St. Patrick's Day festivities in Chicago will return to their former glory this weekend after two years of being hamstrung by a global pandemic.
Although St. Patrick's Day is officially on March 17, Chicago annually celebrates the holiday en masse on the weekend prior.Plumbers Local 130 will dye the Chicago River a brilliant emerald green at 10 a.m. Saturday west of Columbus Drive and east of Orleans Street.The dye is harmless to wildlife and lasts for roughly five hours of selfie-snapping pleasure.and dyed the river despite lacking the normal throng of spectators.
Among those in the parade will be the Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band, who have been leading the procession since 1956. Expect dozens of floats, plenty of Irish music and dance and between 100,000 and 150,000 reveling in the return of one of the South Side's greatest traditions. The parade's website says it has "zero tolerance of any drunkenness or behavior that is not in line with our family values."
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