DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Today (WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17) is exactly halfway to the 23rd edition of the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on 98-foot Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs.
“We’re now accepting entries for the First Ever 23rd Annual edition of the parade,” said Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison, founder of the huge little parade that now attracts worldwide attention to the city. “We haven’t announced any of the special guest celebrities who will be marching down Bridge Street, but those surprises will be coming soon.”
Visit Hot Springs Marketing Director Bill Solleder said groups or individuals who want to be part of the annual spectacular can enter now by filling out the forms at https://forms.gle/aYjMDq2k2MUtLDkk9. Forms are also available at the Visit Hot Springs offices in the Convention Center.
“We only accept 40 entries each year because of the space limitations of a 98-foot parade,” Solleder said, “so anyone wanting to grab a spot should get their info together and enter as soon as possible.”
Information about registering can be had by emailing Visit Hot Springs Special Events Manager Alexis Hampo at ahampo@hotsprings.org.
“The parade has been filling up really quickly the last few years,” Solleder said, “so I’d advise people who want to take part to get their forms and return them to Alexis as quickly as possible.”
The World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade annually attracts more than 30,000 fans from across the country to Bridge Street, which Ripley’s Believe It or Not declared the World’s Shortest Street in Everyday Use. It features an array of 40 or more zany entries that include a troupe of marching Irish Elvis Presley impersonators, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, wacky floats, marching bands and assorted performance groups who adopt the parade’s irreverent take on the boisterous holiday.
For more information call Steve Arrison at 501-321-2027.