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St. Patrick's Day Guide

☘️ St. Patrick's Day Guide 2024

☘️ They say everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, and here in the City of Festivals we know how to do it right. In fact, we can't fit it all in one day, so we spread it out over a couple weeks: the Green Season. Since Paddy’s Day is on a Sunday this year, there’s a lot going on Saturday. The pubs will be hopping with Guinness and green beer, Irish dancers, bagpipers, and plenty of live Irish music. Be sure to check out our Irish Pub List in this guide. But's it's not all about drinking and pub crawling! There are concerts with internationally known bands, all-ages shows, family fun, and even some 5-10K races! So here we go, it's almost time for the wearin’ of the green, jigs, reels, Danny Boy, Whiskey in the Jar, and kiss me I’m Irish ...

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The Parades

We have three parades in the Milwaukee area! Two are in Milwaukee on Saturday March 9 (and they don't overlap), and then there's the tailgating extravaganza in southern Washington County, the Town of Erin parade on March 17.

Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick's Day Parade

saintpatricksparade.org

Saturday March 9 – Noon

Downtown Milwaukee: Starts on Wisconsin Ave. at MLK Drive and winds north via Plankinton and MLK to Juneau, ending at Water and Highland. This family-friendly parade features over a hundred parade units, and passes by several places to stop for a drink or a bite to eat, including three Irish pubs: Mo's, The Harp, and Trinity Three.

Bluemound Road St. Patrick's Day Parade

bluemoundparade.com

Saturday March 9 – 3:30 p.m.

Milwaukee's West Side parade runs from 65th St. (Balistreri's) to 51st St. (Kelly's Bleachers) on Bluemound Road, and Kelly's will have a post-parade party with Irish-American food, Irish dancers and a DJ.

Town of Erin St. Patrick's Day Parade

March 17 11 a.m. in the Town of Erin: Highway K, Washington County

The little town of Erin throws a legendary parade with tailgaters lining the parade route. Be sure to stop by the Erin Inn for some fun afterwards!

Irish Concert Season

Milwaukee is lucky to host a bunch of great Irish music groups in concert this season, from the legendary ( fiddler Kevin Burke with Burke, Kennedy & O'Leary) to the up-and-coming (Mia + Ally, a Celtic fusion fiddle and bagpipes duo), and from famous Irish traditional players (Lúnasa, Danú, Dervish) to more rocking Irish-American style (Gaelic Storm, Scythian).

Irish Cultural & Heritage Center:

  • March 2 Lúnasa
  • March 3 Aoiffe Scott
  • March 6 Burke, Kennedy & O'Leary
  • March 7 The Celtic Tenors
  • March 15 Daimh
  • March 16 Scythian

Riverside Theater

  • March 9 Gaelic Storm + The High Kings 8 p.m.

Shank Hall

  • March 9 Dervish 8:00 p.m.
  • Screaming Orphans 8:00 p.m.

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield

  • Thu. March 14 Danú 7:30 p.m.

Vivarium

  • March 17 Mia x Ally
  • 1818 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee

The Day: Sunday March 17

Miller Free Rides – Saturday night

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) will be providing free rides Saturday night, March 16, starting at 6:00 p.m., and running through the end of regular service that night (about 2:00 a.m.). For information on routes and times, visit ridemcts.com

AAA Tow To Go

AAA is offering its Tow To Go free service on St. Patrick's Day weekend. From Friday, March 15 at 6 p.m. through Monday, March 18 at 6 a.m., the company will tow a would-be impaired driver's vehicle to a safe location within a 10-mile radius. Call (855) 286-9246 or visit acg.aaa.com/drivers-safety/tow-to-go.html.

Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill - Franklin

  • 6 a.m.–1 p.m., Full Irish Breakfast and housemade corned beef hash & eggs
  • Authentic Irish specialties all day, starting at 11 a.m.
  • Huge heated party tent with live music:
  • 11:00 a.m. Ian Gould
  • 2:00 p.m. Prodigal Sons
  • 6:00 p.m. Clove
  • Special appearances by Irish dancers, Guinness Girls and bagpipers.

