St Patrick’s day is a national holiday in Ireland and is one of the most important and busiest days of the year for marching bands all across the island. Here’s your guide for all the main parades and the bands taking part;
Dublin – 12 Noon
Irish and International bands will deliver rhythmically captivating musical scores that are sure to echo through the streets of the capital. The Festival Parade is a monumental occasion for Ireland and boasts an unforgettable atmosphere that cannot be missed. The Festival and its procession are on track to charm a record breaking number of attendees this year.
- SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY “MARCHING PRIDE”- From: Pennsylvania, USA
- CLONDALKIN YOUTH BAND – From: Dublin, Ireland
- MUSIKVEREIN OFFINGEN- From: Germany
- PALM SPRINGS HIGH, SPIRIT OF THE SANDS TRAVEL BAND – From: California, USA
- ARTANE BAND – From: Dublin, Ireland
- WAUWATOSA EAST RED RAIDER MARCHING BAND – From: Wisconsin, USA
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA PANTHER MARCHING BAND – From: Iowa, USA
- CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL BAND – From: North Carolina, USA
- EASTERN NEW MEXICO GREYHOUND SOUND MARCHING BAND – From: New Mexico, USA
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNY “PRIDE OF THE PLAINS” MARCHING BAND – From: Nebraska, USA
- SPIRIT OF SAGINAW HIGH SCHOOL BAND – From: Texas, USA
Belfast – 12.30pm
Belfast will mark St Patrick’s Day on Sunday 17 March with a vibrant carnival parade. The carnival leaves from Belfast City Hall at 12.30pm and will travel along Chichester Street and Victoria Street, into High Street and Donegall Street, before finishing at Writers Square.
- Sinclair Memorial Pipe Band
Newry – 12 Noon
- Mayobridge Band
- Bessbrook Crimson Arrow Pipe Band
- Battlehill Pipe Band
- Camlough Brass & Reed Band
- McDonald Memorial pipe
Drogheda – 12 noon
- Drogheda Brass Band
- Holy Cross Band, Atticall
- St Josephs Pipe Band, Longstone
Limerick – 12 noon
- CBS Pipe Band
- St Mary’s Prize Band
- City of Limerick Pipe Band
- Redemptorist Centre of Music
Armagh – 1.30pm (16th March)
- St Patrick’s Accordian Band, Corran
- Armagh breague Pipe Band
- Bantry Pipe Band
- Portmore Pipe Band
- Armagh Rhymers
- Bessbrook Crimson Arrow Pipe Band
- Whitewater Pipe Band
- Carrickfergus Lambeg Fife
- Aughintogher Pipe Band
- Marlacoo Pipe Band
- Mad Hatters Samba Band
- Absurdist Piping Clowns
- Brookborough Pipe Band
- Tempo Accordion Band
- St. Columbus School Pipe Ban
- ,Moyne Pipe Band
Bundoran – 3.30pm
- Letterbreen Silver Band
- Kiladeas Pipe Band
- Moybron Pipe Band
- Dungloe Senior Band
Cork – 1pm
- Cork Barrack St. Band, plus
- The Cork School of Music Samba Band who will be part of the Cork Environmental Forum section.
- Columbus East High School Marching Band, Indiana;
- Mandan Marching Braves, North Dakota;
- Arvada West High School Wildcat Marching Band Colorado
- New York Knights of Columbus #126 Pipe & Drums Band New York.
Others
- Holy Cross Band Attical @ Ardee 3pm
- Donegal Town Community Band @ Donegal town 3pm
- Ramelton Town Band @ Claremorris 3pm
- Letterkenny Senior Accordion Band @ Letterkenny 3pm
- Cloich Cheann Fhaola Junior and Senior @ Falcarragh 3pm