When is the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade 2025? Date, time, route, what to know

No one celebrates St. Patrick’s Day like Boston, and 2025 will not be the exception.

The city is a major site in the U.S. for Irish heritage and culture thanks to the large number of Irish immigrants who moved to the city in centuries past, and St. Patrick's Day has become a way to celebrate one of the things that makes Boston unique.

Although St. Patrick's Day is on a Monday this year, one of Boston's biggest events to celebrate the holiday is the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will be celebrated the day before, on Sunday, March 16.

With St. Patrick’s Day celebrations picking up around the United States, here is what you need to know about this year’s Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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When is the Boston St. Patrick's Day/Evacuation Day parade?

The annual South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade will be held on Sunday, March 16, beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET. This is the 120th-annual parade for the historically Irish city, and always falls on the Sunday closest to St. Patrick's Day. This year, it falls a day before the holiday.

The parade is starting about an hour and a half earlier than usual, as Boston officials say they are trying to “get a better handle on the tomfoolery,” following a string of incidents relating to drinking during last year's parade.

The parade is held by the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council.

The parade also celebrates Evacuation Day, a local Massachusetts holiday commemorating when British forces left Boston during the Revolutionary War on March 17, 1776.

What is the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade route?

According to the Allied War Veterans Council, the parade will start at 11:30 a.m. at Broadway station and move up West Broadway. It will continue on East Broadway, take a right on P Street, and then a right onto East Fourth Street.

From East Fourth Street, it will turn left onto K Street, then right onto East Fifth Street, where it will continue until taking a left onto G Street.

It will stay left of South Boston High School to Thomas Park, and follow the park until it takes a left at Telegraph Street and another left to Dorchester Street.

The parade will stay on Dorchester Street until its end in Andrew Square.