Press Release
SOUTH AMBOY – The City of South Amboy in partnership with the South Amboy Parade Committee will host an Irish Festival on Saturday, September 25th at the Raritan Bay Waterfront Park. The festival, which will begin at 2pm, promises to be an exciting and family friendly event and will include music, food and craft vendors, kid friendly activities, and will conclude with a firework display at dusk.
There will be live entertainment throughout the event including appearances by renowned Irish Musicians Willie Lynch and Andy Cooney, step dancers from the Lynn Academy of Irish Dance, as well as our very own Colonel DB Kelly Pipes and Drums.
Parade Co-Chairman Mickey Gross said, “Now that we are finally beginning to emerge from the pandemic, we are excited to hold this event as a preamble to the parade’s return in March 2022.”
The City of South Amboy has hosted an annual Saint Patrick’s Parade for many years and the event has grown to one of the largest in New Jersey. Mayor Fred A. Henry said, “I promise you that our dedicated Parade volunteers and our City employees will ensure that this is an event to remember.”
South Amboy is conveniently located at the nexus of Route 9 & 35 and is home to a convenient NJ Transit rail station that is only a short walk to the Raritan Bay Waterfront Park. Rain date for the event is September 26th.
