2008 Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade

29th annual

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The Greenville Avenue St Patrick's Day Parade has over a 25 year tradition in Dallas. The parade is organized by the Greenville Avenue Area Business Association and has become a beloved community event that attracts thousands of spectators and participants each year.

The parade was started in 1979 by a group of lower Greenville merchants and restaurant's, led by Tom Stephenson. Unorganized as they were, they loosely created the very first St Patrick's Day block party and festival.

Over the next several years the parade continued to evolve. The City of Dallas has become one of the official sponsors of the event. Several entries became real crowd favorites over the years, including the "Patty O'Furniture Psycho Killer Drill Team" with their precision movements and hilarious routines and the Bula Boys with their irreverent portrayals of current events.

So, whether it is grandmother's tap dancing or leprechauns on Harleys you can be sure this parade offers something for everyone's taste.

The parade is traditionally held the Saturday preceding St. Patrick's Day at 11:00 am.

Information from the official site

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Some nearby drink specials on March 15th

• Nai Bar & Grill: 3 pm - 7 pm: $3 apple martinis, $3 wells & $2 beer
• Sharky's (Dallas / Greenville & Walnut Hill): 12 pm - 7 pm: $3 wells, $2.50 longnecks, $1.75 drafts
• Sherlock's Pub (Dallas): 2 pm - 9 pm: $1.75 wells, $1.75 select pub draughts, $2 house wine, $2.25 select calls, $6 select pub pitchers

Some nearby restaurants

• Buca Di Beppo (Dallas)
• Good Eats Grill (Dallas / Greenville & Park)
• Back Country Bar-B-Q
• Kereje Ethiopian Restaurant
• Steak 'n Shake (Dallas / Central & Caruth Haven)

Some nearby events on March 15th

• St. Patrick's Day Party, Village Country Club, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Book Chat Explorers Book Group, Half Price Books (Dallas / Northwest Highway & Greenville), 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• !DANCeReGINA!, Sherlock's Pub (Dallas), 9 p.m.
• Storyteller, Elizabeth Ellis, NorthPark Center, 2 p.m.
• Writer's Block II Group, Half Price Books (Dallas / Northwest Highway & Greenville), 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Event posted Dec. 5, 2006
Last updated June 20, 2008

Comments

AviAdelman Anonymous

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1 year, 6 months ago

Chris Curotolo Staff

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1 year, 6 months ago

granadanate Anonymous

St. Patty's Parade Party All Day & Night - Doors At Noon

Outside On Patio All Day:

NO COVER - $2.50 Drink Specials

Catfish Whiskey, A Partial Freakout, Fatty Lumpkin

Inside At Night:

The English Beat plus Eleven Finger Charlie, Outlaw Nation, Joint Method

watch video: http://www.granadatheater.com/index_e...

listen to song: http://www.granadatheater.com/index_e...

2007 Best Live Music Venue (Dallas Observer) - http://www.granadatheater.com

6 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Mike Orren Staff

5 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

WhitneyTM Anonymous

Now the staff removes their own comments?

5 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Mike Orren Staff

Nice catch, Whitney. In this case it was done for a very specific reason. Each event is it's own little piece of data in the larger database. What typically would have been done for this annual event was a new entry would be created for this year. But due to admin error, rising tides, global warning, El Nino, etc..., we just changed the date on last year's event and updated.

Chris' comment was brilliant, but referred to dates, times and goings-on from last year, so would have been confusing, so we zapped it. Ditto Avi's. Our internal admin makes it hard to find a comment that old, so the direct link was the way to go.

Little known bonus fact: 22,833 (as of now) comments since launch. I don't have a tally, but I'd wager we've removed less than fifty- certainly less than 75. And the majority of those were, indeed, staff.

5 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

M Malouf Verified

Woeful lack of details on parade for those who haven't gone. You refer to the "official site", but nowhere, at least where I could see is there any detailed information, other than it starts at 11 AM.

5 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

1. Go to Lower Greenville tomorrow morning before 11 (bring money) Drinking is optional before it starts.
2. Watch goofy stuff in the parade while drinking (required).
3. Watch live music after the parade while drinking (required).
4. ...
5. Profit

Clicky hiyah for the Dallas Observer's ad.

5 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Scott Doyle Verified

And Miko, it appears avatars don't mix well with lists. =p

5 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Lindsay Parker Verified

Does anyone have a list of the winners? The GAABA site has not been updated.

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