SF's St. Patrick’s Day turns 175
San Francisco’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade marked its 175th year Saturday with thousands lining Market Street under clear skies, ABC7 reported. The milestone parade reinforced the region’s busy spring festival calendar and family outing options.
The parade began uissf.org at 11:30 AM on March 14, 2026, stepping off from 2nd & Market and proceeding west to Civic Center Plaza. Organized by the United Irish Societies uissf.org, the 2026 event carried the theme “Happy 250th America — You Are Great” to mark both the parade’s 175th anniversary and the U.S. semiquincentennial. downtownsf.org Grand Marshals Pat and Buffy Maguire were honored for their community work uissf.org, while Honorary Grand Marshals Elizabeth Teresa “Terri” Leonard, Gerald “Jerry” De Ryan and Nancy Singleton were publicly recognized at the parade lineup. uissf.org A post-parade UniteSF street festival curated by Sunset Mercantile ran from 11:00 AM–5:00 PM at Polk and Grove near City Hall, featuring live Irish music, dancing and vendor booths. sunsetmercantilesf.com Youth Sports Day at Civic Center Plaza ran roughly 11:00 AM–4:00 PM and offered kids’ demonstrations and tryouts in Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, rugby and soccer. eventbrite.com City transit notices and an SFMTA event advisory announced Muni reroutes and temporary street closures for the downtown parade, with third‑party transit bulletins summarizing multiple bus and streetcar detours on March 14. sfmta.com news.moovitapp.com Organizers and local listings estimated the procession’s public runtime at about two hours from lineup to Civic Center activities, with follow-on programming extending into the afternoon. crawlsf.com
