New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade 2024

Parade Sign Up Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RinmKHH2zO71lMQMrTQhP5l431-WjmTnTJ7NBsbord4/edit?usp=sharing

The New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade is the largest, single-day spectator event in the State of Connecticut, and one of our longest running troops. The last few years have been a great collaboration between all the CT Star Wars clubs and we've been growing with members from all over New England and NY coming to visit too!  Lets keep up the trend!

 

There will also be a post-parade dinner  - Dinner details to be determined.   Please sign up to let us know if you're going to go to the after parade dinner so we can get an accurate head count before parade day.
 

Click on the "trooping" bit on the event post here so we can log you on the troop tracker, but also please put your name on the spreadsheet so we can figure out all attendees.
 

Link to sign up for the parade and dinner is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RinmKHH2zO71lMQMrTQhP5l431-WjmTnTJ7NBsbord4/edit?usp=sharing

AFTER PARADE DINNER - As the event gets closer we will get a per-head cost for the dinner.  If your name is on the list you're responsible for your part of the cost!  Once numbers are more or less finalized we will be able to distribute the per-head cost to the group and receive pre payments.

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PARADE INFO - Subject to change.  Copy/Paste from last year

PARKING:  Parking for Participants ONLY is available at the Granite Square Parking Garage. The parking structure is located
at 690 State Street, New Haven CT 06511 between Audubon Street & Trumbull Street. The entrance to this lot is
via State Street ONLY. One occupant vehicles will not be permitted to park in this lot. (IF YOU ARRIVE EARLY NOBODY CHECKS)

Yale University Parking Lot #16 & #22 have been reserved for one occupant vehicles. Yale Lots # 16 & 22 are located at the intersection of
Whitney Avenue & Humphrey Street. Entrance from Whitney Avenue.

Shuttle buses will be available for transportation to the assembly area from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. from both parking areas There will be no return
shuttle buses at the end of the parade.

We'd like to have everyone ready and suited up by the time the first shuttle roles out, so plan your arrival to accommodate this. A 9:30 - 10am arrival may be best to avoid traffic and complications and to ensure you have space to park.  I'm a big fan of "the earlier the better" so nobody ends up in any kind of rush.  There will likely be some standing around and general milling about and drinking coffee in the lot before we start getting dressed in earnest, but it's a lot better than rushing around.  

We are being bussed to the staging area, so there won't be anywhere for you to store anything.  Whatever you have with you when you leave the lot will be with you for the rest of the day.

There will NOT be any shuttle buses returning to the Yale Lot 16 at the end of the Parade.

The end of the parade is about a 2 block walk from the parking garage