Nickelodeon Parents' Pick for Best Local Blog in AtlantaWhat: Atlanta’s 127th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Where: Downtown Atlanta
When: Saturday, March 14 at 12 noon
Cost: Free, but you’ll have to park in a pay lot around the parade route
If you can’t make it to Savannah on Tuesday, or even if you can, don’t miss Atlanta’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday, March 14 beginning at 12 noon in Downtown Atlanta. The parade begins at Peachtree St. and Ralph McGill and goes past Woodruff Park to Underground Atlanta. Here’s a map of the parade route.
I LOVE a parade and this one is a wonderful family friendly event. Of course there are the requisite marching bands, clowns, schools of Irish dance with girls in those fabulous dresses and Catholic grade school floats. But this parade also has the 501st Stormtroopers from Star Wars. Always a HUGE hit with my boys.
After the parade, head to Underground Atlanta for the St. Patrick’s Day party and celebration. It’s a family event with Irish dancers, singers and performers. Shave your head for St. Baldrick’s and make a time capsule as part of a promotion for the new Nicholas Cage movie Knowing rated PG-13.
As a veteran of eight St. Paddy’s Day parades in Savannah, I never have considered trying one in Atlanta. Maybe this year is the year!
Well, this probably wasn’t the year to try Atlanta’s parade. The luck o’ the Irish hasn’t been with the Atlanta parade the past two years, but I swear, it’s fun. It’s not like Savannah’s parade at all, but even in the rain, my boys loved those Stormtroopers, especially in kilts!