DATE: September 17, 2026
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — It’s halfway to the 24th edition of the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on 98-foot Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs, and everyone who wants to be a part of it can start signing up.
“We’re now accepting entries for the First Ever 24th Annual edition of the parade,” said Visit Hot Springs Marketing Director Bill Solleder. “We haven’t announced any of the special guest celebrities who will be marching down Bridge Street yet, but those surprises will be coming soon.”
Solleder said groups or individuals who want to be part of the annual spectacular can enter now by filling out the forms at https://shorteststpats.com/.. Forms are also available at the Visit Hot Springs offices in the Convention Center. More information about registering can be had at hscvb@hotsprings.org or by emailing Visit Hot Springs Chief Operations Officer Jennifer Wolcott at jwolcott@hotsprings.org.
“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.
“The parade has been filling up really quickly the last few years, so I’d advise people who want to take part to get their forms and return them 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 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 Jennifer Wolcott at 501-321-2277.