Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade

some pics from the parade!

Llamas, dogs and…frogs! Oh my! 🦙🐕🐸

The Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade has become known for its wide variety of animal participants, who have undoubtedly become annual crowd favorites!

Check out a few close-ups of our furry friends on parade in Midtown ATL throughout the years.

Not a secret! Join us for the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade on 16th March!

☘️CONTEST TIME! ☘️
The Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade and THE Big Idaho Potato Truck are partnering to give 4 LUCKY individuals the chance to RIDE in the parade on the largest potato in the WORLD!

Here’s how to enter:
1. Like this post.
2. Be a follower of Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade
3. Tag at LEAST 2 other Parade and Potato loving friends in the comments.
4. Share to your story for a BONUS entry!

Entries will be accepted until Friday, March 8 and winners will be announced Saturday, March 9. Each winner will have the opportunity to select one special guest to join them for their ride through Midtown ATL

MORE BIG NEWS! ☘️

With just TWO weeks to go before step off, we love having such exciting news to share! Joining us on the parade route as one of our 2024 special guests will be Retired Professional Footballer Niall Quinn!

We are incredibly honored to have this sports LEGEND be a part of this year’s festivities!

Throughout his sporting career, Niall played for Arsenal, Manchester City and Sunderland AFC, and earned 92 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Niall represented the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA European Football Championship Finals 1988, and two FIFA World Cup in 1990 and 2002. He remains Ireland’s second highest goal-scorer of all time and is an inductee of the Hall of Fame at Manchester City and Sunderland AFC.

Help us welcome him to the parade family!

And special thanks to O’Sullivan’s Decatur Square for their help in making it all happen!

This Friday’s post is dedicated to family, specifically The O’Riordan family!

For 50 years and 6 generations, the O’Riordans - one of the oldest Irish families in Atlanta - have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with us!

“My grandfather actually entered the parade for the first time in 1971,” said Mike O’Riordan. “My dad continued the tradition and now my five siblings and I always participate. It’s become a rite of passage.”

Just as much as we’ve become a part of their annual tradition, we’ve loved having them be a part of ours!

So cheers to one of our parade faves! 🍻☘️

Happy ! May the luck of the Irish be with you on this extra-special day. 🌈💚

Bonus: Looks like you also have an extra 24 hours to get your parade plans in order... 😉 Get ready - we’re leaping into March with big parade energy!

A little wet weather never rained on our parade!

The Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade is a rain or shine event, and our parade participants put on a show (and big smiles) no matter the conditions! (Our parade-goers too!)

Now let’s get these rainy days out of the way, so the sun will shine brightly - and warmly! - on our route March 16th! 💚

One of the highlights of the parade every year is showcasing the diverse individuals and organizations that make up the Atlanta Irish community.

In 2019, these champs - the Atlanta Clan na Ngael - served as our grand marshals, coming off of a 2018 US Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Junior C Football Championship.

We’re excited to welcome them back this year as parade participants!

“Our club is more than a sports club, it is a diverse community of people from the US, Ireland and other countries, coming together for the love of gaelic sports. We are proud to have built an environment where all are welcome, including our players’ friends and family.”

– Ray Tracey, Atlanta Clan na nGael Chairman

We're looking for a few more volunteers at the parade on March 16. If interested, please drop us a line at [email protected]

BIG news to share! Atlanta icon and media legend Monica Kaufman Pearson will be the grand marshal for the 2024 Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade!

The entire parade committee is ecstatic and HONORED to have Monica join the festivities and lead this year’s parade down Peachtree!

Monica was the first woman and first minority to anchor the daily evening news in Atlanta, where she worked for 37 years at WSB-TV. During her more than 50 years in newspaper, public relations, radio and TV, she has won 33 Southern Regional and local Emmy Awards.

Monica now writes and produces an hour-long personality interview show, “Monica Pearson One on One,” on PeachtreeTV and is a contributor and host of the digital news program “The Monica Pearson Show” for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

Monica, we can’t wait to see you on the route March 16!

With Coca-Cola as our presenting sponsor, there’s never a shortage of magic and smiles at the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade!

Thank you Coca-Cola for being an amazing partner and supporter! The joy you create for our participants and attendees is unmatched!

Cheers to another year!

What better way to mark our 140th parade year than with memories from years past!

Did you know that the Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade is the longest running event in Atlanta history? Since 1858, the parade has marched down Peachtree, celebrating the city’s Irish culture and history!

Big shoutout to the Hibernian Benevolent Society for beginning the tradition and special thank you to Irish Network Atlanta for carrying the torch.

We are excited to continue this beloved cultural extravaganza in Midtown ATL in JUST a month!

We're excited to announce that the Big Idaho Potato Truck will be making a return appearance at the parade this year. Big Idaho Potato Tour, Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade, Irish Network Atlanta, , , ,

Plan on participating in the parade this year? Get your application in by Jan. 13 - www.atlantastpats.com/application

We are now taking applications for the 2024 parade to be held on March 16 at noon. Visit www.atlantastpats.com/participate to submit your application.

Participate – Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade Participation in the parade is not just an “Irish thing”. Groups are encouraged to participate as long as their unit is appropriate for a “family” event. The emphasis is on children and families in celebration of all of Atlanta’s diverse backgrounds on a day when “everybody is Irish.” ...

Thanks SaportaReport for joining us Saturday and capturing these great shots!

Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade – Peachtree Street – March 11, 2023 Kelly Jordan Media Seen in Atlanta Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade – Peachtree Street – March 11, 2023 Kelly Jordan March 13, 2023 4:53 pm ShareTweetSharePinPocketWhatsAppBufferEmailReddit0 Shares ShareTweetSharePinPocketWhatsAppBufferEmailReddit0 Shares

Interested in covering this Saturday’s parade? For working media credentials, please email [email protected] and put “Working Media Request” in the subject line.

The weather looks great for the parade on Saturday - we hope to see you there!

Listen Live Now! Tune in to WABE’s to hear the Consul General of Ireland in Atlanta, Caoimhe Ni Chonchuir, preview this weekend’s Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade and other upcoming St. Patrick’s events!

She is one of the voices featured as part of City Lights’ celebration of .

City Lights with Lois Reitzes - WABE “City Lights” explores the ways in which people express themselves creatively and enhance our lives. In addition to a wide range of music, “City Lights” covers theater, dance, pop culture, visual arts and more. WABE has long been a partner with many organizations in Atlanta and through “Ci...

On November 7th, 2022 production got underway at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville and in the Greater Atlanta area on Francis Ford Coppola’s 25 years in the making passion project, “Megalopolis”. In the film, the fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love.
The “Megalopolis” film crew will be filming alongside and inside our parade for the purpose of authenticity.
Come out to the parade and be a part of it!

We have some great opportunities to become a sponsor in the parade. Send us an email if you're interested or have any questions - [email protected]

We're now accepting applications for the 2023 parade! Go to http://atlantastpats.com/participate-2/ to apply.

Participate – Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade Participation in the parade is not just an “Irish thing”. Groups are encouraged to participate as long as their unit is appropriate for a “family” event. The emphasis is on children and families in celebration of all of Atlanta’s diverse backgrounds on a day when “everybody is Irish.” ...