The Washington D.C. 41st Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The 41st annual Washington D.C. St. Patrick’s Day parade will be held on Sunday March 11, 2012 at 12:00 noon and will proceed down Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th Streets, N.W.

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January 23, 2012: Lets Dance!  This year we have added a ceili to be held on February 4 to our fundraiser schedule.  Download the flyer for more details.

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January 19, 2012: Our thanks to the Limerick Pub and James Hoban’s Irish Restaurant and Bar for hosting our first two fundraisers.  If you weren’t there, you missed great music, dancers and door prizes.  Mark your calendars for Sunday Jan 22 at the Harp and Fiddle and Sunday Jan 29 at Ireland’s Four Provinces.

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January 1, 2012:  Happy New Year!  The 2012 Parade Fundraiser Schedule is now available.  Our first fundraiser will be held January 8, 3:30pm at THE LIMERICK PUB, 11301 Elkin Street, Wheaton, MD 20902; (301) 946-3232.  Please join us for live music, happy hour prices and 5$ appetizers.

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December 1, 2011: The St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee of Washington DC is pleased to announce the selection of CATHAL ARMSTRONG as Grand Marshal and MICHAEL CURTIN, CEO of DC Food Kitchen as Gael of the Year for the 2012 St Patrick’s Day Parade.
Cathal Armstrong, originally from Dublin, is a Best Mid-Atlantic Chef nominee by the James Beard Foundation in 2011 and Best Chef Award Winner by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington DC. He is the owner of Restaurant Eve, Eamonn’s: A Dublin Chipper, The Majestic, and Virtue Feed and Grain.

The mission of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade of Washington D.C. is to foster the understanding of and celebrate the Irish culture in America. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been held annually in Washington D.C. since 1971. This annual affair has grown from what was little more than a leisurely stroll by a few hundred participants on Massachusetts Avenue to a mile long, 2 hour celebration of Irish culture along Constitution Avenue.