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| SEATTLE'S 48th ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE Saturday, March 16, 2019 |
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The St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee invites you to participate in
Seattle's 48th Annual St Patrick's Day Parade
being held on
Saturday, March 16, 2019
. The Parade starts at 12:30 pm from City Hall Park at 4th and Jefferson in downtown Seattle, and travels north on 4th Ave, ending at Pine St and Westlake Park where the Reviewing Stand is located.
You are invited to join Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, dignitaries from Ireland, including from Seattle's Sister City of Galway, and many others, as we celebrate a holiday that has been marked in America by parades for the past 257 years, since the first St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York on March 17, 1762. After 257 years of parades, St. Patrick's Day is now very much an American holiday that can be celebrated by everyone.
This will be Seattle's 48th Annual Official Parade since the first city-approved Parade held on March 17, 1972. Since then, our St. Patrick's Day celebrations have become much more multi-cultural, reflecting Ireland itself where 17% of its current residents were born elsewhere. We also celebrate that diversity in Seattle and encourage those interested to join us in our celebrations.
There is no charge to participate in the parade unless you are a for-profit entity, and individuals are welcome to march behind their Provincial Banner of choice without any pre-registration. However, all performing groups and/or organized marching groups (e.g., if carrying a banner) must register to participate by completing and submitting an Application Form.
A route map, a link to the
Application Form,
and other
Parade details can be found at irishclub.org, but if you have questions, don't hesitate to let us know by return.
The Order of March and other instructions will be emailed the week prior to the Parade, but on the morning of the Parade, all marching individuals and groups should plan to start assembling around 11 am near City Hall Park at 4th Avenue and Jefferson, in order to be completely organized in place and ready to go by Noon at the latest. FYI - here's last year's Order of March.
If there's anything we can do to help make your participation easier, please don't hesitate to let us know. We very much look forward to having you join us this year as it will really add to our celebrations.
Sincerely
David Jacobsen John Keane
Parade Chair Parade Coordinator
206-412-2960 425-582-2688
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Seattle's St Patrick's Day Parade is organized by a committee of the Irish Heritage Club, a 501(c)3 non-profit volunteer organization. The Parade
is intended as a
tribute to St. Patrick,
a celebration of Irish tradition and heritage, and a celebration of our shared values. It is organized for the enjoyment and education of one and all as a family-friendly event; the use of profanity or derogatory terms or slurs (spoken, in music or printed on attire, signs or banners) is strictly prohibited. The Parade Committee reserves the right to deny and/or to remove any entry that in its opinion breaches community standards for good taste. Participants in vehicles are prohibited from throwing or handing out any type of object (e.g., candy), in order to avoid possible injury to parade onlookers and/or children. As a condition of participation, all vehicle operators and animal owners are required to carry individual liability insurance coverage.
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St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated annually in Seattle since the late 1800s, as demonstrated by this Seattle P-I cartoon published 120 years ago on March 18, 1899, less than 50 years after Seattle was founded. Over the years since then, there have been numerous, if not annual, impromptu but unofficial St. Patrick's Day parades in Seattle, including some that involved painting green stripes on downtown streets. However, the first official St. Patrick's Day parade that had a Seattle City Permit was held March 17, 1972.
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