Break out the green on Saturday, March 17 for the inaugural Muskegon St. Patrick’s Day Parade!
Stepping off at 11:00 a.m. from 4th Street and Clay Avenue and marching north along Clay to Jefferson Street, this new, family-oriented event is sponsored by
Hennessy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant and the Greater Muskegon Jaycees.

Families, organizations, fraternal groups, businesses, marching bands, churches and schools are invited to join in the fun and march in this exciting event! Sponsor your “clan” and walk the parade route or design a float and ride through downtown Muskegon along “O’Clay Street”! The only cost to march in the parade or sponsor a float is a non-perishable food donation to benefit Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry. The Greater Muskegon Jaycees “Cart Corps” will perform along the parade route, accepting food donations from the parade crowd and entertaining the assembled masses with their synchronized grocery cart maneuvers!

If your family, organization or group wants to march in the inaugural Muskegon St. Patrick’s Day Parade, please contact the Greater Muskegon Jaycees at parade@muskegonjaycees.com or click HERE» for a complete registration packet. You can also pick up a packet in person at the Muskegon County Convention & Visitors Bureau, 610 W. Western Avenue in downtown Muskegon, 231-724-3100.
Registration forms are due back to the Greater Muskegon Jaycees by March 10.

We are working to find a deal on banners for participants to purchase on their own and carry.  More information on this option will be forthcoming.  You are also more than welcome to make and carry your own banner.

Following the parade at Hennessy’s Irish Pub & Restaurant the Muskegon Irish-American Society will host a flag-raising of the Republic of Ireland flag in downtown Muskegon for the 39th consecutive year. All day on Saturday, March 17,Hennessy’s (www.hennessyspub.com) will offer live entertainment, Irish dancing and a special St. Patrick’s Day menu in the restaurant and pub, with additional space added outside in a heated tent in the restaurant’s parking lot. Hennessy’s will open for a full Irish breakfast beginning at 8:00 a.m., and remain open throughout the day until 2:00 a.m.

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17, the Michigan Irish Music Festival presents Dublin-based band Slide at the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts. Slide annually wows the crowd at the Michigan Irish Music Festival with their unique blend of traditional Irish music and entertainment. Tickets are on sale at the Frauenthal Center Box Office for $15.00 per person for general admission tickets, and $20.00 p/p the week of the show. For ticket information, call StarTickets at 800-585-3737 or go to www.startickets.com.

Again, there is no cost to march or participate in the Muskegon St. Patrick’s Day Parade, just a donation of non-perishable food items. Spectators are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the parade for collection by the Greater Muskegon Jaycees “Cart Corps” along the parade route. For more information on the parade or any of the St. Patrick’s Day activities, contact the Greater Muskegon Jaycees at parade@muskegonjaycees.com or the
Muskegon County Convention & Visitors Bureau at 231-724-3100 or visitmuskegon@co.muskegon.mi.us