The 2013 Pittsburgh Saint Patrick's Day Parade will be celebrated on March 16, 2013 - 10:00 AM: 10:00 am - As in previous years, the 2013 parade will follow the newly established route. Parade formation will begin at the Greyhound Bus Station at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 11th Street. Staging will take place from the bus station and away from Downtown to 26 th Street . The parade will proceed from the intersection of Liberty and 11 th Streets to Grant Street to the Boulevard of the Allies, where it will turn right. Proceed on the Boulevard of the Allies to the Reviewing Stand at Stanwix Street , then disburse at Commonwealth Place. Irish or not, it wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day in the city without the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The family-oriented parade celebrating Ireland’s patron saint is a Pittsburgh tradition that dates back to 1869.