Spectators line the Chicago River on March 15, 2025, as it is dyed green by Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 UA to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

The highlight of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Chicago kicks off on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 10 a.m. This year’s river dyeing will take place west of Columbus Drive and east of Orleans ...

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.

With the Marina City buildings rising in 1962, the 50,000 strong St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza is led by Illinois Atty. Gen. William G. Clark (second from left), Mayor Richard J. Daley, Lord… ...

The downtown Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade kicks off at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the organizers. Entry to the parade route opens at 11 a.m. at Jackson Boulevard and Ida B. Wells Drive.

For more than 60 years, Chicago has turned its downtown river green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The annual tradition actually has its roots in a big problem for the city: sewage.

The 68th Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade will be broadcast live by ABC 7 Chicago at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 11. You can watch live on television, abc7chicago.com and wherever you stream ABC7.

Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade route The city's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The parade steps off at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Columbus and ...

St. Patrick's Day festivities in Chicago can only mean two things: a parade and a green river.Every March, hundreds of thousands head to Grant Park, where bagpipers, dancers and politicians make ...

Everyone's Irish around St. Patrick's Day, and ABC 7's going all-in on the green to showcase one of Chicago's most cherished traditions, the 69th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade ...

Saint Patrick's day in Chicago . getty. Even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on March 17 th, Chicagoans celebrate the culture, history, food, and people of Ireland all month long.

Chicago goes green for St. Patrick's Day weekend 02:16. CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's that time of a year when a sea of people wearing green stand and wait for the Main Branch of the Chicago River to ...