Everything to know about St. Patricks Day 2025 celebrations in NYC: Parade, bar crawls and more
Greetings from the Big Green Apple!New Yorkers are ready to shamrock and roll as another round of St.Patrick’s Day celebrations kick off this weekend — culminating in the oldest and largest St.
Patrick’s Day parade in the world on Monday, March 17, 2025.More than 150,000 marchers are set to strut their stuff — and show off their pipes — along Fifth Avenue, where they’ll be cheered on by millions.Look for Midtown to turn into a sea of green as the festivities spill out into bars (both Irish and not), restaurants and elsewhere, through Monday evening.Here’s everything you need to know.The procession starts at 11 a.m.
on the dot on Monday — and will end at approximately 4:30 p.m.The parade is always held on St.Patrick’s Day, March 17, which is a Monday in 2025.
The only exception to the rule is when the 17th falls on a Sunday, as it did in 2024.In that case, in order to observe the Sabbath, according to parade organizers, the parade was held on Saturday, March 16.The pipes start calling on Fifth Avenue at 44th Street, heading all the way uptown to 79th Street.
Spectators are welcome to line up as early as they like, according to parade organizers, who say that anywhere along Fifth will offer a fine view of the action.If you can’t make it there in person, the festivities will be televised from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m.
on WNBC and 11 a.m.to 3 p.m.
on Cozi TV.A vast array of organizations from Ireland, here at home and even around the world, will be showing off their pipes — alongside a sea of marching bands from area high schools and beyond.Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and many other dignitaries will show their faces as well.Fifth Avenue will be closed between 44th and 79th Streets for the duration of the parade, which will cause backups on surrounding streets until well after the event.
Driving in Midtown on Monday is not advised.Regular bus service along the route will be suspended, and subway entrances on or very near the...