Bucks Co. St. Patrick’s Day Guide 2020: Parade, Events

St. Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching, and Bucks County has no shortage of parades and events to celebrate the Irish holiday. This year, the holiday — celebrated every year on March 17 — falls on a Tuesday.

To commemorate the day, the month of March will be filled with several parades across our county.

If you are looking to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, check out the full list of upcoming events below.

If you know of a parade or event that’s not on the list, please feel free to tell us in the comment section below.

Parades:

• The big parade locally is the Bucks County St. Patrick's Day Parade, which will step off on New Falls Road in Levittown at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 14. Parade units will include Irish dance groups, marching bands, pipe bands, mummers, local law enforcement, community groups, local Irish-American families and more. There will be a pre-parade mass at Conwell Egan High School and an after-party at the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

Events:

• Newtown Irish Festival at Green Parrot. March 12-17.
• St. Pat's UnWINEd Weekend at Shady Brook Farm. March 15-17.
• Irish Marketplace at Main Street Marketplace, Doylestown. March 14-15.
• Newtown Shamrock Shuffle 5K. March 14.
• Irish Fest 2020. Triumph Brewing Company, New Hope. March 14.
• Shamrock Shuffle Beer and Wine Stroll. New Hope. March 15. Noon-4.p.m.
• St. Patrick's Day Dine at Sesame Place. Langhorne. March 14-15.
• Larry Kirwan (of Black 47) Celtic Crushing concert. Bucks County Community College. March 14. 7:30 p.m.

The American celebration of St. Patrick’s Day started as a minor religious holiday in 1631, according to National Geographic. The church declared it a feast day, and over time the day became growingly associated with Irish-American tradition.

The annual holiday is celebrated on March 17 as it is the traditional death date of Saint Patrick.

The color green didn’t become connected with the day until the Irish Rebellion of 1798 — when Irish soldiers chose to wear green — since it was the color that most contrasted with the red British uniforms.

To read more about the history of the holiday and who St. Patrick was, visit National Geographic.