2025 Parade Theme: 'Huddersfield Irish'

2025 PARADE CELEBRATION ITINERARY

11.00am Mass – St. Patrick’s Church ( Fianna Phadraig Pipe Band and Brother's Pearse GAA Youth Section)

 

12 noon Parade Celebration Starts, Huddersfield Open Market

  • MC 'DJ Chris' hosting
  • Facepainting (free - donations welcome)
  • Carnival bookmaking workshop by Calloo Carnival Arts 

 

12.00 -1.00pm: 'The Rogues' - Traditional Irish Music Session (Aidan Kilroy and Friends)

 

12.30 p.m.-12.45 p.m. – Irish Centre Set Dancers

 

1.00pm - Parade Start

 

THE PARADE (Starts at Market Arch: along Byram Street proceeding on to Brook Street and then along Lord St and into the Market)

 

1:30 p.m. Speeches

  • Welcome - (Justin Roche - Parade Secretary)
  • Parade Blessing (Canon Martin Kelly - Holy Redeemer Parish Priest)
  • Irish Government Representative - David Walsh
  • Chair: Tony Lambe concludes The Parade
  • Pipe Band to play The Irish National Anthem

 

1:45 – 2.05 p.m. - Francis Cassidy School of Irish Dancers

 

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. – Brothers Pearse Youth Section Gaelic football display (come and have a go)

 

2.10 - 2.30 p.m. - Reach Performing Arts - Carnival Performance

 

2:40 - 3.10pm - Across the Moone - modern Irish Duo

 

3.15 to 4pm – Paul Nolan and family

 

4.00 pm Event Finish!

 

 Irish Centre

1.00 - 6.30pm - DJ - playing Irish and Chart Tunes:

 

6.30 p.m. onwards – Storm – Rock band

 

DJ after the Band until 10.00pm

 

 

The 23rd PARADE - 1.00 - 1.45 pm: Huddersfield Open Market along Byram Street / Brook Street

Parade Line-up:

 

  • The Main Banner
  • Flag Party: Irish Tricolour, Erin Go Bragh and Yorkshire Rose,
  • Fianna Phadraig Pipe Band
  • Brothers Pearse GAA: Youth Section, Ladies, Men
  • Mna nha 'Eireann (women of Ireland)
  • Francis Cassidy School of Irish Dancing
  • Huddersfied Irish Set Dancers
  • Huddersfield Irish Centre Banner
  • Huddersfield Carnival (Reach Perfoming Arts)
  • The Turfman from Ardee and Terry the Terrier
  • 32 County Flags /  4 Province flags

Vendors

 

 

 

 

 

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