CALL to Our Community: NEW SOCIETY /Forening to Organise Copenhagen St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Copenhagen St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade
– a community of Irish culture, people, and heritage
Are you interested in getting involved? Want to be part of the organising team for this fabulous celebration of Irish culture, heritage, people and community?
The Copenhagen St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade is in its 20th year as a private initiative, and is bigger and more popular than ever. Now the organisers, O’Hare Productions, are inviting you to take the reins! A new volunteer society (Frivillig Forening) – the Copenhagen St. Patrick’s Day Society – will be formed to organise future St. Patrick’s Day Festivals and Parades.
With the support of the Irish Embassy in Denmark, the first meeting to discuss the new society and to shape an organisation team for future Copenhagen St. Patrick’s Day Festivals will take place at the Embassy in mid-September. If you would like to take part, please send us an email with some information about yourself, including if you have a particular field of interest or experience. Our organisation chart shows the key areas of responsibility involved in organising the SPD Festival and Parade.
[Please note that there is no pressure for the new society to completely take over the organisation of the 2025 Copenhagen SPD Festival and Parade. A transition will be agreed with O’Hare Productions once the new society has been formed].
“Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day”
and so, on the 17th of March, people of all ages and nationalities are invited to be Irish for a day on Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen.
Together we celebrate the Irish national day with a festive afternoon of traditional Irish music and dance and a green parade through the streets of Copenhagen
What’s on?
Kom med til højstemt irsk kulturfest i København, når vi fejrer den irske nationaldag, St. Patrick’s Day på Rådhuspladsen, d. 17 marts.
Oplev et forrygende show med irsk folkemusik og dans, ansigtsmaling til børn, ulvehunde og udklædning. Det hele kulminerer i et stort grønt festoptog.
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PROGRAM 2024
TENT
13.00 – 18.00 Irish Coffee, Irish Stout and Beer, Hot Chocolate, St. Patrick’s Day Cookies
13.00 – 17.00 Green Pop-Up Shop: Balloons, Hats, Hairbands
TENT – STAGE
14.00 – 14.30 The White Hag: Story and Tasting by Bob Coggins
14.30 – 15.15 The Early House : Songs and Tunes
THE SQUARE
13.00 – 15.30 Copenhagen Gaelic Athletic Association, Sports Demo – Meet the club.
TENT
15.00 – 17.00 Sminketeatret: Facepaint for Kids -Free
THE SQUARE – STAGE
15.30 St. Patrick opens the Irish Music and Dance Show
The Early House
Dark Green School of Irish Dancing
Copehagen irish Set Dancers.
16.40 Instruction and set up of Parade
16.45 Copenhagen Show Band
16.50 The Irish Ambassador Elizabeth McCullough:
Greetings from Ireland
17.00 – 17.40 PARADE
WHAT’S ON?
ST. PATRICK
St. Patrick, this year played by actor Kevin Kiernan-Molloy, will present the show and lead the parade through the city.
ST. PATRICK
Vi ser frem til at kunne præsentere Kevin Kiernan-Molloy, som St. Patrick her i 2024.
St. Patrick er MC på scene og leder paraden gennem byen.
DARK GREEN SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCING
Experience modern and traditional Irish dancing performed by Dark Green School of Irish Dancing on the outdoor stage.
DARK GREEN SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCING
Oplev moderne og traditionel irsk step dans. Dansestilen er blandt andet kendt fra showet og animationsfilmen Riverdance.
THE EARLY HOUSE
Enjoy a great atmosphere of Irish tunes played on fiddle, box and bouzouki ad listen to some of the great old Irish ballads sung in real Dublin style by Colm Doyle
THE EARLY HOUSE
Bliv opstemt af irsk folkemusik og ballader med høj energi og masser af swing.
IRSK TELT
Her kan stemningen nydes med en Irish Coffee fra Tullamore Dew, varm kakao eller en af de flot pyntede St. Patrick’s Day cookies. Vi ser også frem til at introducere forskellige øl og stout fra det irske bryggeri The White Hag. Der vil også være alkoholfri øl i år.
IRISH FESTIVAL TENT
Here you can buy Irish coffee with the Legendary Tullamore Dew and our new Irish beer brand The White Hag with stout, IPA and Lager. Hot chocolate, tea, coffee and alcohol free beer are aslo available. Only Mobilepay and cash (no card payment). We encourage responsible drinking.
WEAR GREEN
”Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day” og det betyder at alle er velkomne til at deltage. Forudsætning for at være med i paraden er, at man bærer noget grønt: et tørklæde, en hat, paraply, sokker, eller ballon. Kun fantasien sætter grænser. Du kan også finde grønne balloner og accessories i boden i teltet.
ANSIGTSMALING TIL BØRN
I teltet kan børnene få en helt særlig St. Patrick’s Day ansigtsmaling lavet af de professionelle ansigtsmalere fra Sminketeatret. Det er både populært og gratis, så kom i god tid. Ansigtsmalingboden har åbent fra 15.00 – 17.00
FACE PAINT FOR KIDS
A special St. Patrick’s Day facepaint treat is available for kids. It is free for kids and a popular activity between
COPENHAGEN GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION – GAA
Kom og mød spillerne fra Copenhagen GAA og Viking Gaels der er klubber for Gæliske sportsdiscipliner som fodbold, hurling og camogie. De laver lidt demo på pladsen fra kl. 14.00 hvor du også kan få en snak med klubben og deltager i paraden kl. 17.00.
COPENHAGEN GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION – GAA
The club will be present on Rådhuspladsen doing som demos on the gaelic sports, here you can meet club members and find out more about the GAA in Copenhagen. They will also be seen in the parade at 17.00 hrs.
JOIN THE PARADE
Everyone wearing something green is welcome to join the parade through the streets of Copenhagen, and greet the many on-lookers who help make this a festive occasion each year.
The parade starts at 17.00 hrs and Parade finishes back at Rådhuspladsen at about 17.40. Here you can listen to a final tune from Copenhagen Showband have a parting glass to finish off a great day.