Since that time the Holyoke Saint Patrick's Parade Committee which has since grown to more than 100 people and presents multiple awards to distinguished citizens every year.

[11][21] The event, considered as much a regional as local venue, attracts many spectators from surrounding states and even Ireland itself in recent years.

In 2011 the UMass Donahue Institute estimated the parade brought in $20 million annually to the local economy, through its participants and spectators.

[23] The parade also enjoys an audience beyond its participants, with more than 1.2 million viewers watching over the channel and online streams of local PBS affiliate WGBY, which broadcast it every year from 2001 through 2018.

Surrounding municipality committees organized to send delegations of honored persons, floats, and community groups as contingents to the parade-