WEST MICHIGAN — It's the weekend before St. Patrick's Day and a number of cities are celebrating with parades. For many of the parades listed, it’s the first time they will roll down city streets since the start of the pandemic.
A number of people braved cold temperatures in Grand Rapids for theannual St. Patrick's Day parade. The fun kicked off at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Grand Rapids Public Library in downtown Grand Rapids. A number of bands, bagpipers, and other organizations took part in the celebration.
![St. Patrick’s Parade](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c20e251/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2268+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F60%2Fd189203e4493ac769d6aa0554934%2F92269277-abe6-4234-8ee0-aa0c5c1f0770.jpeg)
![St. Patrick’s Parade 2022](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/212b91e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x540+0+0/resize/960x540!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2F1b%2F6abab6d24bcf8a7056b212a8cb18%2F45aa32c7-2499-423a-9ba9-f21518d5425d.jpeg)
![St. Patrick’s Parade](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9fe106a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/824x464+0+0/resize/824x464!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbd%2F0e%2Fb0a9de5d4f979fb4843e4d7b523f%2Ffe7b03de-c19e-4552-9525-fcd43ab0e985.jpeg)
![St. Patrick’s Parade](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6d5ee0c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/743x418+0+0/resize/743x418!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffb%2F3f%2Fc5678849443589f4a57abd359c27%2F6b98f670-6024-4d3a-8d60-62b4cb5ca3f7.jpeg)
Downtown Holland hosted a St. Patrick's Day parade. The parade traveled east down 8th Street to the corner of 8th Street & College Avenue. It featured Irish dancers, bagpipers, kilt-wearers and more.
The Annual Muskegon St. Patricks Day parade returned Saturday morning. It ran along Western Avenue between 6th & 2nd Streets. The city invited families, businesses, schools, marching bands and more to participate in the parade. People who donated a non-perishable food item were allowed to participate in the
Go Irish for a day in Kalamazoo. the Irish American Club of Kalamazoo held the annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday morning.