St. Patrick's Day 2022

Parades and other celebrations are planned in the Twin Cities to mark the celebration of Ireland's most famous patron saint – along with everything Irish.

That celebration produced by the Irish Music and Dance Association will last from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and feature Celtic music, dancing, authentic vendors. Immediately after parade-goers can attend the Ballpark Hooley at CHS Field immediately from 12 to 3 p.m., featuring live music, Irish dancers and beer specials. The 54th annual Minneapolis St. Patrick's Day Parade will return to Columbia Heights on Thursday, with a parade set to start at 40th Avenue NE and Van Buren Street at 6 p.m. Hopkins will once again host what they say is likely the World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade. The four-block celebration will kick off at 5 p.m. at the American Legion at 10 12th Avenue South in Hopkins and travel east down Mainstreet towards the Elks Lodge at 30 8th Avenue South. The parade will go west on 40th at Van Buren, hang a left on Mill Street NE, and end at John P. Murzyn Hall at 530 Mill Street NE. The Landmark Center in St. Paul will also hold an event on Thursday to mark the holiday.

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If you're planning to watch the parade in person, you'll want to pick out a solid viewing spot. "We understand how meaningful the traditional route is to South Boston, with the parade incorporating Dorchester Heights where Evacuation Day was made possible. Despite the shortened route this year, our plan is for the parade to revert back to its traditional route in 2023, as it was in 2019 and was planned to be in 2020."

More than two dozen local bars, pubs and watering holes to get your St. Patty's Day on.

Plus, as one of the city's best sports bars, you know they'll have all the March Madness games on. Kick it over to this popular soccer bar for St. Patty's Day festivities. Indeed, the Irish pub will open early at 10 a.m. serving up food from Miss Katie's Diner and hitting the stage with Sigmund Snopek and Atlantic Wave throughout the day plus other shenanigans throughout the holiday. The Downtown hot spot will also have green beer, shepherd's pie, Irish dancers and live music from Joe Wray and Smart Mouth. And if that's not enough, Mo's Tosa location will feature St. Patrick's Day shenanigans as well. And best of all, a percent of the proceeds will go toward supporting Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. The Downtown location will also be in a festive mood, opening up at 10 a.m. and featuring a number of Irish drink specials. And if you don't win one of the day's many giveaways, well, there's always beer and whiskey. Matty's always puts in an effort for St. Patrick's Day, but this year's celebratiton is special for the suburban bar. Why not celebrate St. Patty's Day with your pupper? Why celebrate just on St. Patrick's Day when you can celebrate for over a week? This Water Street watering hole will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by opening up at 2 p.m. and offering happy hour all day long. To help make the most of the special day – and maybe help you find some lucky o' the Irish – here's a guide to a number of the many, many bars, pubs and beyond with St. Patrick's Day specials.

461: Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, dies. Although the year is disputed, the date is definitely not. 1737: The Charitable Irish Society ...

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Copenhagen is emerging as one of the best places in the world to spend the day. 2018: Ireland make it a perfect St Patrick’s Day by beating England at Twickenham to win the Six Nations grand slam. 1984: The start of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race is delayed by a day after the Cambridge vessel collides with a barge and sinks. 2008: The Three-legged Race is run in a blizzard and several competitors get lost, eventually finishing hours later. Brian McKenna, the landlord of The Globe, an Irish pub on Nørregade, threatens to turn the canals of the city green for the day. 1940: There is no St Patrick’s Day. No, not because of the war, but because of a clash with Palm Sunday, causing the Catholic church to move the day to April 3. Duffy, who converts to Buddhism in the 1970s, unsurprisingly sees nothing wrong with the reincarnation storyline, despite the fact it writes an entire series off as a dream and costs half the cast their jobs. Although initially controversial, it goes on to be the event’s most popular discipline. 1762: New York hosts is first procession – a parade that has subsequently gone on to be the world’s largest with 150,000 participants, two million spectators, and five hours of marching. And Boris Yeltsin falls over attempting the Riverdance. 461: Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, dies. Ordained as an Anglican priest, it is as a literal father that he achieves enduring fame.

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A sign of the times is that Ireland’s other national saint, St Brigid, has recently broken through the glass ceiling and will now also have a state holiday in her honour in Ireland – the first for a female saint in that country. What was once a day is now a festival, promoted by the Irish government and celebrated, often with intense revelry, around the world. St Patrick’s Day in Ireland was traditionally rather restrained.

'Come out to the parade and ... enjoy a pint of beer in support of our hospitality businesses which have suffered so much,' Mayor John Tory said.

The parade is set to begin at noon Sunday, with the march lasting one and a half hours, according to the parade’s website. It was cancelled again last year as the virus continued to spread and put strain on the health-care system. Parade set to begin at noon