With his infectious enthusiasm and larger-than-life personality, Flavor Flav is sure to energize the crowd and create a truly unforgettable St. Patrick's Day celebration. So mark your calendars for March 17, 2025, and join us in Hot Springs, Arkansas, as we welcome Flavor Flav to the World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade. HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Foghat, the legendary rock band that created “Slow Ride” and other hits, will play a free public concert on March 17, 2022, immediately following the First Ever 19th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade® in downtown Hot Springs. The concert will begin on the St. Patrick’s Day Stage 4:00 PM - Zero K Race 6:45 PM - King & Queen Coronation 7:00 PM - FREE Grand Funk Railroad Concert. Monday, March 17. 3:00 PM - Entertainment District Opens 4:00 PM - Blarney Stone Kissing Contest 5:00 PM - Pre-Parade Festivities 6:25 PM - Official Measuring of Parade Route 6:30 PM - World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade Get ready to lace up— or not!— for the 4th Ever World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Zero-K on Sunday, March 16, 2025, in the stunning Hot Springs National Park, Garland, Arkansas. This whimsical event is the perfect way to kick off St. Patrick's Day weekend festivities, leading directly into the First Ever 22nd Annual World's Shortest St “The main point is to cover the 299 feet as slowly as you can,” Visit Hot Springs Marketing Director Bill Solleder said. “The slowest racer wins. Is that cool or what?” The race will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16, a day before the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. This is a record-breaking year for Tri-Lakes CASA as the Fourth Ever World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Zero-K, set for Sunday, blew past previous registration numbers. The St. Patricks Day Trail Run - Edmonton will take place in Edmonton on Sunday 17 March 2024. You can run between 5 and 10 kilometers. You can run between 5 and 10 kilometers. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information. Get ready to sprint, stroll, or saunter your way into St. Patrick's Day weekend fun! The 4th Ever World's Shortest St. Patrick's Zero K is back and better than ever, kicking off the festivities leading up to the First Ever 22nd Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade® in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas! HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Did your parents ever say you were “slow as molasses” in getting your chores done? If so, you could be a contender in the Fifth Ever Zero-K race set for Sunday, March 16, as part of the two-day revelry surrounding the First Ever 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The king and queen of Hot Springs’ First Ever 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade® both have deep ties to the history of the city. Mark Fleischner and Liz Robbins will reign over the giant little parade on March 17 along 98-foot Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs. “After an unprecedented turnout for the First Ever First Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Zero K race last March, Visit Hot Springs and Tri-Lakes CASA [Court Appointed Special Advocates] knew they had started a new tradition,” said Lindsay Mulkey, executive director of Tri-Lakes CASA. “In fact, last year’s Zero K was a sellout. HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The lineup is set for the First Ever 21st Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, to be held Sunday at 6:30 p.m. on 98-foot Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs. "We have some really exciting entries this year,” Visit Hot Springs Special Events Manager Alexis Hampo said. HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Movie star Joey Lauren Adams and armwrestling legend Michael (The Monster) Todd — both Hot Springs residents — will reign as queen and king of the First Ever 21st Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade® in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, on March 17. If so, you could be a contender in the Fifth Ever Zero-K race set for Sunday, March 16, as part of the two-day revelry surrounding the First Ever 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. “Is that water coming out of the ground on Hot Springs Mountain hot? “Well, that’s how certain it is that on March 17, 2022, the First Ever 19th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade® is going to cover the 98-foot length of Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs.” When my good friend Steve Arrison invited me to visit Hot Springs in March, 2011, he did so after reading my 2007 book about Babe Ruth. Based upon what I had written, Steve (CEO of Visit Hot Springs) engaged B and F Engineering to measure Ruth’s St. Patrick’s Day homer. That is where the 573 foot calculation originated. Get ready to sprint, stroll, or saunter your way into St. Patrick's Day weekend fun! The 4th Ever World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Zero K is back and better than ever, kicking off the festivities leading up to the First Ever 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade® in downtown Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas! HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The schedule is in place for Friday’s First Ever 20th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on 98-foot Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs. “We actually have two days’ worth of free fun events on tap,” said Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison, founder of the annual parade. Party event in Hot Springs, AR by World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade and 2 others on Sunday, March 16 2025 with 393 people interested and 67 people going. The World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade brings incredibly quirky, green, festive fun to Hot Springs, Arkansas every year. In its 22nd year, tradition will remain in 40 floats — along with dancers, marchers, and leprechauns of course — parading down the 98-foot-long Bridge Street in historic downtown Hot Springs.
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