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The Holyoke Parade Committee kicked off the 2021 St. Patrick’s Day season on Saturday March 6. See the coverage here.

For the second year in a row, St. Patrick’s Day festivities will be very different from years past. But that doesn’t mean all activities have been canceled. Brian Donohue, Race Director of the [...]

Since the cancellation of the 69th Annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade last March, Officers of the Committee have had numerous conversations with city health and public safety officials. All were [...]

Earlier this month, as a direct result of the COVID-19 health pandemic, the decision was made by City of Holyoke and Parade Committee officials to cancel the 69th Annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s [...]

UPDATE 3/13/20 The St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke has made the decision to cancel the second annual Marshal Mania concert keeping with the ban set forth by Governor Charlie Baker for any [...]

UPDATED 3/10/20- The Road Race and Parade have been cancelled. Read more. As of today, the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade and Holyoke St. Patrick’s Road Race are still planned to go on as [...]

On Tuesday February 25, the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke announced that the 29th recipient of the Ambassador Award is Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of the City of Boston. The Ambassador [...]

The St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke has announced that the 63rd recipient of the JFK National Award is Holyoke native, philanthropist, and the President and CEO of Liberty Bank, David W. [...]

The 69th Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade will be held on Sunday, March 22nd. It will again air live at noon on WWLP’s The CW Springfield and live streamed on WWLP.com, but two significant changes [...]

Bill Quesnel, Chair of the Float Committee and Marc Joyce, 2020 Parade President, named Blessed Sacrament 8th Grader, Anna Puttick, as this year’s winner of the Grand Colleen Float Design [...]