St Patrick's Day Parade

Sketch Irish dancers in colorful costumes, marching bands, horses and who knows what else. We’ll be sketching in the parade staging area while all the parade people are standing around their floats getting ready to march. Special attention will be given to the unique role that Irish immigrants played in shaping the city’s early history, while also reflecting on the broader immigrant journey.
Read more about the event here.

10:30 Meet On the steps outside Uno Dos Tacos on Stevenson Street at 2nd (the parade should be staging down 2nd Street from here.)

11:30 This is when the parade is supposed to start, but it takes a while to get a big parade moving so there will be people standing around being sketchable for a while.

12:30 Let's meet up at the Blue Bottle Coffee at 199 Sutter @Kearny to share sketches and chat in na quiet spot away from parade noise.

Optional extra: Head down to Civic Center plaza afterwards for assorted activities, including Irish football, hurling, camogie, rugby, music dancing and hospitality.

BRING
• Something to sit on, like a folding stool.
• Warm clothes, hat and gloves.
• Lots of green and orange paint/pencils/markers, and maybe some glittery gold and silver markers too.

GETTING THERE
Montgomery is the closest Bart/Muni station. Parking will be really really scare, so take public transit if you can manage it.

RAIN PLAN
The parade will march, even in a downpour, and there is probably plenty of sketching shelter under nearby buildings. Watch this space for any special instructions if the forecast looks wet.

– Sketch by Laurie Wigham