St. Patrick’s Parade Information
Staging: Section 3
Parade Start Time: 5pm
STAGING:
- · Float arrives at 1:45 pm in staging.
- · Located between: E. Madison Street & E. Twigg Street
- · All participants must be at the float by 4pm.
- · Krewe Picture at 430 pm along with safety briefing.
Please note: For the safety of parade participants, personal vehicles will not be allowed in the parade staging area.
PARADE ROUTE:
- · Official Start of the parade is at Morgan Street
- · Official End Polk Street and Franklin Street
COSTUMES:
- · All participants are required to wear appropriate Krewe/Celtic attire.
Wristbands
- · Not required for this parade
Refreshments
- · Water, soda.
- · Light Lunch/Snacks
- · No glass containers or clear cups allowed in staging area.
Alcohol and Glass Containers:
- · No open and/or visible containers of alcoholic beverages in the staging area and along the parade route. You cannot have any beer cans, beer bottles or alcoholic beverages displayed in clear containers.
- · Opaque cups are a MUST!
- · While TPD won't inquire what you're drinking from an opaque cup, don't flaunt the use of alcoholic beverages in front of them. At a minimum, you could have your drink poured out and/or confiscated, and there could be possible arrests.
Beads
- · Beads: 1 case per person.
- · No boxes in staging please.
- · Must be thrown underhand.
Please do not throw beads in the staging area. Bead throwing begins at Morgan St. and ends at Polk and Franklin Street.
DISBANDING:
- · Please follow the instructions below and the instructions from TPD Officers during the parade.
- · Parade Ends: the parade ends at Polk and Franklin Street; please turn off the music and stop throwing beads.
- · Listen for the Air Horn. This will be your queue to start cleaning up your surroundings and prepare to exit the float.
- · Floats/motorized units: TPD will direct us when to stop.
Parking:
- · There are plenty of street lots and parking garages around the staging area. Carpooling or a rideshare are other good options.
- · There is a public parking lot for a fee on the corner of Cass and Jefferson Street this is about 5 blocks form the end of the parade/disbanding area.
General Parade Rules
- · Please clean up after yourselves.
- · The Parade, by its nature, is an ENTERTAINMENT MEDIUM, and, therefore, the contribution of each unit to this concept is critical. The Event is NOT A PLATFORM FOR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR SOCIAL ISSUES, and no unit will be permitted to participate in the Parade if, in the judgment of the Parade Committee, it reflects such issues. (Please see official Parade Guidelines for more details).
- · All Organization’s/ Unit’s Beads and/or throws that will be distributed at the parade meet or exceed current federal, state, and local standards and are compliant with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
- · Soft candies, gum, gummies, and taffies may be thrown. Hard candy may not be thrown and should be handed to spectators.
- · No armed security will be permitted on the floats, in personal vehicles, or walking in the parade.
Safety Officer
- · Safety Officer - must be equipped with an orange safety vest and a whistle. Arrive 2 hours prior to the start of the parade and remain with the float until last person disembarks in the disbanding area.
- · Per Sec 28.58 - Procession safety monitors (Tampa City Code) - Any motorized vehicle(s) longer than 20 feet must provide four (6) safety monitors stationed at the corners of the vehicle used in the parade at all times while the vehicle(s) are moving. Each safety monitor must be equipped with an orange safety vest and a whistle. The role of the Safety Monitor is to make sure the driver is aware of any emergency requiring him/her to stop immediately. Emergencies include, but are not limited to, equipment malfunction, passengers falling from the float, overhead abstractions, parade viewers coming too close, etc. Safety monitors may not hand items out to spectators along the parade route.
- · No alcohol consumption in staging area or along parade route.
- · No picking up or throwing of beads.
