Irish Heritage Celebration Parade

Tybee Island is going green with a fun, family friendly parade to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The parade will begin at City Hall and proceed down Butler Avenue to Tybrisa Street and include imaginative floats, marching and musical bands, a bag pipe unit out of New York and feature for the first time, the Budweiser Clydesdales. These beautiful draft horses are most easily recognized for their substantial feather -- the long hairs of the lower leg that cover the hooves -- and are capable of pulling a 1-ton load at 5 mph. There will also be a special Budweiser Clydesdales Meet & Greet at 1 p.m. before the parade starts at the Tybee Island YMCA. Families are encouraged to dress in green and come out and celebrate.