THE PARADE
The Route (right click the map to Zoom in)
The Birmingham St Patrick’s Day Parade will follow the same route as last year.
The Parade will start from the junction of Camp Hill and Bradford Street. It will wind it’s way to Digbeth and the Bull Ring via the outbound carriageway of Camp Hill and High Street.
It will then retrace itself on the inbound carriageway of High Street to the Junction with Alcester Street. Here, all walking groups will turn right and then turn right again into the dispersal area between the junctions of Alcester Street and Chapel House Street with Bradford Street.
All floats will continue to follow High Street back toward the form up area when they arrive at the Alcester Street junction.
Within 20 minutes (approx) of the final walking group/float finishing, all Pipe bands will come together to form a massed pipe band. They will all march together as the mass pipe band from Alcester Street to the Irish Club. Here they will about turn and retrace their steps to Alcester Street.
Downloads: Route Map (10mb) | Road closures (0.5mb) | Official site plan (1mb)
The Lineup (right click the map to Zoom in)
Section 1: Flags and primary pipe band |
Flag of Ireland, Irish Tricolour, St Patrick’s Cross, Connaught flag, Leinster flag, Munster flag, Ulster flag Birmingham Irish Pipes & Drums
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Section 2 |
VIP open top bus, ALL horse drawn floats
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Section 3: Munster |
Triumph Pipe Band -- Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick -- Davis School of Irish Dancing -- Tipperary, Waterford
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Section 4: |
Floats
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Section 5: Ulster
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Wolverhampton Pipe Band -- Antrim, Armagh, Cavan -- Madden School of Irish Dancing -- Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh -- Combined Band of the Nautical Training Corps -- Monaghan, Tyrone |
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Floats
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Section 7; Schools & Clubs |
Drums & Pipes of the Irish Guards -- GAA Schools, Other Irish dancing schools, Pioneer Association Sandwell Irish Society, The Dhol Blasters, Miscellaneous groups,
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Section 8: |
Floats
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Section 9: Connaught |
West Midlands Fire Service Pipe Band -- Galway, Leitrim, Mayo -- Scanlon’s School of Irish Dancing -- Roscommon, Sligo
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Section 10 |
Floats
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Section 11: Leinster |
West Midlands Police Pipe Band -- Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois -- Murphy-Brennan Dance Academy / Tir na Nog -- Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford -- Arklow Marching Band --Wicklow
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Section 12 |
Floats
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Section 13 |
Motorcycles, Assorted
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Quare Hawkes |
Stuff, Anything goes
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Section 14 |
Floats
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Walking Groups
Along with floats, the walking groups form part of the spectacle of the parade. Each Province group is rotated annually so each Province will get it’s turn at the head of the parade every fourth year.
Interspersed within the Province groups are representatives from various Irish Dancing schools, youth sporting groups and the marching bands.
At the head of the parade are members of the local Irish community who are invited to carry one of the flags that represent the four Provinces, the Irish Tricolour, the Flag of Ireland and the Flag of St Patrick.
Floats
Part of the spectacle of the parade are the floats entered by county associations, community groups and local businesses. There are a number of strict guidelines that need to be followed before a float can be allowed entry to the parade.
Float Registration Form (.pdf) Float Registration Form (.doc)
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