The 2020 Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus. The health and safety of our participants, spectators, local businesses and sponsors was our top priority.

We would like to express gratitude to everyone involved with the planning and preparation of the 2020 Parade!

The Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade team enthusiastically looks forward to staging another historic parade on March 14, 2021, which will be bigger, better and more successful for our sponsors, local businesses and the City of Detroit!

For our 62nd year, we are honored to have Peggy Sullivan Gray as the Grand Marshal!

For the 2019 Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade, thousands of families and friends with smiling Irish eyes lined the streets of Corktown! It was our 61st annual Parade. The skies were cloudy, it was windy and damp but the Irish spirit was strong! The parade was held on Sunday, March 10, 2019. It started at 1:00 on Michigan Avenue and 6th Street, continuing down to 14th Street.

The United Irish Societies (UIS) is the organization that hosts the parade. In 1958, the UIS hosted the first St. Patrick’s Parade in Dearborn, MI. The Parade route follows along Michigan Avenue through the area known as Corktown. Corktown received its 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.

2019 was the 2nd year for the Family Fun Zone, where families watched the parade in heated grandstands in a reserved, family friendly area, with reserved parking. It was another huge success!