Overview
- The Ancient Order of Hibernians will stage the 53rd annual parade at 3 p.m. Saturday, with proceeds routed back into the community through the Hibernian Cultural and Charitable Association.
- The procession starts at Baxter Avenue and Broadway and travels down Bardstown Road to Windsor Place in Louisville’s Highlands.
- Louisville Metro Police list closures from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., including Broadway from Barret to Baxter, segments of Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road, and a northbound diversion on Cherokee Road to Payne Street.
- Organizers expect more than 100 floats and thousands of spectators along the route known locally as the “people’s parade.”
- Businesses on Baxter Avenue report expanded staffing and inventories for the surge in customers as the weekend overlaps with Selection Sunday and St. Patrick’s Day.