2023 Parade Recap - 49th Annual

Parade Theme: '23 in KC: Our Irish Ancestry

Grand Marshal

Kathy Nelson

President & CEO of KC Sports Commission & Visit KC

Honorary Irish Person of the Year

Allison Howard
Camille Ashton-Levin

President & General Manager of KC Current

Cullinan Family Spirit Award

Ed Follis Family

Generational Commitment to KC’s Irish Community

Irish Flag Bearer

Mike Dunn

Outstanding Parade Committee Member

Winning Entries

Grand Prize: O'Sullivan Clan
Mike Murphy Showmanship Award

O'Connor Clan Gardner

Chairman's Choice

Eaton Chemical

Go for the Green Food Drive Winner

Harmony Middle School

BANDS

  1. Kansas City, KS Public Safety Pipes & Drums

  2. First Infantry Division Band

  3. Emerald City Marching Band


BUSINESSES

  1. Kansas City Renaissance Festival

  2. JE Dunn Construction Company

  3. Better Homes and Gardens


CAR CLUBS

  1. Real Riders Car Club

  2. Vette Ryders

  3. KC Classic Dreams Car Club


TRADES

  1. IBEW Local Union 124

  2. Teamsters Local #41

  3. Pipefitters Local Union 533

DANCE TEAMS

  1. The Diva University

  2. Kansas City Dynamites

  3. Krucial Creations Blaque Krystals Dance Factory


DRILL TEAMS

  1. Gateway Highsteppers Drill Team

  2. Kansas City Marching Falcons

  3. Kansas City Marching Sizzlers


IRISH DANCE TEAMS

  1. Dowd’s Irish Dance Academy

  2. Driscoll School of Irish Dance

  3. Heartland Irish Dancers


FAMILIES

  1. Mike O’Connor Family

  2. Rellihan & O’Neill Clans

  3. Reardon, Burke, Lillis, Soden & McGee

MEDIA DIVISION

  1. La Mega Spanish Radio

  2. Telemundo KC

  3. KMBC & KCWE TV


ORGANIZATIONS

  1. Kansas City Irish Center

  2. AOH Father Donnelly Division

  3. Kansas City Irish Fest


SCHOOLS

  1. St. Therese North

  2. Me 2 You Academy of Phlebotomy

  3. Metropolitan Community College


LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

  • Kansas City Saint Andrews Pipes & Drums

  • O’Rourke/Sweeney Clans

  • Willie Arthur Smith’s Marching Cobras