St. Patrick's Day Festival of Tucson
Family - community - tradition
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Parade: 10:30AM Festival: 11am - 5pm
Armory Park, 220 S. 6th Avenue
Parade Emcee Ken Carr
Ken Carr started his media career as a radio personality in 1987 in Kearney, Nebraska. His career has included radio announcing on-air and programming, producing TV, and social media.
Ken moved to Tucson in 2001 and has been an on-air personality at KRQ, 104.1
The Point, Mega 106.3, and since August 2019, is currently the midday personality
on The Drive Tucson – 101.7 FM and AM 830.
Ken’s TV experience includes producing news on KMSB Fox 11, and was the
Executive Producer of The Morning Blend TV show on ABC affiliate KGUN 9 from
2012-2018.
Ken also owns and produces Whats Up Tucson, a Tucson-focused social media
stream publishing local info, events, news, and emergency incidents on X (Twitter),
Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, with a combined total of 200,000 followers.
Ken is also the only Tucson radio personality with his face on his shoes. Keep an eye out for them!