County Clare Irish Pub

  • 10:00 a.m. Tom & Evan Leahy
  • 10:30 a.m. Blessing of the Shamrock
  • 12:30 a.m. Beglan Academy of Irish Dance
  • 1:30 p.m. Barry Dodd
  • 3:00 p.m. Ian Gould
  • 6:30 p.m. The Scrubbers
  • 8:30 p.m. Blackthorn Folly
  • 10:00 p.m. Frogwater

Paddy's Pub

  • Open at 7:00 a.m.
  • Irish breakfast and more from Miss Katie's Diner
  • 9:00 a.m. Sigmund Snopek
  • 2:00 p.m. Atlantic Wave

McBob's – Milwaukee

  • Free Breakfast – 8 – 10 a.m.

Revere's Wells Street Tavern – Delafield

  • Noon Killarney Blarney
  • 4:00 p.m. The O'Bradys

O'Lydia's Bar and Grill - Milwaukee

  • Noon Frogwater
  • 3:00 The Pubbys
  • Bagpipers and Irish dancers throughout the day.

Luck of the Irish 5 and 10K Run

  • Veteran's Park – Milwaukee Lakefront
  • Registration at wrsluckoftheirish.com
  • Dress in your green running gear and join the 5K or 10K runs down Lincoln Memorial drive, around the lagoon and along the Lakefront!

Kelly's Greens – Wauwatosa

  • Noon-1:00 p.m. Áthas

Oak Creek Community Center

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  • St. Paddy's Day Party 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • Free admission, cash bar, Irish-American food
  • 1 p.m. Greater Milwaukee Fire & Police Pipes and Drums
  • 5:30 Glencastle Irish Dancers

Kelly's Bleachers – Milwaukee

  • Free breakfast 7 a.m. till food runs out
  • Irish food, Irish dancers, DJ, green beer

O'Donoghue's Irish Pub – Elm Grove

  • Open at 8 a.m. with outdoor beer tent
  • Sandwich Sisters food truck 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
  • 6:00 p.m. Live music with Three Pints Gone

House of Guinness – Waukesha

  • Open at 8:00 a.m.
  • 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Dublin O'Shea
  • 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Three Pints Gone
  • Outside beer tent
  • Sandwich Sisters Food Truck from 11am until 7pm, or it’s all gone!

Gingerz Irish Pub - Milwaukee

  • 10:00 a.m. Rory Modlinski

Dead Bird Brewing Company - Milwaukee

  • 3:00 p.m. Rory Modlinski

Milwaukee Brat House - Shorewood

  • St. Patrick's Day party
  • 3:00 Irish music with Áthas

Explorium Brewpub - Southridge and Third Ward

  • Kill the Keg Pub Crawl
  • Shuttle from Southridge to Third Ward
  • Kill a keg at each Third Ward pub stop.
  • Details here

Green Season

Before & after Paddy's Day

Sat. March 2

15th Annual Shamrock Shuffle

  • Shuffling across 4 areas of Milwaukee
  • Water Street, Brady Street, Third Street/MLK, Walker's Point

Fri March 8

Lucky Clover Irish Pub – downtown

  • ShamROCK Kick-off Party 5:30 p.m.
  • Irish music with Ian Gould

Sat. March 9

Shamrock Club Post-Parade Party

  • Irish Cultural and Heritage Center – Milwaukee
  • Dance performances by Trinity, Glencastle, and Bellator Irish dance academies, and Caledonian Scottish Dancers
  • Irish music by Frogwater, The Ceili Band, Ian Gould, and Hearthfire
  • mkepostparade.us
  • Children's area with stories and activities

Celtic MKE Center – Wauwatosa

  • Monthly Ceili Dance 7 p.m.
  • Beginners and all ages are welcome. Instruction in traditional Irish dancing is taught all evening.

McBob's Pub and Grill

  • Parade Day Celebration
  • Before, during and after the downtown parade
  • Irish music with Blackthorn Folly 5-8 p.m.

Kelly's Bleachers

  • After the Bluemound Road Parade
  • Food, DJ, Irish dancers

Third Space Brewery

  • Irish music with Paddygrass 1 p.m.

Mass in Honor of St. Patrick

  • 8:30 – 11:30 am
  • Shamrock Club of Wisconsin
  • St Patrick's Church – Milwaukee

Sunday March 10

Celtic MKE Center - Wauwatosa

Family Session at Irish Family Day

  • 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
  • Celtic MKE - Wauwatosa
  • The Milwaukee Irish Fest School of music hosts a family-friendly session. Irish music students of all ages are welcome to play tunes at a relaxed pace in a supportive environment. Teachers will lead you through tunes and familiarize you with session etiquette.

