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Scranton St. Patrick's Parade

Scranton, PA · Holiday

When

March 13, 2027

Where

Downtown Scranton, Courthouse Square · Scranton · PA

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

One of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the country by attendance relative to population steps off through downtown Scranton on the Saturday before the holiday, drawing hundreds of thousands to a city of about 75,000. The parade has run since the early 1960s and is followed by an all day street celebration known locally as Parade Day. Area schools and colleges close for the occasion.

The history within reach

• La Festa Italianasame spot

  Lackawanna County's Courthouse Square fills with Italian food vendors and live entertainment each Labor Day weekend for this free four day festival.

• Scranton St. Patrick's Paradesame spot

  One of the largest St.

• The Office0.1 mi

  A paper company's branch in a mid-sized Pennsylvania city that most of the country had never thought about became, over nine seasons, one of the most beloved workplaces in television.

• Joe Biden0.5 mi

  Born in Scranton and moved to Delaware at ten when the coal economy dried up, though the Scranton house stayed the political origin story for fifty years.

• The Apparently Kid24 mi

  A Newswatch 16 reporter was collecting colour at the county fair in August 2014 when a five year old named Noah Ritter took the microphone off her and delivered a minute of unbroken commentary on the rides, his grandfather and the Powerball, using the word apparently eight times along the way.