Superstar Engelbert Humperdinck joined other celebrities to watch Leicester's Hollywood-style Walk of Fame being unveiled.
The event on Saturday was one of a host of activities taking place across the city as part of a three-day Festival of St George.
Addressing the crowd who gathered to see the first stretch of the Walk of Fame unveiled, the transatlantic chart-topper said: "I'm proud to be from a city of daydreamers, believers and achievers.
"The Leicester pride runs right through the many branches of my family tree.
“This is a very special day in my life and I know my parents will be smiling down on their Leicester lad."
The walk comprises cinquefoil-shaped plaques set into the pavement near Curve, in the city's Cultural Quarter.
Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend and snooker ace Mark Selby were also there to see their name plaques unveiled, along with family members of Alice Hawkins, Joe Orton, Tom Barclay, Thomas Cook, Jennie Fletcher and Ernest Gimson who are also commemorated.
Sue Townsend recalled her childhood memories of Leicester's industrial past and called for Daniel Lambert to be given a star on the walk of fame.
The crowd shouted messages of good luck to Mark ahead of the Jester from Leicester's World Snooker championship match yesterday.
The 26-year-old said: "I feel very honoured to have achieved something like this already."
After the Walk of Fame had been unveiled, the patriotic celebrations continued with family fun around Orton Square and Halford Street. Families were entertained with traditional music, maypole dancing, roaming knights and a giant dragon.
The LCB Depot, in Rutland Street, held a performance skills workshop and Curve put on a children's play.
Among the highlights of the celebrations yesterday, the last day of the festival, was a parade of about 1,000 Scouts and Cubs around the city centre.
Led by a marching band they made their way from a service at Leicester Cathedral, along the High Street and Gallowtree Gate, to Town Hall Square where they saluted Lord Lt Lady Gretton.
Samantha Marsh led the 42nd Glenfield Cubs in the parade. She said: "It's been fabulous, and the people watching have really enjoyed it, too."
Glenfield cub Jonathan Mee, nine, said: "We went to the cathedral and sang hymns and there were lots of us there, and then we've been parading. It's lots of fun."
Susan Machin, 47, from Wigston, watched her two sons, Callum, 14, and Codie, 11, parade past the town hall.
She said: "It's lovely to see the parade. Every year there are problems and we think it's not going to happen so it's a wonderful day when it does."
Kerry Norton, 36, from Thurnby Lodge, said: "I think it's fantastic. I've got two sons taking part and it's nice to celebrate St George's Day. It's an important event."
While the parade took place, dozens of artists sold their wares on Leicester Market where an Artisan Festival took place.
The festival's resident artist, Carol Burns, led a group of children in an "action art" workshop, splashing paint onto paper on the ground to create images.
She said: "It's been a really great day and we've had a good steady flow of people.
Looking around I've seen a lot of brilliant stuff on sale. I've been selling my own art but I've bought more than I've sold."
The day also included a ukulele workshop, with children building the instruments using wood, wire and butter tubs before performing together. Molly Haley, 13, from Uppingham, said: "They were quite easy to make and mine sounds very good and I've also done drawing on a tea towel."
Items for sale on the market included clothes, ornaments, pictures and handmade jewellery.
Shopper Julie Craighton, 23, from central Leicester, said: "I think it's a great event. It's really nice to have something going on in the market on a Sunday."
Elsewhere in the county, a St George's Day Scout parade took place in Melton yesterday, followed by a 1pm service at St Mary's Church and a balloon release.
In Coalville the legendary battle between St George and the dragon was acted out on Saturday in Belvoir Shopping Centre. There was also Morris dancing and performances by the Leicestershire Co-op brass band.