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Welcome to the home page of the Irish American Club of Kalamazoo!
The Irish American Club of Kalamazoo is a non-profit 501 [c] [3] organization that is the proud sponsor of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Kalamazoo.
Downtown Kalamazoo – St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The club is happy to announce that our 23rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Saturday, March 15th. This year we won’t have a Grand Marshal but honored guests. The guests are the youth hockey team, The Saints, representing the Irish Ice Hockey Association , all the way from Ireland. They will be in Kalamazoo for a week, from March 12th to March 17th. They will be playing at Wings West in a tournament. You can follow them on Facebook or Instagram @IIHA. The parade will step off at 11:00 am on S. Burdick street and follow our usual route down to Cedar street. We are now accepting applications to participate and are looking for sponsors to help defray our costs for this year’s parade. If you are interested please contact us at margarets74@gmail.com
Friends of the 2025 Parade
Elaine Biddle, Kalamazoo Pipe Band, Sean McCann, Julie Rogers, Sons of Norway, Willis Law, Dottie Myers-Hill & Van Buren Youth Camp, Kirk & Judy McBride, Slappy & the Kalamazoo Wings and Visiting Angels of SW Michigan.
Hooley for Healing – Please plan to join us on March 15th after the parade at Rugger’s Up & Under in honor of Sophie Verili
A Hooley is an Irish Party. On Saturday, March 15th after the parade we are hosting a Hooley and fund raiser for Sophie Verili, a local little girl dealing with cancer and its related costs. The owners of Rugger’s Up & Under are opening their doors early just for us. We will have music from Brian McClure, step dancers from the Quinn School of Irish Dance, a raffle for a trip for 2 to Ireland, a silent auction, a kilt contest, and some kid’s games and prizes, and some special menu items and drink specials. Please come downtown for the parade and then come on over afterwards to join us at our Hooley. For more information go to www.hooleyforhealing.com
- Next Club Meeting – Thursday, October 2nd – !!!! NEW LOCATION !!!!
- THE THIRSTY HOUND – 1030 S. 8TH ST. – SW CORNER OF KL AVE. & 8TH ST.
- THEY HAVE AN OPEN BAR, BUT NO FOOD SERVICE – WE WILL BE ORDERING PIZZA AND ASKING FOR A $5.00 DONATION
- THE BAR WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL 6:00 AND THEN WILL BE OPEN JUST FOR OUR MEETING
T SHIRTS – We have some 20th anniversary special edition T shirts left over from the festival for sale for $20.00. If you are interested, please contact us and we’ll make arrangements to get 1 to you.
See Our Events Page for More Upcoming events!
