Greater New Haven Saint Patrick's Day Parade

The Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Connecticut’s largest single day spectator event attracting more than 325,000 people to the streets New Haven each year. The Parade is a longstanding tradition in the New Haven community, and the members of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee volunteer to ensure the tradition continues.

The Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held on Sunday, March 16, 2025.

Step off time is 1:30 PM with a live broadcast on WTNH from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

The Parade begins on Chapel Street at Sherman Avenue, and continues on Chapel Street toward the Green. The route turns left onto Church Street, turns right onto Elm Street, and disburses by Orange Street.

2025 Street Naming:

On Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM we will conduct our annual Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown New Haven, CT. Each year the Parade requests that the City of New Haven rename the streets closest to the reviewing stand at New Haven City Hall and dedicate the renaming in memory of a deceased person who has served the Greater New Haven Irish Community in a positive way. The 2025 street naming is dedicated in honor of this outstanding individual from our Irish community.

Travel & Transportation

• Public Transportation - Trains
  • From the North (Meriden, Hartford, Springfield): Ride CTrail Hartford Line southbound to State Street Station or New Haven Union Station. Visit HartfordLine.com for schedules and further information.
  • From the Shoreline (Branford, Madison, Old Saybrook): Ride CTrail Shore Line East westbound to State Street Station or New Haven Union Station. Visit ShoreLineEast.com for schedules and further information.
  • From the West (Milford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, NYC): Ride Metro-North eastbound to New Haven Union Station or State Street Station. More information and schedules are available on the MTA website.
  • On Sunday, March 12, special trains will run from New Haven Union Station to State Street State prior to and after the parade.
• Public Transportation - Buses
  • CTtransit alters the routes for bus pickup on Parade Day and provides advance notice in the bus pickup locations. More information is available on the CT transit website.
• Parking
  • The New Haven Parking Authority proudly serves the people of New Haven and its visitors with over 8,000 economical public parking spaces at the Air Rights, Crown Street, Temple Street, Temple Medical, Granite Square, and Union Station Garages. Parking is also available in selected Yale lots; the Crown and Temple Street Garages will be open that day with bathroom facilities available. For more parking information, visit our Parking Page.
  • Need help planning your trip? Visit CTrides.com

Friendly Reminder to All Parade Goers and Participants

Sec. 18-39. – Regulation of consumption and possession of alcoholic liquor upon public highways, public areas and parking areas; consumption and possession in unlicensed premises prohibited. Prohibited acts. (1) Except as permitted in subsection (c) hereof, no person shall consume any alcoholic liquor, or possess any open container of alcoholic liquor upon or within the limits of any public highway, public area, or parking area within the City of New Haven. For purposes of this section, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the possession of an open container of alcoholic liquor in parked vehicles within or upon parking area or a public highway or sidewalk is a violation hereof.