Bath Blarney Days
Bath Blarney Days is a four-day celebration of Irish culture
taking place in Bath, Maine.
Friday, March 14
- 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. “Voices of the Sea” Fishermen’s Poetry and Music at the Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street
Saturday, March 15
- “Shamrock Sprint” 5k starts at 9 a.m. Click here to download your registration form, or email budlace@yahoo.com for more information.
- 11 a.m. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- 1 p.m. Tug-O-War at City Hall sponsored by Universe Gym (Bath Wellness Center)
- 7-10 p.m. Bath’s Blarney Ball: Sagadahoc Preservation is holding Bath’s second annual Blarney Ball. It will be at Winter Street Center, 880 Washington Street. Tickets are $15/person. Live band, dancing, light refreshments and desserts, cash bar and door prizes.
Sunday, March 16
- 2:30 p.m. Irish Soda Bread Baking Contest at Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front Street. Entries must be dropped off between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The judges will be looking for ingredients, appearance, texture and taste. Prizes will be awarded based on the judges’ scoring, with an extra prize awarded for the “People’s Choice.”
- 4-5 p.m. “More Than Blarney,” Irish poetry and traditional music, location TBD.
Monday, March 17
- ALL DAY: St. Patty’s Day celebration at downtown pubs and restaurants.
- ALL DAY: Live music at Byrnes Irish Pub featuring the Maine Public Safety Pipe and Drum Corps.
- The celebration will be capped off with the drawing of a winner in downtown Bath’s Pot’O Gold Passport Contest.
Featured Event: St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Bath’s 4th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by Byrnes Irish Pub, will be Maine’s grandest and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade, taking place on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 11 a.m.
This year’s theme is: Irish Spirit.
Entries can reflect traditional Irish themes.
The parade will be limited to 75 entries, so please don’t delay! There is a cut off date of March 11, 2014 — no entries after that date will be accepted. We hope that you will join with us in making this the best and biggest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the state of Maine.
To join the fun and be part of the 2014 Blarney Day Parade download your entry form and either email to assistant@visitbath.com or mail to Main Street Bath, 15 Commercial Street, Bath, ME 04530.
Parade placement will be assigned at the parade staging, so please have a designated representative check in between 10-10:am to find your place in the line-up. The parade route will run from St. Mary’s Church on Lincoln Street to Centre & Front Streets and will conclude at the Gazebo in City Park.
Prizes will be awarded in the following judging categories:
- Music Award
- Best Humor Award
- Community Spirit Theme Award
- Best Wheeled Entry Award
- Best Streetwalker Award (Best entry on foot)
- Judges Choice Award
- Most Creative Award
- Best Pet Entry
Main Street Bath looks forward to celebrating all things Irish and welcoming spring during the Bath Blarney Days!
For more information, call the Main Street Bath office at 207-442-7291.
Schedule and information from www.visitbath.com
Voices of the Sea, a performance event coordinated by Maine Maritime Museum that showcases the talents of Maine poets and musicians who earn their living from the sea, casts a wider net this year with performances on two consecutive nights on the waterfronts of two different cities.
On Friday, March 14, the program will be held at Maine Maritime Museum, located at 243 Washington Street in Bath, to kick off the city’s Blarney Days, a celebration of all things Irish. Fittingly, Maine’s storyteller John McDonald emcees the evening, which will include offerings by poets Sally Woolf-Wade and Stefanie Alley and musicians Bob Bowman and Lauren Crosby. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., performances begin at 7, and a cash bar will be available until 8:30 p.m. Read more.