Seasonal & Holidays

Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade Start Time Changes For 2025 With "Zero Tolerance" For Bad Behavior

The parade is being held on Sunday, March 16, one day before St. Patrick's Day.

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March 12, 2025

Heading to the 2025 Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade? This year, there's a new start time for the popular Southie celebration as authorities look to limit "out-of-control behavior" from paradegoers.

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Four local lawmakers - Congressman Stephen Lynch, state Sen. Nick Collins, state Rep. David Biele and Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn - wrote in a letter to college administrators and school superintendents that "there will be zero tolerance for the out-of-control behavior that the people of South Boston endured last year."

The parade is being held on Sunday, March 16, one day before St. Patrick's Day.

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