TAMPA, Fla. - The Hillsborough River will go green on March 16 as the city’s River O’Green Festival returns to Curtis Hixon Park. The free event kicks off at the St. Patrick’s Day holiday and will feature live music, kid’s activities, food trucks and beer. It will all take place alongside a bright green Hillsborough River. River O' Green Festival: For St. Patrick’s Day weekend you can see the Hillsborough River turned a deep shade of emerald on Saturday, March 15, at Curtis Hixon Park. The festival will have live Tampa Official St. Patricks Day Bar Crawl: Bad Monkey Ybor, Tampa: 17 Mar 2025: St. Patricks Day Bar Crawl - TAMPA (American Social) American Social - Tampa: 22 Mar 2025: 2nd Annual Get Lucky Event with VS Aesthetics: VS Aesthetics, Tampa: 17 Mar 2025: St. Patricks Day at MacDintons: MacDinton's Irish Pub, Tampa: 17 Mar 2025: St. Patricks Day Party Downtown Tampa’s streets will come alive with green on March 15, as the Rough Riders host their 30th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade. More than 75 floats will roll through the city streets while 40,000 people gather to enjoy the celebration. Tampa will once again dye the Hillsborough River emerald green for St. Patrick’s Day, and this year will add the Tampa Rough Riders parade, a tradition that for nearly 30 years has been held in Tampa will dye the Hillsborough River downtown green during its St. Patrick's Day festival. Tampa's River O'Green is taking place on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Everything, from a schedule of events TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa’s River O’ Green Fest kicks off Saturday at Curtis Hixon Park for the city's annual St. Patrick's Day festival. The event has run for more than a decade, and the city of River O’ Green Fest. Date & Time: Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Location: Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, FL 33602 Details: One of Tampa’s most Tampa’s annual River O’Green Festival, a beloved community event, will return to Curtis Hixon Park on Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This fun St. Patrick’s Day celebration includes dying the Hillsborough River a brilliant emerald green. River O’ Green Festival & St. Patrick’s Day Parade The 2025 River O’ Green Festival presented by Grow Financial will be hosted in Curtis Hixon Park on March 15 from 11 am – 6 pm, featuring live performances (music, poetry, and the Finnegan Irish Dance Academy), Irish-themed bites and drinks from several food and beverage vendors “Seeing our Hillsborough River turn emerald green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day is a great reminder of the excitement and fun that Tampa has to offer,” Castor added. St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl & Brunch Saturday, March 15, 2025, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Maloney’s Local Irish Pub Downtown | MacDinton’s Irish Pub. Get ready for the ultimate St. Patrick’s Day celebration with the St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl & Brunch presented by Downtown Crawlers! The River O' Green Fest returns to downtown Tampa's Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park THIS WEEKEND on Saturday, March 15, 2025, along with the Rough Riders St. Patrick's Day Parade! But that's not all. Once again, the river will turn into a bright shade of green in celebration of the holiday. The River O' Green festival is returning to downtown Tampa on Saturday as St. Patrick's Day celebrations get underway. The Hillsborough River will turn green beginning at 11 a.m. using vegetable-based and non-toxic products. The annual tradition began in 2012. The annual process of dyeing the River O’ Green, presented by Grow Financial, is set to return to Tampa’s Downtown on March 16th from 11am – 6pm! River O’ Green is an annual, free event to kick off the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, as the Hillsborough River is transformed into a bright shade of green. This day of festive fun at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park will feature The Rough Riders' St. Patrick's Day Parade follows. Flash Sale Alert! Tampa Bay’s biggest Brunched celebration tickets are on sale now—save $35 while it lasts! Photo: City of Tampa. Luckily for us, St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching and if you were hoping to visit a green river for the holiday, you don’t have to travel all the way to Chicago! In our very own Sunshine State — Tampa, to be exact — is the River O’ Green Festival, the city’s take on the iconic green Chicago River. And check out what they’re doing for St. Patrick’s Day in [] TAMPA, Fl. (WSAV) — The Tampa River O’Green Festival is this weekend and to celebrate, they turned the Hillsborough River green! River O’ Green is BACK! Don’t miss Downtown’s BIGGEST Saint Patrick’s Day celebration! Join us on Saturday, March 15 at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park from 11:00am – 6:00pm, as we color the Hillsborough River Green to channel the luck of the Irish! There will be so much to look forward to including: River O'Green Fest has been celebrated in Tampa since 2012 and it's been among the best things to do for St. Patrick's Day in Tampa ever since. “Seeing our Hillsborough River turn emerald green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day is a great reminder of the excitement and fun that Tampa has to offer,” added Mayor Jane Castor.
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