Festival in Balboa Park (Sixth Avenue and Maple Street area) runs from 9 am to 6 pm and features outstanding entertainment on two stages. In the morning, Irish step dancers, and then have a full afternoon lineup with Irish folk singers and bands.