Sedona AZ (February 24, 2015) – The Saint Patrick’s Day festivities are scheduled for Saturday, March 14, in beautiful uptown Sedona, Arizona. The Parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Jordan Historical Park and wind its way down Jordan Road to end at Mesquite Avenue. A free festival immediately follows until 3:00 p.m. adjacent to the parade route at 340 Jordan Road and Apple Avenue.
The Sedona St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival is made possible thanks to generous business sponsors who provide financial support, donors who provide in-kind or discounted services, and media partners like the SedonaEye.com who promote the event. This year’s event sponsors include Aspey Watkins & Diesel Attorneys at Law, the Cowboy Club and Barking Frog Grille, Sedona Fudge Company, Sedona Pines Resort, Crystal Gratitude, Sterling Financial Services LLC, Arroyo Roble Resort and Best Western, and Greenscape of Arizona. Special thanks are given to the City of Sedona and the almost 200 volunteers who donate hundreds of hours to make the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival happen.
Sedona Main Street and NAU Parks & Recreation Management Programs are proud to present this community event in cooperation with the Green Team, Sedona’s St. Patrick’s Parade Committee. Please visit the event website and Facebook page for current event information and documents, or call 928-204-2390 with questions. If special accommodations are required to participate, notification is necessary prior to the event.
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PARADE AND FESTIVAL DETAILS UPDATE: BYOCHAIRS FOR PARADE.
Bring your own chairs and set up along Jordan Road to watch the parade. Master of Ceremonies, John Conway, is lending his talent for announcing the Parade entries from the judging stand on Jordan Road near the end of the parade route. A Parade & Festival Event Program will be distributed that morning along the parade route and will also be available at the Festival.
Our Grand Marshals this year will be in honor of the Wildland Fire Management Team who worked on the Slide Fire last year, with two of our very own representatives: Nicole Branton, USFS Red Rock District Ranger, and Sedona Police Chief Raymond Cota.
The Camp Verde Calvary will be an equestrian Color Guard. Parade entries include dignitaries, color guards, bagpipers, bands, dancers, animals, plus a variety of vehicles and walking troupes.
This year’s Parade entrants will be reviewed by our volunteer judges who will choose the winning entries based on their self-selected award categories. Volunteer judges for the 2015 Parade include Steve Conrad- Executive Director for the Boys & Girls Club of Flagstaff, Glorice Pavey, Assistant Director of Community Events, and Darcie Flanders, Special Events Coordinator for Coconino County Parks and Recreation. Winners will be announced and awarded at the Festival after the Parade.
The Festival begins immediately following the Parade until 3 p.m. on Apple Avenue between Cedar Street and Jordan Road and in the parking lots of 350 Jordan Road and Sedona Meditation Center.
A Festival opening ceremonial song will be performed by Pipe Major Michael Donelson and Bagpiper Martha Shideler, both from Southwest Skye Pipes and Drums.
Enjoy free activities with family and children’s fun and games.
Free parking is available in the Sedona Public Parking Lot in Uptown on Schnebly Road which will be accessible only from 89A and Apple Avenue. Additional parking is also available at Sedona Red Rock News parking lot on Van Deren Road on weekends and other designated public parking areas. Just follow the free public parking signs.
Park once and enjoy the Parade & Festival as well as shopping, dining and entertainment all day and night throughout the Sedona Main Street District.
Finally, some directions on viewing the parade…I have looked for this for decades it seems and never saw anything, not even the parade date posted. Outside of Sedona, there is no mention of it either. Thank You!