For the 158th year the San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Saturday March 14th with more than a hundred floats, dancers and marching bands. It is an event not to be missed if you’re in the area. Everyone can be Irish for a day on St Patrick’s Day in San Francisco. It’s the largest Irish event west of the Mississippi. The Parade will begin at 11:30am at the corner of Second and Market, where more than 5,000 participants from all over the country, will reel about with laughter and revelry all the way to City Hall.
The Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival in San Francisco is presented by the United Irish Societies of San Francisco. Their purpose is to preserve and perpetuate the democratic principles of the Irish people, and of those for the freedom of Ireland and of the United States of America.
For more information about the San Francisco Saint Patrick’s Day Parade see their official website.
Here are some pictures of the San Francisco Saint Patrick’s Day Parade of recent years:
