Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day 2017

St. Patrick’s Day is so huge in New York City that it takes a whole month to celebrate it, so March is St. Patrick’s month in New York. As our friend Brendan Dunphey says, “St. Patrick’s Day is not just a day, it is a season.” We spend 11 months of the year trying to refute the sterotype that MurphGuide is just an Irish bars website, and one month providing the best St. Patrick’s Day NYC listings anywhere. So in our continuous efforts to “connect the fun to the fun people”, we present our annual list of how to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Month in NYC:

Thursday, March 2

• The Craic Film Festival gala featuring Fanatic Heart: Black 47 documentary 6pm at Cinépolis Chelsea: 260 W. 23rd St. (between 7th & 8th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 691-5519
• Niall O’Leary’s Irish Culture Night 10:30pm – 1am at Paddy Reilly’s: 519 Second Ave. (29th St.) New York, NY. (212) 686-1210
• Guinness engraving event 8pm at Slainte: 304 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston St.) New York, NY. (212) 253-7030
• The Wolfetones at Carneys Bar & Grill: 136 Broadway Ave., Amytiville, N. Y. 631 464 4445

Friday, March 3

• The Craic Film Festival gala featuring Rebel Rossa 6pm at Cinépolis Chelsea: 260 W. 23rd St. (between 7th & 8th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 691-5519
• Lúnasa at Carnegie Hall: 881 Seventh Ave. (W. 57th St.) New York, NY. (212) 247-7800
• The Prodigals at Paddy Reilly’s: 519 Second Ave. (29th St.) New York, NY. (212) 686-1210
• Peter McKiernan & Friends at The Gibbons’ Home: 54-12 69th St. (54th Ave.) Maspeth, NY. (718) 424-1432
• The Wolfetones at Sweeney’s Irish Pub: 33 Orange Ave, Walden, NY (845) 591-7274

Saturday, March 4

• The Craic Film Festival at Cinépolis Chelsea: 260 W. 23rd St. (between 7th & 8th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 691-5519
• 2U tribute to U2 10:30pm at Ulysses’: 95 Pearl St. / 58 Stone St. New York, NY (212) 482-0400
• Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day
• The Chieftains with Paddy Moloney 8pm at Queen’s College, Kupferberg Center, Flushing, NY [tickets]
• Shilelagh Law & The Narrowbacks, hosted by Rockaway Rugby Club 4-7pm at Sands Point: 230 Beach 102nd St. Rockaway, NY
• Bangers & Mash 5pm – 8pm at Greenport Harbor Brewing: 42155 Main Road, Peconic, NY
• The Wolfetones at New Point Comfort Fire Station: 192 Carr St., Keansburg, NJ.

Parades:

• Queens County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Rockaway, NY
• Kings Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Kings Park, NY
• Stamford St. Patrick’s Day Parade Stamford, CT
• Dutchess County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Wappingers Falls, NY
• Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade Nutley, NJ

Sunday, March 5

• Coogan’s Annual Salsa, Blues & Shamrocks 5K Run
• The Sanctuary Sessions 1-4pm at The Four Faced Liar: 165 W. 4th St. (between 6th & 7th Ave.) New York, NY (212) 366 0608
• Shilelagh Law 4:30pm + Celtic Cross 3pm at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway: 810 Yonkers Ave. Yonkers, NY. (914) 968-4200 [tickets]
• Sean McNally band 3:30pm-6:30pm at The Porterhouse at Fraunces Tavern: 54 Pearl St. (Broad St.) New York, NY. (212) 968-1776.
• The Chieftains with special guests Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ [tickets]
• Tony DeMarco & friends weekly trad seisiun 9:30 pm at The 11th Street Bar 510 E. 11th St. (between Avenues A & B) New York, NY (212) 982-3929
• Larry Kirwan 7pm at The Boulton Center, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore, NY [tickets]
• The Wolfetones 7pm at Monaghan’s: 48 N. Village Ave. Rockville Centre, NY (516) 764-6372
• Tony DeMarco & Sean McCabe 4pm at The Dog & Duck: 45-20 Skillman Ave. (46th St.) Sunnyside, NY (718) 406 9048
• The Tossers with Gallows Bound, The Narrowbacks, Your Creepy Neighbor at Stanhope House: 45 Main St., Stanhope, NJ [tickets]
• Bangers & Mash 4pm at Johnny McGorey’s: 131 Front St. Massapequa Park, NY. (516) 797-8584
• The Crash Combo 4-8pm at Kilkenny House: 112 South Ave. Cranford, NJ. (908) 276-3414

Parades:

• St. Pat’s For All Parade: Woodside – Sunnyside, Queens, NY
• Staten Island Parade: Staten Island, NY
• Mineola St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Mineola, NY
  
• East Islip St. Patrick’s Day Parade: East Islip, NY
  
• Belmar St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Belmar & Lake Como, NJ

Monday, March 6

• The Wolfetones at J.P. Doyles: 48 Beekman Ave., Sleepy Hollow , NY. (914) 631-3015
• Blarney Star Trad Session w/Darren Maloney 8-11pm at Landmark Tavern: 626 Eleventh Ave. (46th St.) New York, NY (212) 247-2562.

Tuesday, March 7

• The Slainte Seisiun featuring guest musician Linda Hickman at Slainte: 304 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston St.) New York, NY. (212) 253-7030
• The Swift Session at Swift: 34 E. 4th St. (between Bowery & Lafayette) New York, NY (212) 260-3600.
• The Diddley Idols 8:30pm at The Mean Fiddler: 266 W. 47th St. New York, NY

Wednesday, March 8

• Laugh Your ALS Off comedy benefit with Barry Crimmins 7:30pm at Rory Dolan’s: 890 McLean Ave. Yonkers, NY. (914) 776-2946
• The Wolfetones 8pm at Molly’s Maguire’s: 1085 Central Ave., Clark, NJ. (732) 388-6511

Thursday, March 9

• The Ireland Funds NY Young Leaders St. Patrick’s Celebration 7-11pm at espace: 635 W. 42nd St. (between 11th & 12th Ave.) New York, NY [tickets]
• Niall O’Leary’s Irish Culture Night 10:30pm – 1am at Paddy Reilly’s: 519 Second Ave. (29th St.) New York, NY. (212) 686-1210
• The Diddley Idols 9pm at Eamon’s: 9 E. 45th St. New York, NY
• Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfetones at Lily Flanagan’s: 345 Deer Park Ave., Babylon, NY

Friday, March 10

• 6 Nations Rugby: Ireland vs. Wales 3:05pm ET. See our directory of Where to Watch 6 Nations Rugby in NYC
• Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfetones 9:30pm at Tir na nOg Times Square: 315 W. 39th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 760-0072
• Breaking Trad 8pm at Glucksman Ireland House at NYU: 1 Washington Mews (5th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 998-3950
• Live Irish folk music 9pm at O’Donoghue’s: 156 W. 44th St. (between 6th & 7th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 997-2262
• Mary Courtney 6pm at An Beal Bocht Cafe: 445 W. 238th St. (bet. Waldo & Greystone Ave.) Riverdale, Bronx, NY (718) 884-7127
• The Irish Tenors (Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan) 8pm at Bergen Performing Arts Center: 30 North Van Brunt St., Englewood, NJ
• The Gobshites + Bangers & Mash 9pm at Mr. Beery’s: 4019 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, NY (516) 579-7049
• Willie Nile 8pm at The Boulton Center, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore, NY [tickets]
• The Wolfetones at Shandon Court: 115 E. Main St., Islip, NY. (631) 581-5678

Saturday, March 11

• Joe Hurley’s All-Star Irish Rock Revue hosted by Joe Hurley & Edward Rogers at Highline Ballroom: 431 W. 16th St. (between 9th & 10th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 414-5994 [tickets]
• The Craic Film Festival starring Samsonite Gypsies (Pat McGuire, Dany Delepiere, Mem Nahadr, Geoff Blythe) 10:30pm; w/Mick Hargan 9:30pm, Nathalie Clark 8:30pm at Mercury Lounge: 217 E. Houston St. (between Ludlow & Essex St.) New York, NY. (212) 260-4700 [tickets]
• St Patrick’s Irish Party & Benefit featuring 50 Shades of Green to support the Thomas P Cloherty Family Education Fund 10pm at Ulysses’: 95 Pearl St. / 58 Stone St. New York, NY (212) 482-0400
• Breaking Trad at Tir na nOg Times Square: 315 W. 39th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 760-0072
• Top O’ the Morning Brunch 11:30am – 1:30pm at Atwood Kitchen & Bar Room: 986 Second Ave. (52nd St.) New York, NY. (212) 371-2233
• Bar Crawl.com annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Stroll at various locations [tickets]
• Celtic Appelachian Featuring Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis, and The Green Fields of America, Billy McComiskey (button accordion), Liz Hanley (fiddle and vocals), Jerry O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes and whistle), Brendan Dolan (piano), Niall O’Leary (dancer) at Symphony Space: 2537 Broadway (95th St.), New York, NY
• The Diddley Idols 10pm at O’Donoghue’s: 156 W. 44th St. (between 6th & 7th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 997-2262
• Get Shamrocked St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl After-Party 9pm at Suite 36: 16 W. 36th St. (between 5th & 6th Ave.) New York, NY [tickets]
• Shilelagh Law at Mulcahy’s: 3232 Railroad Ave., Wantagh, NY. (516) 783-7500
• Hell or High Water with Mary O’Dowd at Swing the Teapot: 6 Verbena Ave. (Atlantic Ave.) Floral Park, NY.
  (516) 488-2180
• Bangers & Mash 8-11pm at Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub: 15 E. Main St, Smithtown, NY
• The Diddley Idols 2-5pm at End of Elm: 140 Morris St. Morristown, NJ

Sunday, March 12, 2017

• Pierce Turner 6pm at The Harp Raw Bar & Grill: 729 Third Ave. (between 45th & 46th St.) New York, NY. (212) 818-0123
• Sean McNally band 3:30pm-6:30pm at The Porterhouse at Fraunces Tavern: 54 Pearl St. (Broad St.) New York, NY. (212) 968-1776.
• The High Kings 8pm at City Winery: 155 Varick St. (Vandam St.) New York, NY. (212) 608-0555
• Breaking Trad 7pm at Tir na nOg Times Square: 315 W. 39th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 760-0072
• Shilelagh Law 4pm at Brewski’s: 3718 Tremont Ave. Throgs Neck, NY. (718) 684-2900
• Celtic Cross 12pm + McLean Ave. Band 4pm at The Wicked Wolf: 4029 E. Tremont Ave. (Gerber Pl.) Throgs Neck, NY. (718) 829-4400
• The Druids 7pm at Keane’s Bar & Restaurant: 4344 Katonah Ave. (between 238th & 239th St.) Woodlawn, Bronx, NY (845) 521-6125
• Dropkick Murphys 7:30pm at The Paramount: 370 New York Ave., Huntington, NY
• 19th Annual Irish Experience featuring The Black Velvet Band & The McLean Ave. Band 11am-5pm at Hofstra University – Mack Physical Education Center: 900 Fulton Ave, Uniondale, NY
• Tony DeMarco & friends weekly trad seisiun 9:30 pm at The 11th Street Bar 510 E. 11th St. (between Avenues A & B) New York, NY (212) 982-3929
• The Wolfetones at Shanahans Bar & Grill: 515 Old Dock Rd, Kings Park, NY (631) 544-4545.

Monday, March 13, 2017

• Documentary screening: “Neary’s: The Dream at the End of the Rainbow” 7:30pm at The Sheen Center: 18 Bleecker St. New York, NY. (212) 925-2812
• Breaking Trad 9pm at Tir na nOg Times Square: 315 W. 39th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 760-0072
• Poormouth Theatre staged reading of “The Weir” 7:30pm at An Beal Bocht Cafe: 445 W. 238th St. (bet. Waldo & Greystone Ave.) Riverdale, Bronx, NY (718) 884-7127
• Blarney Star Trad Session w/Eamonn Cotter 8-11pm at Landmark Tavern: 626 Eleventh Ave. (46th St.) New York, NY (212) 247-2562.
• The Wolfetones at Edgar’s Reef & Barrell: 153 Sea Girt Ave., Manasaquan, NJ. (732) 449-4114.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

• The Slainte Seisiun 8pm – 12am at Slainte: 304 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston St.) New York, NY. (212) 253-7030
• The Swift Session at Swift: 34 E. 4th St. (between Bowery & Lafayette) New York, NY (212) 260-3600.
• The Diddley Idols 8:30pm at The Mean Fiddler: 266 W. 47th St. New York, NY

Wednesday, March 15

• Knappogue Castle Whiskey Tasting 7-9pm at The Porterhouse Brewing Co. at Fraunces Tavern: 54 Pearl St. (Broad St.) New York, NY (212) 968-1776
• The Wolfetones at Connolly’s Pub & Restaurant: 121 W. 45th St. (between Sixth & Seventh Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 597-5126
• Traditional Irish Seisiun at Gramercy Ale House: 272 Third Ave. (between 21st & 22nd St.) New York, NY. (212) 260-1129
• The Diddley Idols 8:30pm at The Mean Fiddler: 266 W. 47th St. New York, NY
• Tradstone at Maguire’s Public House: 54-20 Roosevelt Ave. (55th St.) Woodside, Queens, NY. (718) 429-9426

Thursday, March 16

• Sephira 7:30pm at The Cutting Room: 44 E. 32nd St. (between 5th Ave. & Madison Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 691-1900 [tickets]
• Tradstone 10pm at Tir na nOg Times Square: 315 W. 39th St. (between 8th & 9th Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 760-0072
• The Wolfetones at Connolly’s Pub & Restaurant: 121 W. 45th St. (between Sixth & Seventh Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 597-5126
• House of Pain + Slaine at Irving Plaza: 17 Irving Place (between 15th & 16th St.) New York, NY. (212) 777-6817
• Grand Tasting 5pm at The Porterhouse Brewing Co. at Fraunces Tavern: 54 Pearl St. (Broad St.) New York, NY (212) 968-1776
• Niall O’Leary’s Irish Culture Night 10:30pm – 1am at Paddy Reilly’s: 519 Second Ave. (29th St.) New York, NY. (212) 686-1210
• St. Patrick’s Day Foundation Gala Dinner honoring 2017 Grand Marshal Michael J. Dowling 6:30pm at The Grand Hyatt Hotel: 109 E. 42nd St., New York, NY. (212) 883-1234
• Allen Gogarty at Passage Irish Bar & Kitchen: 40-11 30th Ave. Astoria, NY

Friday, March 17
St. Patrick’s Day!

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