Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade weekend is upon us and Reminder Publishing doesn’t want you to miss a thing! With the help of the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, we’ve compiled a list of marchers and participants in this year’s parade, as well as a schedule of this weekend’s festivities!

Parade Weekend Schedule

Saturday, March 21
Kids Fun Run

• 10:45 a.m. — Line-up
• 11:00 a.m. — Race Begins
• Intersection of Hampden Street and Walnut Street

Road Race Kick-off Celebration

• 11:45 a.m.
• Entertainment and introduction of the 2026 John F. Kennedy National Award Recipient, Chief Jim McDonnell
• Intersection of Maple Street and Hampden Street

49th Annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Road Race

• 1 p.m., intersection of Maple Street and Lyman Street

Wreath Laying Ceremony

• 4:15-4:30 p.m., JFK Memorial Plaza, intersection of Appleton Street and Sycamore Street

Bishop’s Mass

• 5:00 p.m., St. Jerome’s Church, 169 Hampden Street

JFK National Award Reception

• Honoring 2026 recipient Chief Jim McDonnell
• 5:30-10 p.m., The Log Cabin, 500 Easthampton Road

Sunday, March 22, 2026
Ambassador’s Breakfast

• Honoring 2026 Ambassador Award recipient Katie Taylor
• 8-9:30 a.m.
• Wyckoff Country Club, 233 Easthampton Road

Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade

• Assembly: 8:45 a.m., Kmart Plaza, 2211 Northampton Street
• Step-Off: 11:10 a.m.
• Live Parade Broadcast: 12-3 p.m., WWLP 22News broadcast from Holyoke High School, 500 Beech St.

Parade Line of March

Bold = floats
Italics = music
(Participants and order are subject to change)

Division AA
Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee

• Curran Vehicles
• Holyoke Auxiliary Police Car
• Parade Program Books

Division A
Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee

• Holyoke Auxiliary Color Guard
• Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band
• Holyoke Police Chief Brian Keenan
• Holyoke Police Department Marching Unit
• Retired Holyoke Police
• Massachusetts State Police Vehicles
• 215th Army Minutemen Brass Band, Fall River
• Grand Marshal Michael J. Moriarty and family
• Past Grand Marshals
• St. Patrick’s Parade Chaplin – Fr. Michael J. Twohig
• J.F.K. National Award Winner – Chief Jim McDonnell
• Hartford’s Proud Drill, Drum, And Dance Corp, Hartford, CT
• Parade President Jim Wildman and family
• Stilt Walkers And Wing Dancer
• Rohan Award Winner Tessa Murphy Romboletti
• Roller Skaters
• O’Connell Award Winner David J O’Connor and amily
• Janoah The Jester Unicyclist
• Gallivan Award Winner James Dupuis Menard and famil
• Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee Grand Colleen Jadyn Lois Christie and her court. “Students Of The Knights”
• Ms. Congeniality: Amanda Royland
• Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee Celebrating 70 Years Of Past Colleens
• Past Grand Colleens, Court Members and Miss Congenialities
• Connecticut Hurricanes, Seymour, CT
• Ambassador Award Winner Katie Taylor and family
• Past Ambassador Award Winners
• Irish Consul General of Ireland in Boston Sighle FitzGerald
• Kloter Farms Float
• Citizenship Award Winner — The Miracle League of Western Massachusetts
• Valet Park Vehicle
• Polish American String Band
• Knights of Columbus Assembly 2670, Chicopee
• 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus Marching Unit 388
• Knights Of Columbus: Santa Maria replica float

Division B
City of Holyoke

• Holyoke High School cheerleaders
• Holyoke High School band
• Holyoke Mayor Joshua A. Garcia and Family
• Holyoke City Offices
• Holyoke City Council
• Holyoke School Committee (Vehicle)
• Holyoke High School – Restorative Roots Program
• Sullivan Cheerleading Squad
• Holyoke High School Western Mass Champion Wrestling Team
• Peck Middle School
• Dean Career And Technical Education
• Holyoke Fire Department Color Guard Unit
• Holyoke Fire Chief John Kadlewicz
• Holyoke Fire Department
• Federal Dignitaries
• U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal
• County officials
• District Attorney Anthony Gulluni
• State Sen. Jake Oliveira
• State Rep. Patricia Duffy
• State representatives
• National Association of Letter Carriers — Branch 46
• Oompa Meisters, Chicopee
• Holyoke/Chicopee Head Start Marching Unit
• Holyoke Community Charter School cheerleaders
• Holyoke Community Charter School
• Ms. Massachusetts Senior America 2025 Ms. Laura Hicks
• Miss Western Massachusetts 2026 Taylor Volmrich
• Miss Western Massachusetts Teen 2026 Annabeth Lemberg
• Miss Pioneer Valley 2026 Ashley Terron
• Miss Pioneer Valley Teen 2026 Marina Hal
• MIFA — Fun In Holyoke
• Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi and Marching Unit
• Jericho — Our Favorite Things
• Jericho Marching Unit
• Scouting America
• Mount Tom Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
• Holyoke Art Pridefest
• Valley Opportunity Council
• Mater Dolorosa “Celebrating 120 Years”
• Mater Dolorosa School Marching Unit
• Holyoke Gas & Electric utility vehicle
• Tian Guo Marching Band, Greater New York
• Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems Marching Units
• Valet Park mini van and ambulance
• Ancient Order of Hibernians Banner
• LAOH 2026 Women of the Year Catherine “Kit” Collamore
• AOH 2026 Man of the Year Jordan Lemieux
• AOH amd LAOH 2026 Presidents Joseph O’Connor & Mary O’Connor
• AOH 2026 Christian Charity Award, Sr. Betsy Sullivan
• Irish flag
• St. Brigid’s float
• St. Patrick and St. Brigid
• AOH & LAOH Marching Unit
• Shamrock Dancers
• Cassin Academy of Irish Dancers
• Day Brook Village Senior Living
• Wyckoff Golf Cart
• Caballos De Paso gaited horses

