The St. Patrick Society presents Grand Parade XXXIX on Saturday, March 15, 2025.  Parade organizers are most interested in participants expressing the spirit of St. Patrick and Irish Heritage, and encourage family walking units and decorated floats. Applicants with a purely commercial theme, or no theme at all, will not be permitted. Please do not show up with merely a car, truck, or van, etc., and expect to participate.

The day begins with Mass at St. Mary's, 2204 4th Ave. Rock Island, 10:00AM, then the Nation's only bi-state St. Patrick's Grand Parade will start promptly at 11:30AM at the corner of 4th Avenue and 23rd Street in Rock Island, Illinois. The parade will travel through downtown Rock Island, across the Mississippi River via the Talbot/Centennial  Bridge to W. Third Street and proceed east through downtown Davenport, Iowa along a route to the RiverCenter at E. Third and Perry Streets. The Post-Parade Bash will take place at the RiverCenter from 1-4 PM.

Map of parade route.