After the runners clear Moro Street, the parade is slated to begin around 1 p.m.

Here’s a look at some local events in the area this weekend.

THURSDAY

Go See It!: Total Solar Eclipse, 6 p.m.

Presentation by Chris Sorensen about eclipses in preparation of the April 8 eclipse.

Flint Hills Discovery Center, 315 S. Third St.

Nathan Page’s Underground Guitar Pull, 7 p.m.

Cost: $5, auntiemaes.com.

Auntie Mae’s Parlor, 616 N. 12th St.

Trivia Night, 7 p.m.

Theme: music.

Tickets: $30+, mhkentertainmentco.com/product/March-Brews-Bros-Trivia-Night/41.

Manhattan Entertainment Co., 3236 Kimball Ave.

FRIDAY

K-State Track and Field at Hurricane Invitational, all day.

Also March 16.

Coral Gables, Florida.

K-State Women’s Golf at MountainView Collegiate, all day.

Through Sunday.

Tucson, Arizona.

K-State Women’s Tennis vs Baylor, 4 p.m.

Mike Goss Tennis Stadium.

Meet the Artist Reception: Columbian Artist Group, 4-6 p.m.

Manhattan Arts Center, 1520 Poyntz Ave.

K-State Baseball vs Missouri State, 6 p.m.

Watch, listen, live stats: ESPN+, K-State Sports Network, kstatesports.com.

Also 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Tointon Family Stadium.

Paint and Sip: Moonlit Bayou, 6 p.m.

Also Paint and Sip: Kansas Storm at 6 p.m. Saturday, and Paint and Sip: Milky Way at 4 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets: uncorkedinspiration.simpletix.com. Bring your own beverage.

Uncorked Inspiration, 1223 Moro St.

Mini Sign Workshop, 6:30 p.m.

Also Bagels and Boards Pick Your Project Workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Tickets: boardandbrush.com/manhattan/. Bring your own beverage.

Board and Brush, 311 Fort Riley Blvd.

SATURDAY

K-State Rowing at Hornet Invitational, all day.

Sacramento, California.

Manhattan Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Third and Leavenworth streets.

St. Patrick’s Day Road Race, 10 a.m.

10K or 2 mile run/walk, all timed this year. Wear green.

Registration: $25+, stpatsmhk.com.

Aggieville.

Easter Egg Hunts, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cost: $5 per person.

Rohling Homestead, 481 Airport Road.

Dreaming of Peaches, 11 a.m.

Also Sunday.

Tickets: ahfarm.ticketspice.com/dreaming-of-peaches.

A&H Farm, 1374 Collins Lane.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 1 p.m.

Aggieville.

Easter Bash, 3-6 p.m.

Games, egg hunt and food trucks. Bring your own basket. Hosted by the Pentecostals of Manhattan.

City Park.

Comedy Night, 7 p.m.

Tickets: liquidartwinery.com.

Liquid Art Winery, 1745 Wildcat Creek Road.

Eclipse Presentation, Stargazing and Campout, 7 p.m.

Presentation by Jaerelyn Ramirez, Kansas Astronomical Observers Outreach Coordinator and NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador.

Camping free; registration required: vollandfoundation.org/eclipse-presentation-stargazing-campout/.

The Volland Store, 24098 Volland Road, Alma.

Live music: Drop Everything, 9 p.m.

Finn’s Neighborhood Pub, 317 Poyntz Ave.

SUNDAY

Saint Patrick’s Day.

Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

For appointment times: redcrossblood.org.

First Presbyterian Church, 801 Leavenworth St.

St. Patrick’s Day at Sunset Zoo, 9:30 a.m.

Scan the QR code upon entering and search for four shamrocks throughout the zoo. Each guest that completes the hunt will be entered to win a prize.

Sunset Zoo, 2333 Oak St.

St. Patrick’s Day Drag Brunch, 10:30 a.m.

Tickets: mhkentertainmentco.com/product/Drag-brunch-March-17.

Manhattan Entertainment Co., 3236 Kimball Ave.

K-State Women’s Tennis vs TCU, noon.

Mike Goss Tennis Stadium.

Lecture: Forming a Free State Manhattan in Kansas Territory, 2:30 p.m.

Presented by the Riley County Genealogical Society.

Manhattan Public Library, 629 Poyntz Ave.