St Patrick's Day Festival and Parade 2013
St Patrick's Day Festival and Parade 2013
Start Date:
17 March 2013 12:00 PM
End Date:
17 March 2013 06:00 PM
This year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on St Patrick’s Day itself, Sunday 17th March 2013. The highlight of the festivities starts at 12 noon with the annual balloon release. The theme this year is ‘The Gathering’, which encourages anyone of Irish descent to pay a visit back home to the county, town and/or village of their ancestry.
The parade – which is organised by the St Patrick’s Festival Committee in partnership with Birmingham City Council, will include Pipe and Drum Bands, along with vintage motorbikes, classic cars and Willie “Fergus” Finnegan’s massed tractors plus many decorated floats.
Everyone is invited to join in the fun and celebrate.
For more information visit: www.stpatricksbirmingham.com
Venue Information
West Midlands
UK
All located in the heart of the City Centre.
Birmingham City Centre main outdoor venues for public gatherings include Victoria Square, Chamberlain Square and Centenary Square.
Access: The parade form up area will be at Camp Hill (top of Digbeth High Street) and will set off at approximately 12.00noon. It will proceed along Deritend on the out of city carriageway into Digbeth High Street, it will proceed along Digbeth, then swing left into St Martins Lane and proceed back down Moat Lane where it will swing left back onto Digbeth on the inner city carriageway. At the Alcester Street junction, floats will proceed towards Camp Hill with marching bands turning into Alcester Street. The parade will finish at approximately 2.00pm. An area around the Irish Centre consisting of Bradford Street, Birchall Street, Chapel House, Stoneyard, and Green Street will be closed to traffic. An Irish Market and food units will be located in Birchall Street and Chapel House. Children's rides and inflatables will be in Bradford Street. A children's area will be in Stone Yard. A road closure plan will be implemented throughout the day. Road closures will be implemented at 6.00am with Digbeth High Street being re-opened by 4.00pm. Closures around the Irish Centre will be lifted at 6.00pm.