Everyone's Irish today: St. Patrick's parade starts at 1 p.m.

Thousands will descend on downtown Cedar Rapids today for the 35th annual SaPaDaPaSo parade for St. Patrick's Day.

The parade starts at 1 p.m., and it looks like the weather will cooperate this year.

SaPaDaPaSo actually stands for Saint Patrick's Day Parade Society.

The parade will travel on the traditional downtown route along Second and Third avenues SE. It will start on Sixth Street downtown, wind down Second Avenue to Second Street and go back up Third Avenue, ending at Fifth Street.

This route allows plenty of space for parade goers to watch it go by. And if you can't make it to the actual parade, you can watch it on local 9.2 KCRG and right here on GazetteOnline.com

And the parade will be rebroadcast every day at 1 p.m. on Local 9.2 KCRG through Friday, March 26.

-- Alyson Hunt, KCRG-TV9