St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2024 – A recap

Rainy skies cleared to a beautiful sunny day on Sunday for parade-goers and go they did! Record-breaking crowds lined the streets of South Boston, with over 1 million people in attendance! Wowza! According to NBC10 Boston, at least 11 people were arrested, and a group was caught on camera vandalizing a light pole during Sunday’s festivities.

The parade organizers brought their A-Game this year with the addition of lots more marching bands, pipes + drums, live bands, and family-friendly groups!

Here are some parade day snippets witnessed or reported to CIS.

Former Mayor of Boston Ray Flynn and his wife Cathy had a sweet ride!

image via South Boston Online

It was Nana Ellie’s 97th Parade!

Read more about her celebration here.

House Parties

There were house parties galore in the neighborhood – some of them packed like sardines

Crazy kids on roofs

As a mom, this made my stomach flip. Image via Boston Globe

Fist Fights

Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day – and with that in mind – maybe the whole Fighting Irish stereotype was taken literally on Sunday. We personally witness a group of ten drunk 18-20-year-olds brawling near M Street Park. BPD broke up a number of donnybrooks around the neighborhood post-parade.

Dogs wearing costumes

Even the dogs in Southie were getting into the St. Patrick’s spirit! Image via Woofpack on Instagram

Lots of people not from Southie were in attendance

BPD out in Full Force

The Boston police were out in full force on Sunday – with several uniformed officers along the parade route. Also, a large team of BPD on bicycles cleared out a “festival amount” of teens and young adults whooping it up at M Street Park.

Walgreen’s Parking Lot is a disaster

What was your favorite moment or any craziness that you witnessed? Let us know in the comments below! Or tag us in your photos!