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Scranton St Patrick's Day Parade 2024

Live Stream, Lineup, Route, Start Time, Schedule

St Patrick's Day shamrock

The Scranton St Patrick's Day parade returns in full force once again this year, continuing their proud tradition of being the second largest St Pat's parade in the United States, second only to the big event in New York City.

Across the United States many towns and cities hold a parade to mark St Patrick's Day, a representation of the impact Irish immigrant splayed on the growth of the country, but few places match the scope of the Scranton version, which is the second largest in the whole country, and if relative populations are taken into account this event eclipses even the huge parade in New York City.

The Scranton parade is typically held on the weekend before St Patrick's Day, which usually places it a couple of days before the official March 17th feast date. Parade Day in Scranton gets underway with a 10am mass at St Peter's cathedral, followed at 11am by a race on foot (the Brian Kelly Memorial race) down the parade route by willing participants before the main parade steps off at 11.45am. It is genuinely a large-scale event, with in excess of 10,000 active participants watched by crowds measuring several times that amount.

Parade Date

The Scranton St Patrick's Day parade typically takes place on the Saturday the weekend before the 17th March itself which will be 9th March 2024.

Start Time

Parade Day mass at St Peter's Cathedral takes place at 10.00am, then the parade will step off at 11.45am. 

There is also the  Brian P. Kelly Memorial 2 Mile Footrace starting at 11.00am.

Route and Schedule

The parade starts from St Peter's Cathedral, travels down Wyoming Avenue, then along:

Lakawanna Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Spruce Street
N Washington Avenue, past City Hall and ending by Lackawanna College

There is a useful map of the parade route on the official site:
 
St Patrick's parade route

We recommend getting down there as early as possible to secure yourself a decent vantage point along the route. There is a large viewing stand at Lackawanna County Courthouse Square of you prefer an elevated view.

TV & Live Streaming

The Scranton parade is covered by local TV station WYOU, with Eyewitness News being the official broadcasting partner.

This can now be watched as a live onlinwe webcast feed here:

WYOU live stream

You can also watch live coverage of all the top St Patrick's Day parades around the US and worldwide on our live streaming page: St Patrick's Day live

Hotels and Accommodation

If you find yourself visiting Scranton around the time of the St Patrick's Day parade then you'll find plenty of accommodation to choose from, with most budgetary requirements catered for. You can search and check availability for local hotels here.

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