Stamford St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025: What should know

Stamford – Stamfords St. Patrick's Day Parade, which is invoiced as the greatest of its kind in Fairfield County, is scheduled to take place on this Saturday.

You need to know the following to be able to participate.

When does the parade start?
If you are at the beginning of the Parade route, the procession will start on Saturday at 2 p.m.

What is the route for the parade?
The almost a miles long parade route begins on the corner of summer and north streets. The route leads to the south in the Summer Street, turn left into the Main Street and then another left in the Atlantic Street, which will street the Bedford. The route ends in Latham Park.

The route had gone down the lower summer road in the past, but that was not possible in the past two years due to the extensive renovation work on the street. After completing this work, the parade returns to narrow and retired through -road.

What can I expect to see?
According to the organizers, this year's parade will show more than 2,000 demonstrators, and 80 separate organizations will take part. In addition to all the green, which will be seen, what is the participant and viewers known by Emerald Colored Tarb to celebrate religious and cultural Irish holiday, visitors can expect to see BAG piper, Irish dancers, colorful floats and the Grand Marshal of the parade.

Will there be a post parade party?

Yes. Hibernian Hall, 186 Greyrock Place, will organize a party as soon as the parade over the old order of the Hibernians is organized.

Who is the big marshal?

Barron had the tavern for more than 20 years after she and her husband Michal J. Barron bought them in 1985. She was taken over by Barron's daughter Christine Fay in 2010.

The Grand Marschall award winner was born in County Longford, Ireland in 1935 and arrived in the USA at the age of 20 and found work on the Avenue Park in New York City. Finally she moved to New Canaan, where she met her husband, according to the parade's website.

After the two were married in 1959 and had their wedding reception in the original Hibernian Hall in Stamford, they made Stamford their constant home by moving to the city.

The couple's Burns Tavern in the Hamilton Avenue was known according to the parade website as “a welcome house for newcomers from Ireland”.

“Burns Tavern was more than just a business – it was a meeting point where many new Irish arrivals from Stamford found friendship, support and community,” says the description of the parade website.