St. Patrick’s Day Party Roundup

Written by on March 13, 2012 in Bars, Events - 3 Comments

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With St. Patrick’s Day just a few days away, Columbus drinkers are down to the wire to decide which bar they will choose to indulge in green dyed light lagers, fend off crowds of drunks who’ve been at it since 7am and, I don’t know, get some beads or something.

But hey, we’ve got you covered! Sláinte!

Brazenhead: Featuring Green Bud Light Drafts, Irish Dancers, and Irish Drums & Bagpipes. Performances starting at 10am by Tim O’Connor, Mad Maudlin, Whiskey Mile and Jenkins & Scott. Learn more.

Byrne’s Pub: $5 until 4pm, $10 after 4pm. Performances from Knot Fibb’n, 9 Castle Close and Drowsy Lads. Learn more.

Claddagh Irish Pub – Brewery District: Irish dancers and bagpipers and rugby and soccer matches. Irish music performances starting at 8am including ONE, a celebration of U2. Learn more.

Claddagh Irish Pub – Polaris: Opens at 9am. Appearances from the Millenium School of Irish Dance & Music and the Columbus Police & Fire Pipes & Drum Corp. Performances starting at 10am from Gaitlin Show, Tim O’Conner, Drowsy Lads and DJ Flair. Learn more.

Fado’s Irish Pub: Kegs and eggs at 7am, no cover til 8. $5 cover from 8-9am includes breakfast. $10 cover starts at 9am. Super Saturday 6 Nations Rugby on TV. Performances starting at 8am from Homeland Celtic Rock, Dublin Silver Band at 11AM, Naked Karate Girls, The Crunch, The Websters and the Milennium School of Irish Dance. Learn more.

Flannagan’s Dublin: Breakfast with cover charge from til 10am. $5 until 3pm, $10 after 3pm. Performances starting at 8am from 88 Keys, Off The Hook, The Reagonomics, 70 West, Fat Dog, Columbus Fire Pipe and Drums, Poison’D, DJ “JT Turk”, Red White and Crue, The 17th Floor, Three Ton Toad, The Personnel and Lt. Dan’s New Legs. Learn more.

Harrison’s on Third: “Barney blast” starting at 10am with tents setup outside. $5 cover includes free Irish food and drink samples.

Kildare’s: Kegs and eggs at 7am. Downtown Columbus parade outside at 11:30am. Irish bagpipers and dancers throughout the day. Performances starting at 2pm from Athen Ry, DJ Devo and Winnie Cooper Project. Part of Shamrockin’ the Gateway with Ugly Tuna, Mad Mex and Gateway Film Center. Learn more.

Loose Goose: Open at 6am for green eggs and beer. Performances from Three DJ’s, Hoo Doo Soul Band, Greg Hale Band, Six Panel Driver and LoveSick Radio. Learn more.

O’Tooles Irish Pub (formerly Granville St. Tavern): Open at 11am. Appearances by Irish dances and bagpipers. Free corned beef and cabbage. $5 cover after 3pm. Performances by Silverado and The Phillip Fox Band. Learn more.

Park Street Bar Crawl: All bars open at noon. Green beer and shot specials. Bands, DJ’s and circus performers all day. No cover charge. Includes Park Street Cantina, Park Street Patio, The Social, Brothers, Park Street Tavern, Bar Louie, Park Street Saloon and GasWerks. Learn more.

The Pub at Polaris: Open at 8am for kegs and eggs. Irish food and drink specials all day. Performances starting at 10am by Robert Black Bag Piper, Kells Band, Ni Chiara School of Irish Dance, Irwin Academy of Irish Dance, Columbus Police and Fire Pipes and Drums, Cyril Scott Pipe Band 5pm, Gipson and Fitz and Richens Timm Academy of Irish Dance. Learn more.

St. James Tavern: No green beer here. $3 Guinness pints. Opens at 3pm. Food truck on site. Learn more.

St. Patty’s Shuffle: $20 ticket includes t-shirt, koozie, drink specials, prizes and your first beer free. Starts at Callahan’s at noon. Learn more.

Tilted Kilt: Kkegs and eggs at 7am. Performance starting at 8am from the Bloody Irish Boys. Learn more.

Woodlands Tavern: Bar opens at 9:30am. Performances starting at noon from Sam Muccio, Strange Grain, Devils Lettuce, Eric Ahlteen, The Apple Bottom Gang, Barry Chern, The Winnie Cooper Project, Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk, Erika Hughes, The Tin Hearts, The Train Jumpers, The Mendelsonics, The Jimiller Band, Teen Fiction and Hubbard Stew. Learn more.

Doing something else for St. Patrick’s Day? Let us know in the comments.

About the Author

Cheryl Harrison. Editor of Drink Up Columbus. Co-Founder of the Columbus Ale Trail.

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