The 2020 edition of the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which had been rescheduled from March 17 to October 17, was canceled today because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Two Hot Springs residents with long histories of service to their community will reign as the Shamrock Royalty for the First Ever 17th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17, 2020, on World Famous 98-foot-long Bridge Street.

The official mascot of Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals will be a featured attraction of the globally famous little 98-foot parade on March 17, 2020, on Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs.

Cheech Marin, half of the legendary comedy team Cheech and Chong, will serve as the grand marshal of the First Ever 17th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hot Springs on March 17, 2020.

Foghat, the legendary rock band that created “Slow Ride” and other hits, will play a free public concert on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, immediately following the First Ever 17th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs.