It’s the 26th year of St Patrick’s Day Parade celebrations in Leeds City Centre.
And as a city we sure know how to celebrate.
This year, the beloved St Patrick’s Day parade will take place on Sunday 16 March 2025.
The parade will kickstart at 11am, but throughout the day until 4pm there will be lots of rides, refreshments and plenty of Irish dancing and music over at Millennium Square.
Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about the celebrations in Leeds this year for St Patrick’s Day, including the expected road closures.
Millennium Square Celebrations
From 10.30am – 4pm, the stage at Millennium Square will be filled with music and dancing from homegrown talent like Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Sean Harrington and Luke Flear, the Leeds Irish Choir and Tommy K the DJ with Irish dancing from the Joyce O’Donnell and St Aldreds Schools of Dance and Leeds University Union Dancers.
The event itself is completely free of charge, with plenty of opportunities to raise a glass of Guinness or for the little ones to make the most of a day out with rides and refreshment stalls.
This is a community led event co-ordinated by the Leeds St Patricks Day Parade Committee supported by local sponsors, with funding support from Leeds City Council, and the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme.
The parade
The parade will begin on Great George Street and proceed across the city in an easterly direction, turning right onto Albion Street and then turning right onto The Headrow. From here, the parade will proceed in a westerly direction and turn left into Park Row.
The parade will continue in a southerly direction along Park Row and turn left into Boar Lane, continuing in an easterly direction, before turning left into New Market Street and then onto Vicar Lane.
It will continue in a northerly direction along Vicar Lane, before turning left into The Headrow, continuing in a westerly direction, before turning right onto Albion Street. Finally, it will turn left down Great George Street where the parade will come to an end.
Read more: Three Leeds record stores have been crowned amongst the ‘greatest in the world’
Featured image – Leeds St Patricks Day
