NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back! Here’s everything you need to know

[Kamaji]

NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back! Here’s everything you need to know

By Emily Crane and Zachary Folk
March 17, 2022

The nation’s largest and oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parade is returning to New York City on Thursday for the first time in full since 2019.

Thousands of people are expected to descend on 5th Avenue for the parade’s kick-off at 11 a.m. following a two-year hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The full-fledged return of the Irish celebrations is the first major parade to be held in the Big Apple since the city reopened and dropped its major mask and vaccination rules.

“This is the best thing that happened to us in two years,” said Mike Carty, the owner of Rosie O’Grady’s pub in the Theater District. “We need the business and this really kicked it off.”

When the pandemic unleashed in March 2020, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade was among the first major NYC events to be canceled — marking the first time in the parade’s history that it was shut down.

“Psychologically, it means a lot,” Sean Lane, the chair of the parade’s organizing group, said of the parade’s return. “New York really needs this.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/17/nyc-st-patricks-day-parade-2022-returns-how-to-watch/

[Kamaji]

Except, of course, that the weather does not appear to be cooperating; it looks like God is literally going to rain on NYC's parade today!

[Gefn]

Takes me back to my college days. Schlep into the city, arrive early, and enjoy. Of course, there was beer, beer, and more beer….and lots of drunks spilling it on you too.

 


Im serving Guinness in the lounge today.