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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 24th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Saturday, March 14th. The parade will step off at 11:00 am on S. Kalamazoo Mall 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 2026 Parade
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.
Hooley for Healing – Please plan to join us on March 14th after the parade at Shakespeare’s Pub 241 E. Kalamazoo Ave.
A Hooley is an Irish Party. On Saturday, March 14th after the parade we are hosting a Hooley and fund raiser for 2 local women dealing with cancer and its related costs. The owners of Shakespeare’s are donating their large, downstairs area to us for our event. We will have traditional Irish 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 down to Shakespeare’s afterwards to join us at our traditional St. Patrick’s Day party and fundraiser. For more information go to www.hooleyforhealing.com
- Next Club Meeting – Thursday, September 3rd – !!!! NEW OLD LOCATION !!!!
- The Biggby Coffee Ice Cube Kalamazoo 5076 Sports Dr. – Formerly Burdick’s Wings West
- Please come and join us and check out our new old location
- Social Hour 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00, program to follow
See Our Events Page for More Upcoming events!
