Downtown Hollywood’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival will feature Irish folk and rock bands, step dancing, Irish coffee, food and beer from noon to 6 p.m. Sun., March 15 along Hollywood Boulevard west of Young Circle, between 18th and 19th avenues.

There is no charge for admission to the festivities, which will include a lively procession including the New York Police Department’s famous Emerald Society Pipes & Dreams, floats, local pipe bands, marching bands and community groups. Hollywood City Commissioner Heidi O’Sheehan, who represents District 3, will serve as Grand Marshal of the parade.

The parade will roll at 1 p.m. at S. 21st Avenue and Harrison Street, travel north to Hollywood Boulevard, east to Young Circle, south to Harrison Street and back to 21st Avenue.

Festival acts are Walt Rooney (12:30 p.m.), Joe Dougherty (1:30 p.m.), Celtic Bridge (2:15 p.m.), Off the Track (3:15 p.m.), Norman Clifford (4 p.m.) and Echoes of Erin (4:30 p.m.).

Convenient parking is available for 75 cents an hour at the Radius Garage at 219 N. 19th Avenue (between Polk and Tyler streets) and the Van Buren Street Garage at 251 S. 20th Avenue.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival is presented by the Hibernians of Hollywood, a group of residents of Irish descent who have been organizing the parade and other Irish functions for the past nine years, in coordination with the City of Hollywood Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department and the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency-Downtown District.

For more information on the festivities, call 954-921-3404.