Bud Light St. Patricks Day Festival & Parade

Bud Light St. Patrick’s Day Festival
March 16, 2018, 12-8 pm
March 17, 2018, 12-8 pm
Arneson River Theatre & La Villita Way
This event started in 1968 and has been organized as a joint project by the San Antonio River Walk Association and the Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas ever since. Green beer will be sold at the Arneson River Theatre along with Irish and other ethnic foods. Festival entertainment includes a family-friendly interactive activity called Passport to Ireland. Other festival activities include face-painting, henna artistry, caricatures, Irish food, photo booth, Irish novelty items for sale and officially-licensed River Walk merchandise. Musical entertainment line-up announced in early January. FREE

Bud Light St. Patrick’s Day River Parade
March 17, 2018, 4-6 pm
2 ½ mile downtown area of the River Walk
A procession of 14 decorated floats filled with Irish entertainment can be viewed from anywhere on the parade route. Several bagpipers will grace the floats along with other entertainers. This event started in 1968 and has been organized by the San Antonio River Walk Association and the Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas since that time. FREE