CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — With temperatures in the teens, the annual parade hosted by the SaPaDaPaSo — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society — was likely one for the record books. Still, small crowds lined most of the parade route on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, even as some spectators took to the skywalks or watched the […]
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St. Patrick’s Day parade set for downtow
UPDATE March 16, 2026: Despite Iowa’s blizzard, SaPaDaPaSo announced that the parade will be held as scheduled this Tuesday, March 17. Bundle up! CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — March weather can be maddening, with record high temperatures one day and snow two days later, as evidenced this week, but the annual parade for the SaPaDaPaSo — […]
Cedar Rapids celebrates 50 years of St. ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The 50th anniversary of the annual SaPaDaPaSo — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society — parade was celebrated on a blustery day in downtown Cedar Rapids. With temperatures starting in the 50s and winds gusting to 40 mph, about 70 entries made their way downtown on Monday, March 17, 2025, the traditional […]
Parade returns to St. Patrick’s Day in C
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Blustery winds accompanied the return of the SaPaDaPaSo — St. Patrick’s Day Parade Society — parade on March 17. In 2022, organizers cited a challenge with finding volunteers during the workweek in moving the parade to the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, but returned to the traditional day this year. Even […]
Neighborhood pub reopening in Cedar Rapi...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Longtime customers of the Tic Toc are cheering news that the beloved neighborhood restaurant and pub — with a history dating back more than a half-century — is reopening after a lapse of several years. The Tic Toc, 600 17th St. NE, had a soft opening Saturday, March 13, 2021, with a […]
St. Patrick’s Day crowd drowns out Joni
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – The luck of the Irish held for anyone torn between attending the town hall meeting held by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst today and the St. Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Cedar Rapids. Speculation was rampant that Ernst timed the event, held at Coe College, to coincide with the popular […]