There were 236 public processions held in the city in the year 2025/26, which is slightly fewer than in the last two years. The organisation with the most parades was the Orange Order, which was responsible for almost half of all processions. The Orange Order held 114 parades over the year. It is double the number of the year before and the highest number of the last four years. Orange walk (Image: Newsquest)This weekend there are parades by the Royal Black Institute and by the Friends of Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association Scotland.