Celebrate Saint Patty’s Day Downtown!
March 13, 2008
Winter may not be over but the first harbinger of spring is coming this weekend – St. Patrick’s Day!
What better way to celebrate real and imagined Irish heritage than to spend it downtown, enjoying the emerging green(ish) grass and the ubiquitous emerald t-shirts.
Here is a list of the best spots and events to say “slainte” and pay respects to those crazy Celts:
Friday March 14th
Where: Starts at Brocach Irish Pub, ends at Brass Ring
When: 5:00-7:30pm
The crawl “plans” to hit up Genna’s, the Great Dane and Argus as well and will be accompanied by the Curley Family Pipes & Drums. When’s the last time you drank Guinnessi (that’s the plural form of Guinness) alongside a bagpipe?
Where: Bartell Community Theatre, 113 E Mifflin St.
When: 8:00pm
Cost: $15
A dark comedy about an Irish Liberation group that is hell-bent on avenging the death of their leader’s cat. Kind of like that time Wisconsin voted on making feral cat hunting legal, only different. Produced by the Strollers Theater.
Saturday March 15
Dane County Shamrock Club St. Patrick’s Day Buffet
Where: Coliseum Bar
When: 12:30pm
Cost: Donation, canned food donation
Corned beef and cabbage. ‘Nuf said.
UW Women’s Tennis: WI vs. Miami (Ohio)
Where: Nielson Tennis Stadium
When: 1:00pm
Support women’s sports and celebrate Title XI in national Women’s History Month. Saturday March 8th was International Women’s Day, but there’s no reason you can’t celebrate twice.
Where: Overture Center
When: 7:30pm
A powerful one-woman play that recounts the life of a young American activist killed in a peaceful protest in the Gaza strip. Not Irish, but a significant story on conflict and the imprtance of cultural acceptance in the quest for peace.
Sunday March 16th
Too much to list here, so go to stpatsmadison.org to get a full view of what’s going on and then try to fit it all in. High on our list is the Shamrock shuffle at 10:00am and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 1:30pm. There will also be a raffle for a FREE trip to Ireland at 3pm outside of Brocach – awesome!
Where: High Noon Saloon
When: 3:00-9:00pm
Performances by Rising Gael, Tairis, Trinity Academy of Irish Dance, Greenfyre, Cashel Dennehy School of Irish Dance, and West Wind. Trad music, step dance and wind quartets, oh my!
Monday, March 17th, St, Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day Party with The Kissers
Where: High Noon Saloon
When: 8:00pm
It’s the Kissers’ 10 year anniversary and CD release party all on the greenest party day of the year. We have found the place to be on Monday night – Tuesdays are never good days to work anyway.
