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Irish Festival Gala Party An Evening in Ireland at Best Western Sea Island Inn on Friday evening, February 24th from 6-9pm. Fine food, fine entertainment and great libations! $45/person and limited to 125 guests. Irish Festival Main Event An Irish Family Festival at Quality Inn on Saturday, February 25th from 12 Noon – 4pm. Vendors, Irish food and drinks, kid's games, dancers, Irish musicians and lots of laughs on stage. Tickets $10 at the door, kids 10 & under - free. Many all-who-would-be-Irish (and some who are Irish) join in this joyous celebration of Irish history, music, food, and culture in historic Beaufort, South Carolina. Events included a gala party, exhibitions of Irish stepdancing, performances by several well-known Irish singers/musicians, a pub night in downtown Beaufort, and much more.

Fri MAR 2, Dinner Dance, CB and CABB, Music BT Jim MC Phail Sat MAR 10 Parade 1PM 14TH Ave, Pipes/Drums Post Parade Party Elks Lodge 26TH St FREE Admission Music Tommy Doyle Sat MAR 17 2PM, Paddy Noonan Irish Party, Featuring Kathy and Andreas Durkin lodge info 772 562 8450

Please mark your calendars for the 8th Annual Irish Festival of Cape Coral. The fest will take place on Saturday, March 3rd and Sunday, March 4th, 2012. On Saturday the festival hours are 11am to 10pm. On Sunday, the festival starts at 11am beginning with a Catholic Mass and continues until 8pm. The festival will again be held at The Bavarian Gardens of the German American Social Club located at 2101 W. Pine Island Road, Cape Coral, Fl. Our attendance last year surpassed 10,000 people.

2012 Nutley NJ St Patrick's Day Parade: Parade events begin at 10:00 AM with an Irish Memorial Mass at St. Mary's Church, Nutley, NJ. The parade steps off Saturday, March 3rd, at 1:00 PM. The route is from Holy Family Church down Harrison Street to Franklin Avenue, ending at Chestnut Street. Join in afterwards for the post parade party to be held at the Knights of Columbus on Chestnut Street.

We are the only Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Burlington County and we would like to invite you to join us to celebrate our Irish Heritage and Culture at the Parade that will take place on Saturday March, 3 2012 at 1 P.M. in Downtown Mount Holly. The Parade is a fun filled day with Pipe Bands, Irish Bands Step Dancers and many more examples of Irish Traditions. The 2012 Parade Route starts at the Fairgrounds Plaza and moves onto High St. The parade travels the length of High Street passing the reviewing stand at the corner of High and Washington Avenue. At the reviewing stand the parade makes a right onto Washington Avenue and then turns right onto Park Drive at the Township Building. The parade then ends at in the parking lot.

The 42nd Annual Sedona St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival - An Arizona Centennial Celebration will be held on Saturday March 3rd. The festivities are presented by Sedona Main Street Program, NAU Parks and Recreation Management Program and the Sedona Green Team. The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. from Jordan Historical Park and proceeds south on Jordan Road to Mesquite Avenue. Parade entrants include dignitaries and civic, social, cultural and religious organizations with area businesses. The Festival begins immediately following the parade, featuring live entertainment, free children’s and family activities, food vendors and of course, a Beer Garden until 3 p.m

2012 Dutchess County New York Saint Patrick's Day Parade: Parade March 3rd and steps off time is 1 pm sharp. The 2012 Grand Marshal is: Mrs. Jane Ekins Kelly For the past sixteen years the Dutchess County St. Patrick's Parade Committee, Inc. has been hosting a yearly St. Patrick's Parade for Dutchess County on the first Saturday in March. Over the years the parade has grown to include over 3000 participants and delighted over 10,000 spectators as it winds its way through the Village of Wappingers Falls. The Committee is proud of the growth this event has shown over the years and is committed to continue to promote the expansion of the parade.

2012 Belmar NJ Saint Patricks Day Parade: Please see the website URL for location and time details: In 1974, for the first time, men and women of the Jersey Shore joined together and marched up Main Street in honor of Saint Patrick. Formed and led by the newly formed Jerry Lynch Club, the parade was intended to be a showcase for the “Irish Riviera.” Entertained by marchers, bands, and a lot of fire engines, crowds lined the streets early on in this parade. Within four years the parade was developing rapidly and attractive statewide attention. Marchers were numbering close to a thousand and the crowds kept growing.

Parade starts at 12:30 PM, on March 4th from the Belmar Marina Park in Marina. This year’s parade is anticipated to be another wonderful day celebrating Saint Patrick and, honoring both this year’s Grand Marshal is John Carr and Deputy Grand Marshal is Jane Guild. This year’s parade will also be dedicated in memory of Isabel Smith. The Belmar/Lake Como St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, in cooperation with the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, will be collecting non-perishable items at the Parade on March 4, 2012.

Lowell’s hometown hero “Irish” Micky Ward, whose boxing career is now being played out on the big screen in Mark Wahlberg’s The Fighter, will be the Grand Marshal of the 2011 Cape Cod St. Patrick’s Parade. The 6th annual event will take place on Saturday, March 5, less than a week after the Academy Awards, where The Fighter is a heavy contender in a slew of categories, including Best Picture.

The 2012 South Amboy St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Saturday March 10th at 2:00 PM. Please see the website for all the details.

Atlantic City St. Patrick's Day Parade 2012: This is the 27th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade This St. Patrick's Day Parade will include marching bands, string bands, pipe bands and more!

THE 2012 @ Hamilton St. Patrick's Day Parade IS SET FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 10 . . . 12:30 OPENING CEREMONIES 1:00 PARADE BEGINS The Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee handed Mayor John Bencivengo the Irish tri-color sash on Friday, naming the Italian Republican as the grand marshal of the township's 2012 parade. Bencivengo made the crucial sales pitch last year to persuade the parade committee to relocate the annual event from Trenton to Hamilton. Trenton hosted the first 25 parades, but the 26th was held exclusively in Hamilton and led by grand marshal Wayne DeAngelo, a sitting New Jersey lawmaker

2012 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade: Parade day begins with Mass at 10:00am at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 91, Maple Avenue in Morristown. The parade starts at 12:00 Noon near the corner of South Street and James Street. It proceeds up South Street around the Morristown Green and Ends at Atno Avenue. There will be about 20 bands with about 70,000 in attendance either in the parade or as spectators. Please come and see the largest family oriented St. Patrick’s Day Parade in all of New Jersey. Come celebrate with the Irish and their friends as we recognize their contribution in building a great America.