Luck of the Irish

Grab your shillelagh, don your kilt, and tune up the bagpipes for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade — when everyone is invited to be Irish.

For the past 254 years the borough of Manhattan has held its annual parade on March 17. Beginning in 1762, this is the largest of all the celebrations, and kicks off at 11 am on E. 44th Street and Fifth Avenue. Marchers make their way up Fifth Avenue, past the reviewing stand at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 50th street and Fifth avenue, and end at E. 79th Street.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 17 at 11 am. Free.

Kick off, 44th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown.