CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago on Wednesday joined the growing ranks of cities across the United States to cancel its St. Patrick's Day Parade amid concerns about the coronavirus. In a brief announcement on its website, the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade said that Saturday's parade had been canceled. The cancellation of the parade, one of the largest in the nation, follows announcements of The St. Patrick’s Day revelry — featuring the famous dyeing of the Chicago River green on the morning of the downtown parade, which she also canceled — is a huge boon to Chicago hotels Chicago's St. Patrick's Day parade has been canceled, according to a website for the event. The downtown event was slated for Saturday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has also canceled the South Side parade Downtown, South Side, and Northwest Side St. Patrick’s Day Parades have been canceled. We wait another year. It likely won’t come as a shock to anybody, given that a global pandemic is still wreaking havoc worldwide, but Chicago’s much-loved St. Patrick’s Day celebrations have now been officially canceled for the second year running. There will [] Chicago's South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade is a go this March, organizers announced Wednesday, after being canceled the past two years due to coronavirus concerns. Chicago St. Patrick's Day parades and river dyeing have been canceled as the number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois has climbed to 25. the City of Naperville is canceling the St. Patrick's Day Bad Luck Of The Irish As South Side Parade Called Off - Chicago, IL - South Side St. Patrick's Day Parade was canceled due to concerns over new coronavirus. Parade set to return in 2021. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chicago 2025 always takes place the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. The parade will begin this year on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at noon. Like previous years, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will move along Columbus Drive from Balbo to Monroe Street. The science is clear. St. Patrick’s Day should be canceled.” The dyeing of the Chicago River and the subsequent parade downtown have been yearly traditions since 1962. In addition to The 47th South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a Chicago tradition featuring floats, dance schools, pipe bands and various marchers, steps off at noon on Sunday from 103rd Street and Chicago on Wednesday joined the growing ranks of cities across the United States to cancel its St. Patrick’s Day Parade amid concerns about the coronavirus. After the dyeing of the Chicago River, St. Patrick's Day weekend festivities will continue with the 70th annual Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade. As in years' past, the parade will likely kick Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parades Canceled For Second Year Organizers said the parade's committee is exploring alternate ways to celebrate the community's Irish heritage "to respect the public Chicago's two big Saint Patrick's Day parades are canceled for the second straight year. The pandemic forces the cancellation of both the South Side and downtown St. Patrick's Day parades. CHICAGO (CBS)--It has been nearly a year since the pandemic shut down virtually all of Chicago.Now, for a second year in a row, a St. Patrick's Day tradition has been canceled. As CBS 2's Jim The downtown Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade, which was set for Saturday, as well as Sunday's South Side Irish Parade and the Northwest Side parades will not step off as a coronavirus outbreak The St. Rita of Cascia High School band performs during the South Side Irish Parade Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2019, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune) Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago St. Patrick's Day tradition that has gone dark for the last two years is making a comeback. The plan is for the South Side Irish Parade to return on March 13. GIRARDVILLE — The borough’s St. Patrick’s Day parade has been canceled for the second straight year, officials confirmed. At the Girardville borough council meeting Wednesday, Mayor Michael Z 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.
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