St. Patrick's Day 2013: A guide to St. Patty's Day in NYC
Whether you want to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade or just hang out in an Irish pub, here's our guide to celebrating St. Patty's Day in NYC.
Thu Mar 7 2013
St. Patrick's Day Parade Photograph courtesy of flickr.com/asterix611
Bust out your finest green T-shirts: St. Patrick's Day 2013 is officially upon us. One of the biggest events happening every spring in New York is the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, which marches along Fifth Avenue—and passes by venerable New York attractions, including St. Patrick's Cathedral and Central Park. (Note: Because St. Patty's Day itself falls on Sunday, March 17, the parade takes place the day before, on Saturday.)
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But there are plenty of other ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2013: Read on for our guide to the best St. Patty's Day events, Irish pubs and more.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
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St. Patrick's Day Irish culture
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St. Patrick's Day events
15th Annual Craic Festival: The Tossers + Julie Feeney + The Lost Brothers + Mark Geary and more
- Price band: 2/4
Prepare yourself for rowdy, Guinness-fueled fun from seminal Chicago Celtic punk band the Tossers, Friday's Craic Festival headliner, then swoon to the sounds of Irish composer and singer (and
- Mercury Lounge 217 E Houston St, between Essex and Ludlow Sts, 10002
- Until Sat Mar 9
The Luck of the Irish Saint Paddy’s PubCrawl
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Show your Celtic pride (by blood or otherwise) at this annual green-hued crawl, with more than 200 of the city's booziest bars—including Webster Hall, the Village Pourhouse and SideBar—joining the
- Various locations
- Until Sun Mar 17
Spike Hill's St. Patrick's Day Weekend
- Price band: 1/4
Irish eyes will smile at Spike Hill’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, a three-day celebration of music and traditional Irish grub and good ol’ whiskey and beer. A marathon of (sham)rocking tunes starts at
- Spike Hill 184 Bedford Ave, at North 7th St
- Until Sun Mar 17
St. Patrick's Day Irish New York Tour
- Price band: 2/4
According to census data from the mid-19th-century, the Lower East Side had more Irish residents than Dublin. That may not be the case these days, but during Big Onion's St. Patrick's Day Irish New
- St. Paul's Chapel 209 Broadway, between Fulton and Vesey Sts
- Until Sat Mar 16
Freddy's Bar's St. Patty's Day Party
- Price band: 1/4
Order a frothy pint and get ready to groove at Freddy’s Bar’s St. Patty’s Day Party. Headliners include jazz-blues group the Blue Boys from Dublin and the Highland Shatners, a ’60s-style Celtic-folk
- Freddy's Bar & Backroom 627 Fifth Ave , between 17th and 18th Sts, 11215
- Until Sun Mar 17
Spoons, Toons and Booze St. Patrick's Day Special
- Price band: 2/4
Warm up for your Dublin-style pub crawl (or veg out the morning after) with a liquor-laced, sugar-coated animation bonanza. During the Spoons, Toons and Booze St. Patrick's Day Special at Nitehawk
- Nitehawk Cinema 136 Metropolitan Ave, between Berry St and Wythe Ave, 11249
- Until Sun Mar 17
Annual St. Patrick's Day Open Day
- Free
The Irish Arts Center invites families to an Irish extravaganza, filled with authentic music, dances, workshops and atmosphere. Learn to play the tin-whistle, get your face painted, experiment with
- Irish Arts Center 553 W 51st St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves
- Sun Mar 17
Wasabassco's Saint Patrick's Day for Sinners
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
Doc Wasabassco tosses a St. Patrick's Day session of burlesque action—and probably plenty of drinking, given the date. Albert Cadabra, Evelyn Finyl, Francine "The Lucid Dream," Foxy Vermouth, Gal
- The Bell House 149 7th St, between Second and Third Aves
- Until Sun Mar 17
Brooklyn Saint Patrick's Day Parade
- Free
Dodge the boozy crowds of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue parade and head to Brooklyn for its street celebration of all things Irish. If you family wants to march (good luck!), assemble at noon at Prospect
- Prospect Park Prospect Park West to Flatbush Ave, between Prospect Park Southwest and Ocean Ave
- Until Sun Mar 17
Irish Spirits Class & Tasting
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Celebrate the shamrock-pride holiday with a flight of the finest spirits from Éire (Knappogue single-malt, Clontarf blended Irish whiskeys) at FiDi's Irish-inflected grog den the Dead Rabbit.
- The Dead Rabbit 30 Water St, at Broad St, 10004
- Sun Mar 17
Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade
- Free
Even though St. Patrick's Day officially takes place on March 17, Brooklyn-based broods can keep the fun going by rounding up the crew for the 19th annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade later in
- Various locations
- Until Sun Mar 24
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