Past Event
Saturday, March 17, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
St. Patrick's Day Parade and Irish Festival
Sixth Avenue and Maple, Balboa Park
The largest St. Patrick's Parade west of the Mississippi starts at Fifth Avenue and Laurel Street. The parade travels north down Fifth to Upas Street and then returns south on Sixth Avenue to Laurel. An event-filled Irish Festival follows in Balboa Park with live entertainment with craft booths, an authentic Irish Food Village and other food booths, a beer garden, a Celtic village, and a kids zone with rides.