27-03-2025
St. Patrick's Day parade canceled as weather scrambles plans
Storms set to enter the New Orleans metro Saturday are scrambling spring festival and parade plans yet again.
Why it matters: Can't the Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day parade get a break? Sheesh!
The big picture: Most of Saturday's storms will move through in the early-morning hours between midnight and 6am, says meteorologist Megan Williams of the National Weather Service's Slidell office.
As of midday Thursday, we're not expected to get severe storms, she says, "but I can't rule out that one or two could be severe."
"The risk is mostly going to be potential for strong winds and also some locally heavy rainfall."
Zoom in: That's made some event planners pull the plug early, so expect cancellations for your weekend.
State of play: These are the event changes we know about:
The Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day parade, which was already rescheduled once because of weather, has been canceled.
Freret Street Festival has been postponed until Nov. 1.
Make It In Old Algiers Festival has been rescheduled to May.
City Park's Big Bass Fishing Rodeo will continue as planned for the rodeo and the shore fishing competition, but the Boats on the Bayou and the Fishtival events are canceled, a representative says.
Brews, Boils & Bubbles has moved to Sunday.
