OCEAN COUNTY – It’s not an April Fool’s prank. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 2.
The original date was cancelled due to bad weather. There were some statements made online suggesting different dates but apparently they were not official.
The parade committee posted that the parade will be April 2 now that it has been approved by the Borough Council.
The parade usually begins after a traditional Irish Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on the Boulevard and Grant Avenue with the parade kicking off at noon. The parade features various pipe and drum bands, high school bands, floats, and Irish-American organizations from around the county and state.
Last year, there was no parade at all due to the coronavirus. Events around the country that had large gatherings of people in close proximity were cancelled in order to slow the spread of the virus. It would have been the 37th annual parade.
Back then, the parade committee stated “Let’s hope the luck of the Irish will keep us safe and we’ll be back bigger and better next year.”
