Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade route The city's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The parade steps off at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Columbus and ...

The downtown Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade kicks off at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the organizers. Entry to the parade route opens at 11 a.m. at Jackson Boulevard and Ida B. Wells Drive.

St. Patrick's Day festivities in Chicago can only mean two things: a parade and a green river.Every March, hundreds of thousands head to Grant Park, where bagpipers, dancers and politicians make ...

The highlight of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Chicago kicks off on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 10 a.m. This year’s river dyeing will take place west of Columbus Drive and east of Orleans ...

The 68th Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade will be broadcast live by ABC 7 Chicago at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 11. You can watch live on television, abc7chicago.com and wherever you stream ABC7.

CHICAGO — This side of the Emerald Isle itself, there may be no better place to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than Chicago, a city with a proud and deep-rooted Irish community.

St. Patrick’s Day is next week, but the fun gets started early in Chicago. Dyeing the Chicago River green — a 60-year tradition — and the downtown parade — a 65-year tradition — return ...

Kate Liebelt of Chicago poses for a portrait before getting on a boat cruise with Freedom Boat Club of Chicago for the 2025 Chicago River dyeing for St. Patrick's Day in Chicago on March 15, 2025.

Saint Patrick’s Day festivities begin this weekend and carry on right through the next. See chicagoreader.com for listings through 3/18. The South Side Irish Parade begins at noon on Sunday ...

Chicago goes green for St. Patrick's Day weekend 02:16. CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's that time of a year when a sea of people wearing green stand and wait for the Main Branch of the Chicago River to ...

Saint Patrick's day in Chicago . getty. Even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on March 17 th, Chicagoans celebrate the culture, history, food, and people of Ireland all month long.

For more than 60 years, Chicago has turned its downtown river green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The annual tradition actually has its roots in a big problem for the city: sewage.