Thu. March 14

Oak Creek Performing Arts & Education Center

  • Irish Celebration and Feast! 6:30 p.m.
  • Irish music with Reilly

Fri. March 15

Moran's Pub – South Milwaukee

  • 8:00 p.m. Ian Gould

Revere's Wells Street Tavern – Delafield

  • 8:00 p.m. Irish music with The O'Bradys

Delicious Bites – Wauwatosa

  • Cookie Decoration 101 – St. Paddy's Day Edition 7:00 – 9:00

Elm Grove Women’s Club

  • 6:00 p.m. Irish music with Paddygrass

Schauer Arts Center – Cedarburg

Sat. March 16

County Clare Irish Pub

  • Noon Cat and Hare
  • 3:00 Beglan Academy of Irish Dance
  • 4:30 Barry Dodd
  • 7:00 The Windy Kilts

In Good Spirits – Sullivan

  • 4:00 Irish music with Atlantic Wave

AJ O'Brady's – Menomonee Falls

  • St. Patrick's Day Party with The Love Monkeys at 6 p.m.

McBob's Pub and Grill – Milwaukee

  • 2:00 Ian Gould
  • 4:00 Bagpipers

The Coffee House at Plymouth Church – Milwaukee

  • 7:30 Green Sails with Tom Martinsen

Hop Harvest & Vine (Good Harvest Market) – Pewaukee

  • St. Paddy's Eve Concert
  • 6 p.m. Irish music with Ceol Cairde and Áthas

Shake Your Shamrocks Run/Walk

Bobby's Bar – Brookfield

  • 7:30 p.m. Ian Gould

House of Guinness – Waukesha

  • 8:00 p.m. Uncle Fergus

The Irish Pub List

We can be sure that the Milwaukee area's many Irish pubs will all be having a grand time on the big day. So here's a list of pubs — find one near you, wear something green, and hoist a pint!

  • AJ O'Brady's Irish Pub & Grill
  • N88 W16495 Main St., Menomonee Falls
  • Belfast Station Irish Pub
  • N64 W23246 Main St., Sussex
  • Bub's Irish Pub
  • N116 W16218 Main St., Germantown
  • Champion's Pub
  • 2417 N. Bartlett Ave., Milwaukee
  • County Clare Irish Inn & Pub
  • 1234 N. Astor St. Milwaukee
  • Danny Lynch's
  • 2300 S. 108th St., West Allis
  • Erin Inn Irish Pub
  • 6102 Donegal Rd., Town of Erin (Hartford)
  • Gingerz Irish Pub
  • 3915 S Howell Ave., Milwaukee
  • The Harp Irish Pub
  • 113 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee
  • House of Guinness
  • 354 W. Main St., Waukesha
  • Irish Cottage
  • 11433 W. Ryan Rd., Franklin
  • Lucky Clover Irish Pub
  • 1048 N. Dr. MLK Dr., Milwaukee
  • McAuliffe's Pub
  • 3700 Meachem Rd., Racine
  • McBob's Pub & Grill
  • 4919 W. North Ave., Milwaukee
  • McGuire's Bar
  • 6235 W. National Ave., West Allis
  • McKiernan's Irish Pub & Grill
  • 2066 S. 37th St., Milwaukee
  • Mo's Irish Pub - 2 locations:
  • Downtown: 142 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
  • Tosa: 10842 W. Bluemound Rd., Wauwatosa
  • Moran's Pub
  • 912 Milwaukee Ave., South Milwaukee
  • Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill
  • 8933 S. 27th St., Franklin
  • Murphy's Irish Pub
  • 1613 W. Wells St., Milwaukee
  • Nettie's Irish Pub
  • 733 W. Wisconsin Ave., Pewaukee
  • O'Brien's Irish-American Pub
  • 4928 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee
  • O'Connor's Perfect Pint
  • 8423 W Greenfield Ave., West Allis
  • O'Donogue's Irish Pub
  • 13225 Watertown Plank Rd., Elm Grove
  • O'Lydia's Bar and Grill
  • 338 S. 1st St., Milwaukee
  • O'Sullivan's Public House
  • 12525 W North Ave., Brookfield
  • Paddy's Pub
  • 2339 N. Murray Ave., Milwaukee
  • The Thistle & Shamrock
  • 3430 N. 84th St., Milwaukee
  • Trinity Three Irish Pubs
  • 125 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee