Labelled by CNN as one of the "Five places to get your green on", the Seattle St Patrick's Day Celebration is the largest and oldest St Patrick’s Day celebration in the Northwest USA. Attracting well over 30,000 spectators each year, the route of the parade – the high-point of Seattle's Irish Week festivities – is marked out by Irish revelers with a mile-long green strip. Just as popular as the parade is the Irish Festival showcasing Irish films, Celtic handicrafts, non-stop Irish music, Irish language workshops and performances by champion local step-dancers.