However, once the dye sets in, the color changes to green. The date changes each year, but occurs either the weekend before or after St. Patrick's Day. For 2025, the Chicago River Dyeing took ...

The Chicago River is once again glowing kelly green as the city opens its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.

According to the story, the dye used to detect leaks in the sewer system along the Chicago River turned the water green, and ...

The Chicago River was running bright green on Saturday, as it does every St. Patrick's Day weekend. Thankfully, the high winds in the forecast died down as the dye went into the water ahead of the ...

Chicago Plumbers Local 130 dye the Chicago River green Saturday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share The dyeing of the river for St. Patrick’s Day drew an eclectic crowd to downtown Chicago on Saturday.

CHICAGO — Thousands flooded the streets ... in the river and noticed it turned his overalls green. They then used it to dye the river — and the tradition was born, according to Secret Chicago.

Members of Chicago Plumbers Local 130 dye the Chicago River green Saturday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Ryan Whitacre and Josh Sokol bass fished the discharges downtown Saturday in the adyed green ...

The river stayed green for several days in 2024. Each year, the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local 130 union uses boats to go around the river, spraying a concoction of dye into the water.

CHICAGO — The Chicago River is once again glowing kelly green as the city opens its annual ... Journeymen Plumbers Union Local 130 sprayed dye into the water from boats, carrying on a tradition ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago River is once again glowing kelly green as the city opens its annual ... Journeymen Plumbers Union Local 130 sprayed dye into the water from boats, carrying on a tradition ...

The Chicago River is once again glowing kelly green after the city opened its annual ... Journeymen Plumbers Union Local 130 sprayed dye into the water from boats, carrying on a tradition they ...