The 166th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick s Day Parade and Festival commences in downtown San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, March 11, 2017. Mason Trinca/Special to The Chronicle St. Patrick’s Day San Francisco 2025. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in San Francisco this year at the biggest event in the city, CrawlSF’s St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl! This annual event attracts well over 10,000 people to bars in The Marina, Polk Gulch, Russian Hill and more for cheap drinks and some exciting St. Paddy’s Day fun. San Francisco's Annual Parade. Date: Mid-March Route: Typically starts at 2nd and Market If you missed the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in San Francisco on Saturday, check out these highlights! Watch ABC7 newscasts on demand. Full Story. ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 live stream. Here’s our choices for our favorite free & affordable St. Patrick’s events for 2025 including a huge 3-day pub crawl, San Francisco’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the 19th annual St. Patrick’s Day block party at Irish Bank, a Leprechaun Hunt, our very own Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival & Parade, and new for 2025, Downtown SF’s “St. Pat’s on Front St.” Block Party San Francisco’s Saint Patrick’s Day is best celebrated with iconic Irish pub crawls, each offering a unique ambiance and festive specials: The Irish Bank Bar & Restaurant: Located at 10 Mark Lane , The Irish Bank is a quintessentially traditional Irish pub hidden in an alley off Bush Street. Unbelievably, this year marks the 166th anniversary of San Francisco’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival. Drawing crowds over over 100,000, and filling the city with wonderful music, food, and merchandise, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival is a one-of-a-kind treat for those who have Irish heritage, like Irish heritage, or just Market Street was awash in green Saturday for San Francisco’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a celebration of Irish culture, character and community that draws thousands of spectators each San Francisco's St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival, scheduled for Saturday, March 15, 2025, is one of the largest and most vibrant celebrations of Irish culture in the world. Drawing over 100,000 attendees, the parade will begin at 2nd and Market Street, winding its way to the festive hub of Civic Center Plaza. The 166th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival is hitting San Francisco March 11, with floats, dancers, #SanFrancisco’s 166th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival is happening tomorrow! Celebrate Irish culture and catch the parade at 11:30 AM. #SFlocal #stpatricksday2017 #parade #streetfest #irish #free So, darling, this St. Paddy’s Day, throw on a green tie-dye, raise a glass, and toast to the Irish soul of San Francisco’s rock ‘n’ roll revolution! San Francisco’s 174 St. Patrick’s Day Parade: The Deets! Saturday, March 15 2025 – Starts at 11:30AM; Parade begins at the corner of 2nd & Market Street ends at Civic Center Plaza Events range from the 174th annual Saint Patrick's Day parade to block parties hosted by the United Irish Cultural Center, as well as a downtown San Francisco street party organized by a trio of 174th Annual San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and after-party The official San Francisco parade begins at 11 a.m., kicking off from Second and Market streets heading to Civic Center Plaza. San Francisco tunes up the bagpipes and goes all out in lucky green shamrocks for the 166th annual St. Patrick's Day celebration on Saturday, March 11, 2017, the largest such happening west of the By Laurie Jo Miller Farr. Expect the usual crowds of 100,000 or so as San Francisco puts on its 166th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival on March 11, 2017. Read on to start planning your St. Paddy’s celebrations in San Francisco. St. Patrick’s Day Parade Photo by @sf_united_irish_societies on Instagram. The 174th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take over San Francisco on Saturday, March 15th, 2025, starting at 11:30 am. The procession commences at 2nd and Market Street, following Market Hundreds gathered along the sidewalks of Market Street to witness San Francisco’s 166th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, March The parade kicks off at the intersection of Market and 2nd Street and then continues down Market Street with a variety of Irish bands, hundreds of floats, Irish dancers and more as they head towards the celebratory festival at Civic Center Plaza, which is directly in front of of San Francisco’s City Hall. 2024 St. Patrick’s Day Parade San Francisco's St. Patrick's Day parade, pictured above in 2022, will head down Market Street before concluding in front of San Francisco City Hall, where plenty of other entertainment options
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