St. Patrick's Day Parade
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Capitol Square 2 E. Main St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703

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The 2018 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
The 2018 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Despite its general all-around awesomeness, one Madison shortcoming is a dearth of parades. One fun exception is the annual parade honoring St. Patrick’s Day, which travels counterclockwise around the Capitol Square from the corner of Mifflin and Pinckney streets to East Wash. Leading the parade this year are WKOW-TV news anchors Amber Noggle and Brandon Taylor, followed by pipes and drums, fiddlers, people wearing green tossing candy, DIY “floats”...and maybe you? (A parade sign-up form can be found at stpatsmadison.org.) It’s all sort of free-form. Prior to the parade, an Irish flag ceremony takes place at noon in the Capitol Rotunda.
media release: The 25th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will feature live music, floats and plenty of family-friendly festivities.
Led by WKOW 27 news anchors Amber Noggle and Brandon Taylor, the free event will traverse counterclockwise around the Capitol Square, exiting at East Washington Ave., starting at 1:30 pm. We welcome sponsors, parade participants, volunteers and spectators to the Capitol Square to celebrate Irish culture.
Also, at noon: The Dane County Shamrock Club will raise the flag of Ireland in the Capitol Rotunda, an annual tradition.
For more parade information: https://www.stpatsmadison.org/