St. Patrick's Day

Whether you’re watching the Chicago River turn green or waving at marching leprechauns on the city’s South Side, public transit is your lucky charm this weekend, Metra officials say.

Green shirts and shamrocks will fill Yorkville’s Riverfront Park when the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and festivities return to the city’s downtown on March 16.

The Romeoville Police Department has announced it will taking extra measures to ensure traffic safety during the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend to avert potential issues with impaired driving.

Corrigan's Pub in Shorewood will feature live music and entertainment throughout the month of St. Patrick's Day.

All proceeds from "A Shamrockin’ Good Time" benefit the Rialto Square Theatre Foundation.

Oswego Police Department encourages safe, sober driving for St. Patrick's Day.

St. Patrick’s Day is Sunday, and multiple DeKalb County area events are lined up to help the community celebrate this week:

Participants in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade were scored by a panel of judges who selected winners in three categories: Non-Profit, Children/Schools and Business, with one float earning Best of Show.

After 26 years of painting the town green, organizers of the annual St. Patrick’s parade and party in Dixon are hanging up their kilts.

ShamROCKS the Fox, McHenry's annual St. Patrick's Day festival, returns this year to a brand-new, renovated Miller Point Park and weather likely 50 degrees warmer than it was during 2023's three-day event.

The downtown St. Charles festivities kick-off at 11 a.m. with an opening ceremony on the 1st Street Plaza featuring performances from Irish dancers, bagpipers and more entertainment presented by McNally’s Pub.

The annual Plainfield Hometown Irish Parade will step off at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 17 from the parking lot of Plainfield Central High School and continues through the village’s downtown area.

Check out these festive, fun events and enjoy all things Irish over the next few weekends.

Restaurants, bars and stores offer Irish specials. It is a free event that runs 5-9 p.m. and is sponsored by Old National Bank.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with live music at the St. Charles Public Library on Sunday, March 3.

People enjoy the live music and festivities on Friday, March 17, 2023, as they celebrate St. Patrick's Day during the McHenry ShamROCKS the Fox Festival at Miller Park in McHenry.

As of Friday morning, the music video had 1,300 views even though this lone music video on the “Stan The Aloha Man” YouTube page was uploaded just five days ago.

Fox Valley Balloons & Rentals recently was awarded Best of Show at the 2023 St. Charles St. Patrick’s Parade.

Before drivers put their keys in the ignition, they should remind themselves that “buzzed driving is drunk driving,” said the Joliet police chief.

The District at Memorial Hall will play host to Richmond's St. Patrick's Day event, the first full March event for the village since 2020.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host a free shamrock-themed search event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, through March 31 at Hidden Oaks Nature Center, 419 Trout Farm Road in Bolingbrook.

Performances of “A Gnome and A Leprechaun Walk Into A Bar” are scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre, 201 W. Jefferson St. Joliet.

One of the organizers of the Plainfield Hometown Irish Parade estimated there were 8,000 people were in attendance on Sunday.

McHenry is taking advantage of the Friday holiday this year, expanding ShamROCKS the Fox to a three-day weekend, March 17-19, to dye the Fox River green and bring revelers downtown.

Aoife Scott, daughter of Frances Black from the renowned Irish performing familyThe Black Family, is one of the performers for at “A Shamrockin’ Good Time ‘23″ on March 16 at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet.

The two-day events is expected to draw thousands with an early start for St. Patrick's Day celebrants.

His performances have been on PBS, and his recordings were featured on the television show “The Good Wife.”

Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day in northern Illinois with this list of events for 2018