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Chicago St. Patrick's Day 2025: Parade, green river dyeing bring thousands downtown. Watch ABC7's full presentation of 2025 Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in video playlist below Saint Patrick's Day may be Monday, but the celebrations were already in full swing this weekend. From the city to the suburbs, Chicagoland turned green today with big parades, bringing plenty of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations kick off this weekend with the annual river dyeing and festive parades. The Downtown Parade starts Saturday at 12:15 p.m., while the South Side Irish The city's first parade of the weekend was held Saturday in downtown, presented by ABC7. READ MORE | ABC7 celebrates St. Patrick's Day in Chicago | Watch full parade special. A sea of green Watch ABC7's full presentation of the 2025 Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in the video playlist at the top of this article. The Shannon Rovers kicked of the 70th annual Chicago Saint Patrick's The history of St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago goes back more than 175 years. Now a longstanding tradition, Chicago’s Irish parade was first held in 1843. Crowds watch as the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day by the Plumber’s Local 130 in Chicago on March 11, 2023. Credit: Kathleen Hinkel/Block Club Chicago Chicago River Dyeing & St. Patrick’s Day Parade. 10 a.m. Saturday, March 15. Various locations Downtown Irish step dancers participate in the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Tens of thousands took advantage of record high temperatures and sunny weather to attend the Chicago River dyeing: Watch a 60-second time-lapse of the waters turning green for St. Patrick's Day The Chicago River was dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day Saturday morning The Chicago Saint Patrick's Day Parade will be celebrating its 70th anniversary when it steps off Saturday, March 15. ABC7 celebrates St. Patrick's Day in Chicago | Watch full parade special. Watch ABC7's full presentation of the 2025 Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in the video playlist at the top of this article. Then, the 47th South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day parade stepped off Hey 710 Members! Join with us and march in the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 15! Please arrive in the parade line-up (staging area at Columbus and Balbo) starting at 11:00am. Check-in at Jackson Ave. & Ida B. Wells (formerly Congress Blvd.) Look for the 710 SUV and JC25 semi! We will After the river dyeing, the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in its 70th year, will start downtown around noon. The parade will head north from Columbus Drive and Balbo. This year's theme is The St. Patrick's Day parade, which will run south to north on Columbus Drive, is organized by the Chicago Plumber's Union Local 130, James F. Coyne, general chairman of parade. About ABC7/WLS-TV CHICAGO – The sights and sounds of Irish culture were on full display at the 70th annual downtown St. Patrick’s Day Parade. A sea of people wearing emerald green lined up hours ahead of time South Side Irish Parade to kick off in Beverly/Morgan ParkThe South Side of Chicago will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Irish on Parade Sunday morning. A celebration of Chicago's working families, the Archer Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade is also scheduled for Saturday, March 15. Paradegoers will be able to line up along Archer Avenue as the David Westerby of Racine, Wis., yells during the 70th Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago on March 15, 2025. This is Westerby’s 16th year at the parade in Chicago, he said. A pre-parade reception was held Friday night ahead of the big day. FULL PARADE COVERAGE | ABC7 celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Chicago with live parade special. Grand Marshal Peter O'Brien and
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