Everyone is invited to join Wellington's Irish community for the St Patrick's Festival on the Waterfront.
The biggest event organised by Wellington Irish Society, the St Patrick’s Festival, featuring a free parade and concert, is on this Sunday, 15 March, on the waterfront, starting at Te Papa and ending with a concert at Queen’s Wharf under the Sails. This year, we have many new groups participating, to make this the best parade ever and the weather is looking to be sunny. So it will be great craic for all.
This year's parade starts 12:45pm from Te Papa but if you are in the parade, please arrive at 12.15 pm, or earlier as there will be live music with Paddy McCann from 12 pm on. Everyone is welcome to walk alongside their county flag or walk in the parade on the day.
The concert, from 1:30pm to 4:30pm at Queens Wharf under the Sails, features traditional and modern music from Crossroads, Sláinte, Hutt Valley Children's Singers, and dancing from Gregan Irish Dancers, Kerry School of Irish Dancing and the Ryan-Dorris School of Dancing. Come prepared to join in the fun, and who will be this year's best-dressed in green?
The ceílí is back, along with the crowd choir, including Aedeen Boadita-Cormican leading us in the Irish song, An Poc ar Buile, There'll be face painting, art and crafts, storytelling and ice cream for the kids and a coffee cart for the adults. The GAA will be back on the sausage sizzle so bring some cash.
This year, we end the day with a special prize draw and make sure you're there to lift the sails with everyone joining in the final song, Fields of Athenry.
Sponsors
A huge thank you to our sponsors to date, you are wonderful and generous:
Bin 44
D4 Pub
EN Ramsbottom
G.P. Friel
Gibbons Hotel
John Walsh Limited
JJ Murphy's pub
Lynott’s Irish Pub - newest Irish bar in town, Blair St, Courtenay Place)
LT McGuinness
Pelorus Trust
Plastercoat
Strachan & O’Connor Lawyers
Wellington Irish Community Trust
Any further sponsorship is warmly welcome - just contact us at: [email protected] We will publicise your business in any publicity material and on our parade and concert banner on the day and afterwards on our website and Facebook page.
If you want to publicise the parade and concert, download a poster and share it: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OsbJTT-QBLws5L0iVxtZXDIRrNOO9d18
Or like and share our Facebook page which has all Festival info and updates:
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