Get your verdant attire ready, because in a matter of hours, Irish step dancing, bagpipes, marching bands and shamrock necklaces will be making an appearance.

Yes, St. Patrick’s Day parade season is upon us.

In New Jersey, most of the processions are not tagged to March 17, the official day for marking the occasion. Instead, local St. Patrick’s Day parades start as early as March 2 and as late as after St. Patrick’s Day, promising three weeks of celebration in towns and cities across the state, from Sussex County to Cape May County.

It’s safe to say the Garden State is not lacking for such parades — if you stretched them over the entire month, you’d have enough for each day of March with two more left over.

If you’re looking for details on your local parade or just want to survey your options, we’ve included a full calendar with start times, locations and dates below, along with details about the oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the nation in New York. (Note: there is no St. Patrick’s Day parade in Trenton this year.)

Always check the websites and Facebook pages below for updates on any cancellations or postponements because of weather.

MARCH 2

A bagpipe band at the 2009 Atlantic City St. Patrick's Day Parade.Mel Evans | AP

MARCH 3

MARCH 9

The Saint Brendan Pipe and Drums perform at the 2014 Ocean County St. Patrick's Day Parade. Frances Micklow | The Star-Ledger

MARCH 10

The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Morris County hold a huge Irish flag at the West Orange St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2002.Star-Ledger file photo

MARCH 15

The Essex County Sons of the Shillelagh in the 1980 Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade.

MARCH 16

A festively-dressed dog at the 2012 Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade.

The 16th Sussex County St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, on Spring Street in Newton; sussexcountynjirish.com

The 23rd Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at Morris Avenue in Union Township. The parade will move east down the street and turn at Stuyvesant Avenue before ending at Roosevelt Avenue. There will be a midway reviewing stand at Morris and Caldwell avenues. Pre-parade events include the opening of an Irish cultural museum that will be run for a month starting at 1 p.m. on March 2 on the second floor of the Cranford Library (224 Walnut Ave.); the Thornstick Mass at 9 a.m. on March 16 at St. Patrick’s Church (215 Court St.) in Elizabeth and a reviewing stand celebration at Morris and Stuyvesant avenues in Union, which starts at noon and will have a kid’s zone. After the parade, from 2 to 7 p.m., the Union County Emerald Society will be hosting an Irish party at the Kenilworth Veterans Center (33 S. 21st St., Kenilworth), with proceeds to benefit the Jack Casey Memorial Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $25 and include beer, wine, soda, corned beef and hot dogs; call 908-276-8766 or buy at the door. For more on the parade: unioncountystpatricksdayparade.com

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MARCH 23

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