Division C
Military

• Great American Marching Band, East Windsor, Connecticut
• Veterans’ Home at Holyoke
• Westover USO
• Westfield Civil Air Patrol
• Worcester Sound Military Band Organ, Worcester
• Disabled American Veterans 11
• 82nd Airborne Division Association
• American Red Cross
• Unity Dance Spectrum, Celebrating 30 Years and 250 Years of the USA
• Unity Dance Marching Unit

Division D
Northampton/Amherst

• Northampton Parade Marshal Meaghan Sullivan
• James Brennan Award Recipient Sam Falcetti
• Northampton Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra
• Northampton city councilors
• Fralinger String Band, Philadelphia
• Northampton St. Patrick’s Association Banner
• St. Patrick — Bill Metzger
• Northampton St. Patrick’s Association members and President David W Fenton
• Tess Collins Ambassador Award — Michael P Flynn
• Peter V Kocot Community Service Award — Lindsay Barron LaBonte
• Michael & Patricia Ahearn Award — Bryan Burke
• Molly the Trolly
• Vintage Police Cruiser
• Look Park Jeep
• Hampshire County Sheriff Honor Guard
• Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane amd Marching Unit
• Relay for Life
• Berkshire Fife And Drum, North Adams
• Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School float
• Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Marching Unit
• Uncle Sam Jazz Band, Cambridge
• UMass Police Department
• Cycling Murrays
• Florence Bank

Division E
Springfield

• Springfield Parade Marshal Beth Hawley
• John & Agnes Burke Award — John Ford
• Paul G. Caron Award — Joe Christofori
• Mary B. Troy Appreciation Award — City Line Cafe
• Libertas Academy Charter School Drum Line
• Springfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Marching Unit
• Springfield Colleen Anna O’Toole and her court, “Dublinia”
• Springfield Kiltie Band
• John Boyle O’Reilly Club Color Guard
• John Boyle O’Reilly past presidents
• John Boyle O’Reilly Club Membership and President Martin Curley
• John Boyle O’Reilly Club Irish Person of the Year John Goonan
• Claddagh School of Dance-Irish Step Dancers
• John Boyle O’Reilly Club “Woven in Irish Spirits”
• John Boyle O’Reilly Club Volunteer of the Year — The Honor Guard led by Philomena Hanrahan and Marie Long
• Black Rose Irish Dance
• Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno
• Springfield School Committee
• Springfield state senators
• Springfield State Reps. Angelo Puppolo, Brian Ashe, Orlando Ramos
• Aqua String Band, Philadelphia
• Springfield Thunderbirds Foundation
• WesternMassNews
• Springfield Police Superintendent Lawrence E. Akers
• Springfield Police Department Honor Guard
• Springfield Police Marching Unit
• Springfield Fire Commissioner B.J. Calvi
• Springfield Fire Department Marching Unit
• Springfield Lodge of Elks 61 Float, “Taste the Freedom 250 Years of Sweet Independence”
• Springfield Lodge of Elks 61 2026 Irish Elk of the Year Walter McSweeney
• Springfield Lodge of Elks 61 Officers
• Springfield Lodge of Elks Marching Unit
• Springfield Puerto Rican Parade Committee float
• Springfield Puerto Rican Parade Marching Unit
• PeoplesBank
• Hampden County Hexenbruts
• Mountain View Clydesdales
• JR Sweeping Services

Division F
West Springfield

• West Springfield High School Band
• West Springfield Parade Marshal state Rep. Mike Finn
• Ray DiStefano Citizenship Award — The Tatham Memorial Club
• Olde Mittineague Award — Titan Tree
• Jinx Powers Award Winner — TJ McNamara
• West Springfield St. Patrick’s Committee
• West Springfield Colleen Siobhan Erris Ginty and her court, “Prosperity”
• West Springfield Mayor Will Reichelt
• West Springfield Town Council
• West Springfield School Committee
• West Springfield High School state champion boys soccer team
• West Springfield Police Department Marching Unit and Chief Jay Gearing
• Western Massachusetts Ghostbusters
• Magic Soul Drum Line, Hartford
• Jack Jonah Foundation
• West Springfield Fire Department Marching Unit with Chief C.J. Bartone
• Springfield Rugby Club
• St Peter’s Drum Corp, Torrington, Connecticut

