Join us for Belfast’s annual St Patrick’s celebrations. Activities will include: Seachtain na Gaeilge le energia activities from 1 March to 17 March ; Trad Trail across various locations from 10 March to 17 March ; St Patrick's Music Festival from 14 March to 17 March; St Patrick's celebrations at St George's Market on 15 and 16 March St Patrick’s Day Parade in Belfast on the 17th March 2025 (Luke Jervis Belfast Telegraph) The parade was watched by thousands of spectators and was led by Derry City and Strabane District This year, Belfast will celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a packed programme of events and cultural activities across the city from 1-17 March. The popular annual St Patrick’s Day parade will bring a dazzling display of costume, music, dance and theatrical performances to the city’s streets on Monday 17 March. Northern Ireland is gearing up for a vibrant St Patrick’s Day celebration next week, with towns and cities set to turn green in honour of Ireland’s patron Sunday, 16 March 2025 Newsletters The exciting programme for 2025 includes an Irish Whiskey Masterclass, a talk in the Armagh Robinson Library, JigJazz, contemporary Irish dance show, Dawn Light at Navan Centre and Fort, SYSTR, featuring daughters of the celebrated Irish performer Michael McGlynn in concert at St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Malachy Cush and Belfast. St Patrick's Day Parade - March 17. 2:00 PM – St. Patrick’s Day Carnival Parade; 3:00 PM – ‘Ceili on the Cobbles’ (Court House Stage) Lisburn and Castlereagh. Belfast has been hosting events since the start of March, with a packed programme of cultural activities across the city leading up to St Patrick's Day. The St Patrick's Day parade on Monday will Belfast is gearing up for a 17-day celebration of St Patrick's Day, with a packed programme of events and cultural activities running from 01–17 March. The annual St Patrick's Day parade will take place on Monday, March 17th, starting at City Hall at 1:30 pm. Local dance troupes, schools, community groups, and musicians will participate in Watch as the sea itself invades the land, forming the great bird sanctuary and yachting paradise of Strangford Lough. St. Patrick — the patron saint of Ireland — who sailed into the lough in AD 432 and eventually died at Downpatrick. Departing from the pier, you will first visit Belfast, on the River Lagan for a short drive through the city. The annual St.Patrick’s Day Spring Carnival in the Derry which made it’s way through the city centre on Monday. Picture Martin McKeown. St Patrick’s Day celebrations get underway in Belfast The annual St.Patrick’s Day Spring Carnival in the Derry which made it’s way through the city centre on Monday. Picture Martin McKeown. St Patrick’s Day celebrations get underway in Belfast St Patrick’s Day 2025: Thousands line streets across NI for colourful St Patrick’s Day parades St Patrick’s Day celebrations get underway in Belfast on March 17th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott) Thousands of people are gathered in towns and cities across Northern Ireland to celebrate St Patrick. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in parades and other festivities across Northern Ireland to celebrate St Patrick's Day. Among the big events taking place is the parade in The annual St.Patrick’s Day Spring Carnival in the Derry which made it’s way through the city centre on Monday. Picture Martin McKeown. St Patrick’s Day celebrations get underway in Belfast Belfast TradFest is delighted to partner with Belfast City Council to programme and deliver St. Patrick’s Music Festival across March 14th – 17th as part the UNESCO City of Music’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Catalog; For You; Belfast Telegraph. St Patrick’s Day: What’s on as NI gears up to mark patron saint’s day From parades of colourful floats and dancing leprechauns to a hike up Slemish and a trip on the Shamrock Express, there is plenty to do this March 17 to celebrate the man himself St Patrick’s Day Parade in Belfast on the 17th March 2025 (Luke Jervis Belfast Telegraph) The parade was watched by thousands of spectators and was led by Derry City and Strabane District Council Mayor, Councillor Lilian Seenoi-Barr. The 2025 St Patrick's Day celebrations feature over two weeks of events. The biggest Irish language family fun day of its kind will take place on Saturday 8 March from 1pm-4pm at Custom House Thousands of people have lined the streets in Belfast city centre for the annual St Patrick's Day parade. Parades are also due to take place in Londonderry, Enniskillen, Downpatrick, Newry and The Princess of Wales shared a heartfelt St Patrick's Day message on social media after celebrating the occasion with the Irish Guards. Earlier in the day she joined them to mark both the holiday and the regiment's 125th anniversary.
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