NO PARKING ZONES
For Dogtown residents and event visitors alike, be prepared for the following parking restrictions before and on St. Patrick’s Day this year.
A "No Parking" zone will be established along the parade route. Signs will be posted in No Parking areas several days before the event. The No Parking order will go into effect promptly at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 17 and will not end until 10:00 p.m. Cars parked in this area will be ticketed and towed! If possible, avoid parking on the parade route on Wednesday night to avoid the hassle of moving your car early in the morning!
Because we are ordering more dumpsters and portable toilets than ever before, deliveries of these items must begin on the Tuesday, March 15. Small 100-feet No Parking areas will be designated on every cross street of Tamm in both directions beginning Tuesday morning for equipment staging. Please excuse this inconvenience.
To depart the festival area: If you are parked to the west of Tamm, please depart the neighborhood heading west toward McCausland or Skinker. If you are parked east of Tamm, please depart heading east toward Hampton. Manchester will remain open throughout the day.
AVAILABLE PARKING
For event visitors who are still planning to park in Dogtown on St. Patrick’s Day, consider some of these locations that may be available.
The St. Louis Zoo will have their parking lots open for a fee. The large lot north of I-64 is accessible via Wells Drive westbound, using the traffic circle on Hampton Avenue. Please note, you cannot access this lot from eastbound on Welles via Skinker or the Tamm Avenue overpass due to street closures. The Zoo lots located off Oakland and Berthold will also be open. You can access these from Hampton either by going westbound down Oakland or westbound down Berthold.
The St. James the Greater Parish Park Lot is available for a fee, with access only from Tamm and Manchester between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m., and exiting allowed only after 3:00 p.m.
Parking is also available for a fee in the lots of the St. Louis Marketplace on the south side of Manchester. These parking lots are operated independently and are not affiliated with the Dogtown Irish Festival.
Once these lots are full, please do not attempt to park on public streets within the festival area of the Dogtown neighborhood. These streets fill up with cars very early in the morning. Out of respect to local residents and to prevent traffic congestion, instead of parking locally, please consider arranging to get a ride to and from the festival.
RIDE HAILING
We will have a ride-hailing area for both cabs and ride-sharing services on Clayton near Crescent, in the Zoo’s Frog Lot.
The festival committee strongly encourages guests to get a ride to and from the festival, as parking will be very limited in the neighborhood.
Keep in mind that cell-phone signals may be weak due to the crowd size. Please plan to walk two blocks to the east or west away from the festival area in order to hail a ride. Drivers will not be able to get close enough to pick you up near the festival area.