St Patrick’s Day Festival Dublin 2025

St Patrick’s Day Festival Events

St Patrick’s Day Parade 2025

Join us on the streets of Dublin for the spectacular National St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 12pm on Monday March 17 2025!

The National St. Patrick’s Day Parade really is the centre of the world on St. Patrick’s Day – a genuinely bucket-list worthy adventure in Ireland’s capital city, which lies at the heart of the global celebration of our Irish culture, heritage and people.

Join over half a million spectators who gather each March to witness over 4,000 Parade participants including marching bands from all across the globe in a thunderous display of music and pageantry, extravagantly dressed performers, troupes of colourful, cascading dancers and a spectacular display of extravagant floats as they wind their way through the historic streets of Dublin.

With a bursting sense of raucous celebration firmly at its core, the Parade proudly showcases the spark of creativity, imagination, laughter and joy that our wonderful people are so widely known for.

The theme of this year’s Festival and Parade is ‘Eachtraí’, the Irish word for Adventures, which represents the unique essence of Ireland and of Irish people. It’s what sets us apart and what brings us together, and oftentimes it’s the reason that people from all over the world have a special place in their hearts for Irish people, place and culture.

Driven by the values of community, diversity and inclusion, joy and sustainability, the Festival continues to work with Ireland’s foremost creative pageant companies including Macnas, Bui Bolg, Art FX, Spraoi, Inishowen Carnival, The Outing Queer Arts Collective, and Artastic.

Route of The St Patrick’s Day Parade

The St Patrick’s Day Parade leaves Parnell Square North at 12 noon. It takes approximately 2 hours to pass and finishes at Kevin Street at 2pm.

Check here for further details and Parade Route

Getting To The St Patrick’s Day Parade

Family Fun Tip – Based on the experience of previous years, it is probably advisable to take public transport to the parade as there will be both road and parking restrictions to facilitate the events taking place

With a bursting sense of raucous celebration firmly at its core, the Parade proudly showcases the spark of creativity, imagination, laughter and joy that our wonderful people are so widely known for.

St Patrick’s Day Festival Dublin

St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin brings the nation alive, and promises lively days and nights of free celebrations and encompasses a feeling of what it means to be or just feel Irish

A huge number of events are planned across the capital city and the rest of the country and many are free. From céilís to treasure hunts, funfairs to comedy, there is something for every member of the family. The festivities culminate on 17 March, St Patricks Day with the traditional parade.