The 66th Bay City St. Patrick’s Day Parade
March 15, 2020 – 2:00 pm

Join us as 2020 Parade Marshal, Donald Carlyon, leads the 66th Bay City St. Patrick’s Day Parade down Center Avenue.  Entries will include the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Queen’s float, Scottville Clown Band, marching bands, pipe bands, drum and drill teams and many creative floats.

Please join us, it’s never too
early to start planning your float.

Click on this link for the parade application.

We hope you and yours have a
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  Slainte!

Questions? Click here to contact us.

2020 Sponsorship

Emerald Sponsor – Consumers Energy

 

Thank you Consumers Energy for your generous donation to the 2019 St. Patrick’s Day Parade!  We are truly grateful for your commitment to the parade and festivities year after year.  We can Count on You!

 History

Bay City’s parade began in 1955 and has grown to an event that has become a celebration for the Irish and Irish at heart. The first St. Patrick’s Day Parade was on March 17, 1955 at 5:30 p.m. The parade started at Center Avenue and Monroe Street and disbanded at City Hall on Washington Avenue. Mr. Jim Noonan was the Parade Marshal and 10,000 people attended the parade. Sheila Tennant was the St. Patrick’s Day Queen riding the St. Patrick’s Day float that featured a “harp” theme. Parade participants included the:

• Central High School Marching Band
• Local Boy Scout troops
• Auburn Accordian Marching Band
• Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Drill Team
• AAA Furniture
• Michigan Bell Telephone
• Gillman Plumbing
• Sabourin Drugs
• Munger Civil Defense Unit

 Past Parades

Past parades have featured the Notre Dame marching band and pipe bands from the U.S. and Canada.  Among the marchers in the parade have been Michigan’s governor, Uncle Sam and a “bonafide” leprechaun. Horses, motorcycles, and Irish Wolfhounds have all been in our parades.