Family Events For St. Patrick’s Day 2015

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day together at these family-friendly events. Be sure to look out for leprechauns!

Annual Queens County St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Saturday, March 7
1pm

This annual pre-St. Patrick’s Day parade kicks off every first Saturday of March at 1 pm at Rockaway beach. Watch congressmen and respected community members march down through Queens for this parade’s 40th year. Starts at 129th Street and Newport Avenue, queenscountyparade.org

Craic Fest: Kids Film Fleadh
Saturday, March 7
11am

Get into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit with some Irish culture at the Craic Fest, the premier Irish film and music festival in the US. Come watch award-winning Irish shorts such as “Give Up Yer Aul Sins” at Tribeca Cinemas, and enjoy  Irish Step Dance and storytelling sessions.  54 Varick Street, thecraicfest.com

March Tours at the Merchants’ House Museum
Friday, March 13 and Sunday, March 15
6:30pm on Friday; Walking tour at 12:30pm and house tour at 2pm on Saturday

Visit what the New York Times called “Manhattan’s most haunted house” on Friday the 13 for a candlelit tour focusing on the Tredwell family’s Irish servants. On the 15th, join museum staff members for a tour of the servants’ quarters of this preserved 19th century home to learn about the daily struggles and successes of Irish immigrants in New York. 29 East Fourth Street, merchantshouse.org

St. Patrick’s Day at Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Saturday, March 14- Tuesday, March 17
2:30pm

Children ages 2.5-5 are invited to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, where kids of all ages will explore Irish traditions and craft a rainbow mobile to bring home. brooklynkids.org

Getting Creative with Art: Lucky Leprechaun Hat at CMOM
Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15
12:15pm

Ages 4 and under are invited to come learn about Irish traditions and celebrations and create a lucky leprechaun hat at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. 212 West 83rd Street, cmom.org

St. Patrick’s Open Day
Sunday, March 15
12-4pm

Explore and engage with Irish culture at the Irish Arts Center’s annual St. Patrick’s Open Day. Children of all ages are invited to the Center where they’ll learn to play the tin whistle, speak Irish with the Center’s instructors, learn about the Irish diaspora through a life-size bead maze, enjoy crafts such as a fairy costume station, dance to music by DJ Púca, and play soccer—or as the Irish say, football—with the Manhattan Gaels. 553 West 51st Street between 10-11th Avenues, irishartscenter.org

Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Sunday, March 15
1pm

Celebrate St. Patty’s day in Park Slope with this community parade around Prospect Park West. Begins at 15th Street and Prospect Park West, Park Slope, Brooklyn, brooklynstpatricksdayparade.com

Leprechaun Hike in the Staten Island Greenbelt 
Sunday, March 15
1pm

Join Greenbelt educators in Staten Island as they lead families and children ages 7 and up on a one mile hike, searching for elusive leprechauns and their pots of gold. Registration is required; visit sigreenbelt.org or call  (718) 351-3450. Greenbelt Nature Center, 700 Rockland Avenue, sigreenbelt.org

New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Tuesday, March 17
11am

New York’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade, started in 1762, makes its 253rd  march up Fifth Avenue this year. Join the two million onlookers for this historic event. Starts at 44th Street and 5th Avenue, nycstpatricksparade.org