Division G
Agawam

• Agawam Parade Marshal William Sapell
• gawam Ann Sullivan Award Recipient Kristine Sills
• Agawam Vera A.Conway Citizenship Award Recipient Lisa Bruno-Santaniello
• William G. Pfau Award Winner Banner Summer Smith
• Agawam Colleen Ava Levesque and her court, “Walk The Board To Blarney”
• Agawam Parade Committee members
• Agawam Mayor Christopher Johnson
• Agawam City Council
• Agawam School Committee
• Agawam High School Band
• Agawam High School cheerleaders
• Agawam Fire Department and Chief Alan Sirois
• Agawam Police Department and Chief Eric Gillis
• Agawam Senior Center
• Jurassic Park vehicles
• Noonan Energy
• Brooklyn United Drum Line, Brooklyn, New York

Division H
Westfield

• American Legion Post 124 Color Guard
• Westfield Parade Marshal Rebecca Hart
• Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe
• Westfield city officials
• Westfield Community Programming
• State Rep. Kelly Pease
• Westfield High School Marching Band
• Thomas M. Kane Irish Man of the Year Paul Miller
• Billy Buzzee St. Pat on the Back Award Winner Jimmy Kane
• Sons of Erin Marching Unit and President Steve Griffin
• Sons of Erin Women’s Auxiliary Marching Unit and President Leslie Dodge
• Dorothy Griffin Irish Woman of the Year Rosie Hodgdon
• Sons Of Erin Colleen Reese O’Connell and court, “Coming To The Shores Of America”
• Westfield Police Department and Chief Jerome Pitoniak
• Westfield Fire Department and Chief Patrick Egloff
• Manchester Pipe Band, Manchester, CT
• Huntington Fire Department and Chief John McVeigh
• Granville Police Department and Chief Rick Rindels Granville Fire Department andChief Matt Ripley
• Hot Tamales, Cambridge

Division I
Easthampton/South Hadley

• Easthampton Parade Marshal Meghan Brzezinski
• Gallagher-Walker Award — Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan
• Shamrock Award — bankESB
• Easthampton past marshals
• Greater Easthampton Parade Committee
• McGann Marching Band, Gardner
• Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby
• Easthampton city officials and City Council
• Easthampton School Committee
• State Rep. Homar Gomez
• Easthampton High School We The People
• Easthampton Police Color Guard
• Easthampton Police Department and Chief Chad Alexander
• Easthampton Fire Department and Chief Christopher Norris
• Fairy and Art Festival
• South Hadley Parade Marshal Andrew Beaudry
• South Hadley High School Band
• South Hadley/Granby Chamber of Commerce
• South Hadley School Committee
• South Hadley Council on Aging
• South Hadley Parade Committee, “Let Freedom Be”
• Bodies in Motion Marching Unit
• South Hadley Fire District 1 Chief Tom Stark
• South Hadley Fire District 2 Chief Ryan Moore
• Duffy Irish School Of Dance “Ceili Cottage”
• Duffy Irish School of Dance

Division J
Chicopee

• Chicopee Marshal Bernie St. George and family
• Chicopee Comprehensive High School Marching Band
• Chicopee Parade Committee President Alyson Sliwa
• Jack Woods Award Winner Haley Jarvis
• Atkinson Award Winner Knights of Columbus Elder Council 69, Council and Home Association
• Chicopee Parade Committee ,embers
• Chicopee Colleen Charlotte Fields and her court, “Celebrating America”
• Chicopee Mayor John Vieau
• Chicopee City Council and elected officials
• Chicopee Public Schools and School Committee
• Chicopee Police Department and interim Chief Eric Watson
• Chicopee Police Department Marching Unit
• Chicopee Police Canine Unit
• Chicopee High School marching band
• WWLP-22 News and The CW Springfield
• Chicopee Fire Department and Chief Daniel Stamborski
• Chicopee Fire Department Marching Unit
• Worcester Kiltie Band
• Chicopee Little League
• Moose Family Center 1849 Officers and Marching Unit
• Scouting America Troop 1849
• Cub Scouts and Boy Scout Troop 183
• Bombyx Brass Collective, Florence
• Fairies
• Polish Center of Discovery and Learning

Division K
Melha Shriners

• Ladies of Oriental Shrine
• Daughters of the Nile
• Rainbow Girls
• DeMolay Boys
• Parade Marshal – Anthony Leroux
• Melha Banner
• Legion of Honor
• Our Divan
• Highlanders
• Directors
• Directors float
• Vintage autos
• Melha Temple Oriental Band, Springfield
• Clowns
• Melha riders
• Melha Temple Drum Corps float
• Hadji: Dune Buggy, Mustang, Mini-Bikes, Big Rig’s, Rattlers, Model T’s Monster Trucks, Go Karts, Dune Buggy
• Melha Bus

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