The St Piran’s Day parade in Truro returns on Wednesday 5th March 2025. One and all are welcome to join Truro’s St Piran’s Day Parade, or to come along and watch – the more the merrier!
Due to essential roadworks, the parade route will be different this year. It will start from Lemon Quay, where all participants will muster from 12.30pm. The parade will start at 1pm, and make its way through the centre of Truro, finishing at High Cross. Speeches will be followed by Trelawny, the national anthem of Cornwall. The event will finish by 2pm.
Truro City Council and Truro Old Cornwall Society have been working with Alice Browning and Carmen Hunt, commissioned by Lowender, to involve primary schools in this year’s parade through dance workshops, to be featured on Lemon Quay before the parade and during.
The shop window dressing competition will be judged on the morning of 5th March by the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Sam Rabey, and Town Crier, Lionel Knight. The winners will be announced at High Cross at 1.30pm and will be given a trophy to display for the year.
This year, the event organisers are appealing for brass and silver band players to bring their instruments along to form the band that will play The Pengelly Marches’ – a series written by the late Jim Pengelly, especially for the Truro parade. If you would like to be involved in this ‘scratch band’, then please contact Abbie Williams at events@truro.gov.uk.
St Piran’s Day activity packs, designed by local artist Molly Biscoe working alongside the Truro Visitor Information Centre, will be delivered to primary schools in Truro. There will also be copies available for people to collect free of charge from Truro Library on Union Place and the Visitor Information Centre on Boscawen Street. (Electronic copies will also be available).
Thanks to its owner, Justin Ellis, The City of Truro Steam Roller will be making a special appearance and will be available to view all day on Lemon Quay.
Truro City Council and Truro Old Cornwall Society are very grateful to Cornwall Councillors and Truro Cathedral for their support and finance of the parade.
For further updates, please visit the Visit Truro website and social media channels – www.visittruro.org.uk, @visittruro