Stroudsburg St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The Stroudsburg St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns on Sunday, March 23, 2026, stepping off at 1:15 PM from Stroudsburg High School and winding through the historic streets of the borough before concluding at Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg. The parade is free to attend and requires no advance registration, proceeding through a downtown corridor flanked by the 19th-century commercial architecture that gives the Stroudsburg main street its particular Monroe County character. Marching bands, floats, civic organisations, and bagpipers make up the procession in a format that the community has sustained as one of the most consistently attended spring celebrations in the northeastern Pennsylvania Pocono Mountain region.

Parade Route and Viewing

The route from Stroudsburg High School through the historic downtown to Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg passes through the centre of the twin-borough commercial district, where Main Street’s concentration of independent restaurants and pubs, including the Yard of Ale, provides natural gathering points for pre-parade food and post-parade celebration. The parade’s timing, mid-afternoon on a Sunday, allows families travelling from the greater New York and New Jersey metropolitan area to arrive comfortably in the morning, attend the full procession, and return the same evening without an overnight commitment, which is one reason the event draws a broader regional attendance than its community size would otherwise sustain. Dress in layers: late March in the Pocono foothills delivers unpredictable conditions ranging from sharp wind and residual snow to genuinely mild spring afternoons, sometimes within the same weekend.

If You’re Going With Kids: The 1:15 PM start and relatively compact downtown route make this a manageable family parade in terms of logistics and duration. Children in green who arrive by 12:45 PM can secure front-row positions along the Main Street viewing corridor well before the first units appear. Bagpipers at a proper marching pace consistently produce the most physically compelling moment of any St. Patrick’s Day parade for children who have not previously heard the instrument at close range and full volume.

The Pocono Lakes Within Easy Reach

Stroudsburg is Monroe County’s seat, positioned at the western edge of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area where the Delaware River cuts through the Kittatinny Ridge. Lake Wallenpaupack, the largest lake in the Pocono Mountains at 5,700 acres, sits approximately 30 kilometres to the northwest via US-209 and Pennsylvania Route 590, and its marina infrastructure, fishing access, and shoreline communities constitute the most fully developed recreational lake corridor within reach of the parade venue. For families turning the St. Patrick’s Day weekend into a Pocono lake stay, Lake.com lists several waterfront and forested mountain properties in the area, including the Elegant Pocono Home with Hot Tub, the Poconos Luxury Escape with Mountain Views, Hot Tub, and Sauna, and the Relaxing Pocono Chalet near Lake and Skiing, each placing guests in the wooded foothills within a reasonable drive of the Stroudsburg parade route.