Grab your greenest garb and head to downtown Albany for the St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday, March 15, at 2:00 PM. The parade steps off from Lexington and Central Avenues and ends at State and Green Streets. Below is a list of events, promotions, and food and drink specials on parade day leading to St. Patrick's Day in Downtown. Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade - Saturday, March 11th at 2 pm The annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade is a fantastic event for the whole family! Enjoy live music, floats, and more as the parade goes through downtown Albany. This year's parade will start at State Street and continue down Broadway to Pearl Street. Screen grab from YouTube video showing St. Patrick?s Day riot in Albany, Saturday March 12 2011. (YouTube video) This was one of the craziest days of my life. Dudes flipping cop cars over. Refrigerators flying out of third story windows. Hundreds of riot cops with shields lined up down the streets.and that was at 4 am lol This day legit changed Albany. Underaged drinking was easy af around here until the kegs and eggs of 2010/2011 happened. Continue viewing this slideshow to see photos of the 2011 Kegs 'n' Eggs riot in Albany, which prompted the University at Albany to shift spring break to include St. Patrick's Day and cancel The city of Albany also shortened the parade route the following year. Word is Kegs and Eggs still takes place each year, but on a much smaller and less destructive scale. Remembering Albany's Kegs & Eggs St. Patrick's Day Riot from 2011 Wear something green and get ready to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! There are always plenty of things to do this festive time of year, and we've rounded up some of the best St. Patrick's Day events in Albany and the Capital Region. Get details about the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, parties, music, and more. The North Albany Limerick Parade will begin at 12 p.m., followed by the St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 2 p.m. The parade routes and parking restrictions are detailed for attendees to plan accordingly. Visit the Parade Committee website for more information on the St. Patrick’s Parade the info is also below. 74th Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade 2025 at Albany N.Y, 24 Eagle St, Albany, NY 12207-1907, United States,Albany, New York on Sat, 15 Mar, 2025 at 02:00 pm The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Albany : an historical sketch of some celebrations of Cover title. "From the Argus, Albany, N.Y., March 26, 1905"--P. 1. "At the fifth annual banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in Albany at the Hotel Ten Eyck, March 17, Screen grab from YouTube video showing St. Patrick's Day riot in Albany, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (YouTube video/Times Union archive) Albany Police Department mounted patrol officers make a St. Patrick's weekend visit to downtown Albany in 2019. Kyle Swartz of Clifton Park is in tip-topper shape for St. Patrick's Day 2012 at But what makes St. Patrick’s Day really unique is that every college has their own way of celebrating. I realize this is a nationally read blog, but here in the north-east, there is one particular St. Patrick’s Day celebration that takes things, shall we say, to the limit. I’m talking about none other than SUNY Albany’s Kegs and Eggs. St. Patrick's Day 1867. Brutal attack on the police "The day we celebrate." Irish riot 1 print : wood engraving ; page 40 x 27 cm. | Illustration shows Irish American men attacking police officers on St. Patrick's Day, 1867 in New York City. Contributor: Nast, Thomas Date: 1867 ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Thousands joined in on the annual Saint Patrick’s Day in downtown Albany. It brought in dozens of participants marching in festivity for Irish heritage. Last year, it ALBANY (WRGB) – 10 years ago, the then annual Kegs and Eggs festivities ahead of the Albany St. Patrick’s Day parade got a bit out of hand. This involved primarily college students; police in Mar. 15 2:00 pm March 15, 2025 2:00 pm America/Los_Angeles 2025 St. Patrick’s Day Parade The Albany St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns on Saturday March 15th! Dress from head-to-toe in green and head to downtown Albany with your family and friends for the celebration. We are a group of 8 Irish organizations that put together the annual Albany St. Patrick's day Parade. Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade starts at 2pm on at Lexington The Albany Ties Union described a “huge melee on Hudson Avenue on early Saturday morning before the Albany's St. Patrick's Day parade. first-degree riot, resisting arrest and fourth-degree The following year, Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings changed the St. Patrick's Day parade route to avoid passing the bars on Pearl Street because of the previous year's events. For those who remember the events that unfolded mid-March in 2011, it was an ugly, damaging, embarrassing, expensive, chaotic scene.
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