Seattle St. Patrick's Day Parade - Saturday, March 16th 2013 starting at 12:20pm for Flag Raising!

Irish Flag-Raising and the

St Patrick's Day Parade!

Every year we try to attend the St. Patty's Day Parade! If the kids have never been, then go and check it out! 

" At 12:20 pm, the Parade Grand Marshal Frank Finneran, the Honorary Grand Marshals Joan and Dan Flanagan, Galway Deputy Mayor Frank Fahy, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Congressman Jim McDermott, Congresswoman Suzan Delbene, and many other dignitaries, will raise the Irish Tricolor in front of the King-County Administration Building at 4th Ave at Jefferson.

That will immediately be followed by trumpeters playing the Irish and US National Anthems.

Then at 12:30 pm, the whistle will sound to officially start Seattle's 42nd annual St Patrick's Day Parade heading north on up 4th Ave toward Westlake Park.

While all marching groups must pre-register (see the current list of Parade Registrations), anybody with an Irish connection (and everybody is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!) is invited to walk in the Parade without any pre-registration. Seniors and others are welcome to ride for free in the "Seniors Shamrock Shuttle", a Greyline Trolley which can be boarded at 4th Ave and James starting at 12 noon.

Parade closing ceremonies will be held in the Armory at the Seattle Center during the Irish festival at approx. 2:30 pm. "

Note: Monorail will be FREE from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm for travel after the Parade from Westlake to the Seattle Center.  (Fee to return, I believe)


For more info. go here and here.