Easton will celebrate Irish heritage and community during its Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17th. The festivities include the Parade at 5:30 p.m. and the local favorite St. Patrick’s Day Potato Races immediately following the parade. Many businesses and organizations will decorate golf carts showcasing their Irish spirit and decorating talents. Judges will also vote for the Best Decorated Cart trophy winner.
This year to secure and provide golf carts for the parade, the Easton EDC has had to rent them from a regional vendor. 40 carts are available. Easton EDC would like to thank sponsor Fred Frederick Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Easton for their help in sponsoring a portion of the rentals. We will have 20 spaces available for additional non-float entries including cars, trucks, etc. The staging lot is small and too restrictive for floats.
The parade loop starts on West Dover Street, heads East on Dover, turns onto North Harrison Street, left on Goldsborough, left to North Washington Street, down Federal Street, and concludes on North West Street and back to West Dover.
The St. Patrick’s Day Potato Races, sponsored by Young Professionals of Talbot County, will take place on Washington Street immediately following the parade. Watch as teams of four relay down the street while balancing a potato on a wooden spoon and transferring their potato to teammates at relay points. The first-place team will have their name engraved on the race trophy.
Registration Information:
Parade and Potato Race entry forms can be found online.
https://discovereaston.com/st-
*Space is very limited and will fill up quickly, do not delay!
Special thanks to presenting sponsors Preston Automotive Group/Bay Country Security/Safehouse LLC, Soistman Family Dentistry, and the Town of Easton for helping to keep Discover Easton’s events free of charge to the community.
About Easton EDC: The Easton Economic Development Corporation was launched in 2013 to drive economic vitality, smart redevelopment, and business creation in the historic Town of Easton, Maryland to foster a healthy quality of life for all generations. The EEDC works to catalyze Greater Easton’s continued prosperity as a diverse and healthy “smart town,” leading innovation where the land and water meet. Discovereaston.com
About the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce & the Talbot County Young Professionals: The Talbot County Chamber of Commerce is the voice of business for more than 600 members representing several thousand employees. The purpose of the Chamber is to promote, protect and preserve the free enterprise system of business and to advance the commercial, industrial, civic and general interests of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Talbot County and its trading area. The Talbot County Young Professionals is a committee of the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of developing the next generation of leaders, while encouraging networking among the brightest minds in our community.
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