Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The St. Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Prairie du Chien will be Saturday, March 11. The festivities will be led by Prairie du Chien’s own St. Patrick, followed by parade royalty (soon to be announced). This year’s Bagpiper is Thomas Dillon from the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band of St. Paul Minnesota. Mr. Dillion will provide several Irish tunes during the parade and will amuse Irish music lovers at several sponsored businesses throughout the day. All parade participants will assemble on St. Feriole Island beginning at 9 a.m. The parade will start from St. Feriole Island at 10 a.m., go East on Blackhawk Avenue, then North on Michigan Street, and back to the island. Many area businesses will be serving corned beef and cabbage, green beer and other Irish specialties. After lunch, check out all of the retail specials at any of our area businesses.