The St. Patrick's Day Parade takes place on March 17, rain or shine, and will be stepping off at 11 a.m. It ends at approximately 4:30 p.m. The parade will start on Fifth Avenue at 44th Street and then will march up Fifth Avenue to 79th Street.
The MBTA expects "nearly one million" people to attend the parade in South Boston, the agency said. This Sunday, South Boston will host the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade. In doing so, the city will experience packed train cars, long waits at stations, and hundreds of thousands of people swarming the streets.
Instead of ending at Andrew Square, the parade will start there, according to a press release from the Allied War Veterans Council, which organizes the annual event. Additionally, the Medal of Honor Park on M Street will now be a designated "family-friendly zone." This year's change to start at Andrew Square will adjust the route slightly: After passing Thomas Park, the procession will take G Street to East 6th Street.
Pageant makers Lumen Street Theatre and Show CoMotion, a new Dublin-based parade company, will this year join a host of regular contributors, including Galway theatre company Macnas, Wexford prop-making company Bui Bolg, Donegal-based Inishowen Carnival Group, which creates sculptural installations and performances and Wicklow prop company ArtFX. Numerous international marching bands are also set to travel from Scotland and the United States, including eight American bands from Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Indiana and Texas for the parade.