MAINLAND Europe’s largest St Patrick’s Day parade will as soon as once more be held in Spain this weekend.
The occasion might be staged for the twelfth time alongside the Cabo Roig strip on the Orihuela Costa in Alicante province- beginning at 3pm from Calle Aqua.
As the massive March 17 feast day falls on a Monday this 12 months, organisers have determined to deliver ahead the celebrations by 24 hours.
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Having topped 25,000 attendees ultimately 12 months’s festivities, the occasion may entice much more folks this 12 months with little if any rain forecast.
All-Eire Gaelic footballer Charlie Redmond might be this 12 months’s parade Grand Marshall.
Redmond is a legend in Eire and continues the custom of bringing over large names for the occasion.
The parade will characteristic an ex-Irish military veterans pipe band plus floats, dance teams, bikes, classic vehicles and a wide range of musicians.
Orihuela’s Coastal and Tourism councillor, Manuel Mestre, stated: “The occasion is a big enhance for the Orihuela Costa each from a tourism and financial perspective.”
“It’s one more instance of the variety of cultures and international locations that coexist harmoniously in Orihuela Costa, who deliver life to this wealthy and numerous neighborhood.”
Different giant celebrations of St Patrick’s Day in Spain will be present in Benalmadena on the Costa del Sol and Tortosa in Tarragona.
