Bayside's St. Patrick's Day Parade To Return In March: Organizers

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — This March, Baysiders can celebrate St. Patrick's Day during its designated month for the first time in two years.

The Bayside St. Patrick's Day Parade will march down Bell Boulevard, from 35th Avenue to 42nd Avenue, starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, organizers announced this week.

"We could all use a great day out after everything we’ve all gone through in the last two years," parade organizers wrote, alluding to the annual event's COVID-related disruptions.

Amid the pandemic, the parade was cancelled two years in a row, though the community celebrated a somewhat unconventional Halfway to Saint Patrick's Day Parade last September.

This year's parade will be the first held in March since 2019, though it still doesn't exactly coincide with the holiday.

St. Patrick's Day is March, 17, 2022, meaning the Bayside event will commemorate the holiday the weekend after it happened.

Organizers did not respond to Patch's inquiry as to how the date was chosen, but did say on Facebook that it was a community decision.

"After speaking to members of the community and receiving lots of feedback, the committee decided to keep the parade on the Saturday," organizers wrote.

The weekend before the parade a celebratory dinner, with dancing, will be held at the Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk & Queens in Long Island.

At $70 per-person, the dinner includes an open bar, buffet dinner, and live music, and helps to defray the cost of the parade.

Organizers, however, noted that the parade is still an "expensive undertaking" and urged locals to make donations.

For more information about the Bayside Saint Patrick's Day Parade follow the event online or contact baysideirish@aol.com for details about marching or sponsorship.