The 58th Annual Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade 2016
The Detroit St. Patrick’s Day Parade welcomes everyone the Sunday before St. Patrick’s Day for a traditional celebration. The parade follows a route through Corktown, one of Detroit’s historically Irish neighborhoods.
58th Annual Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade Stars promptly at noon.
Parade assembles at 11:00 am on 6th Street and Michigan Ave. The Parade, which includes marching and pipe & drum bands, color guard units, floats, clowns, novelty groups and marching units, moves west on Michigan Ave., passes the reviewing stand and disperses at 14th Street, approximately 2 hours later.
The United Irish Societies (UIS) sponsors the parade and it was held on Sunday, March 15, 2015. It started at noon on Michigan Avenue and 6th Street, continuing down to 14th Street. Click HERE for the 2015 Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade Winners.
In 1959, the United Irish Societies, sponsored the first St. Patrick’s Parade in Dearborn, MI. The Parade route follows along Michigan Avenue through the area known as Corktown. Corktown received it’s name as the Irish were the largest ethnic group of newcomers to Detroit, most of them from County Cork. The Corktown neighborhood is Detroit’s oldest surviving neighborhood.
source: detroitstpatricksparade.com
