2023 Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade: Mayor Joshua Garcia welcomes all to ‘Parade Central'

Imagine a party with 400,000 guests. A family reunion that's 2½ miles long. A 10K road race with 7,000 runners. A Massachusetts Mardi Gras featurin...

March 14, 2023
1:28 PM

Imagine a party with 400,000 guests. A family reunion that's 2½ miles long. A 10K road race with 7,000 runners. A Massachusetts Mardi Gras featuring so many championship marching bands, so many prize-winning floats, and so much citywide cheer that it has been designated a 'Local Legacy' by the Library of Congress. Since 1952, the Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade has been the city's annual epic event. It brings people in, it brings people together, and it brings out the best of Holyoke and Western Massachusetts.

Joshua A. Garcia