Members of the Easthampton High School marching band perform during the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
Members of the Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band perform while marching in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
Members of the South Hadley St. Patrick’s Parade Committee march in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
Holyoke resident Jon Pellin is dressed for the occasion as he takes in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
Parade goers cheer as a fire engine sounds its horn during the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
2026 Grand Colleen Jadyn Lois Christie waves while riding on a float with her court during the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
The Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade moves along Beech Street in the Paper City on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
Members of the South Hadley High School marching band perform during the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
Members of the Holyoke High School marching band perform during the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday. Credit: CHRISTOPHER EVANS / For the Gazette
CHICAGO - The sights and sounds of Irish culture were on full display at the 70th annual downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade. A sea of people wearing emerald green lined up hours ahead of time to see the parade's participants march down Columbus Drive. "It's amazing. I've been all over…
CHICAGO — This side of the Emerald Isle itself, there may be no better place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than Chicago, a city with a proud and deep-rooted Irish community. Chicago's St. Patrick's Day history stretches back more than 175 years, in fact. According to a well-researched 2024 Block…