Manchester’s St Patrick’s Day Parade to return this year

Manchester’s St Patrick’s Day parade is set to make its long-awaited return to the city centre this year.

For the first time since 2021, and in its 35th year since its inaugural edition, the parade will take place on Sun 16 Mar, the day before St Patrick’s Day.

The route will see the procession depart from the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill at roughly 12pm, before making its way down to the finishing point on Deansgate.

On the return of the event, organisers say: “This year’s parade will be an incredible celebration of our proud and thriving Irish community in Manchester. It will showcase and champion local groups and organisations such as GAA clubs, Irish dance classes, marching bands, and pipe bands, along with a strong representation of the 32 counties in Ireland.

“As one of the longest-running St. Patrick’s Day parades in Europe, we would like to invite not just those from the Irish community but all communities across Greater Manchester and beyond to join the big celebration and line the route with support.”

The St Patrick’s Day parade forms a focal point of the wider Manchester Irish Festival, which runs from Sat 8 Mar – Mon 17 Mar. Hundreds of events will be taking place at various venues across the city as part of the festival, including the Irish Village which takes over St Ann’s Square.