New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Some people wait all year long to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Throughout cities across the nation, you can get green beer and traditional Irish cuisine on March 17th. Each city is completely different and may just have a few local bars celebrating the holiday or they can go as far as Savannah, GA and turn the entire city into a celebration including the rivers, which are dyed green.

Well, New Haven may not go so far as to dye our waterways, but we do go way above and beyond just a few parties at local bars. In fact, the New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Connecticut’s largest single-day spectator event, surpassing the UBS holiday parade. In 2010, the parade is scheduled for Sunday, March 14th beginning at 1:00 p.m. in downtown New Haven.

The route travels through Chapel Street and Church Street in New Haven and as many as 175,000 spectators are expected to be in attendance. Be sure you get to the route early and secure yourself a front row seat. You don’t want to miss any of the marchers, musical acts or floats.

Can’t wait until March 14th to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Then buy tickets to the Parade Ball, which is scheduled for March 6, 2010 at Yale Commons. The event begins at 7:30 and tickets are $90, but this includes a buffet dinner and open bar. All evening, you’ll enjoy live entertainment provided by The New York Show Band, plus it will get you in the St. Patrick’s Day state of mind.

Residents at the New Haven apartments Seramonte and Montoya are extremely lucky to have the 6th largest St. Patrick’s Day parade less than 10 minutes from home.