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St. Patrick’s Day is arguably one of the greatest days of the year. Everyone looks beyond race and pretends to be Irish and drinks. Beer is plentiful. The weather is Springy.
And if that weren’t enough, this year’s St. Patrick’s Day fall on the first Downtown Alive of the year—insert your own ‘luck of the Irish’ joke here.
Thursday, March 17
Anderson
McGee’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
116 W. Orr Street
Anderson, SC
864.241.6401
McGee’s St. Patrick’s Day party will include Irish food and music, green beer, drink specials and a bouncy castle for the kids. They also have a limerick-writing contest, with the prize being a year of free beer. You can get your wristband for $3 or for three bars of Irish Spring, which will go to Anderson Interfaith Ministries.
Greenville
Blarney Bash
The annual block party takes place outside Connolly’s Irish Pub. There will bands outside and inside the bar, plus plenty of beer. Bring some non-perishable food or money to the Link and Metromix table to enter to win two tickets to Taste of the Nation. All donations go toward
The Brown Street Club
115 N. Brown Street
Greenville, SC
864.250.9193
The Brown Street Club will have $3 green pints, bangers and mash, shepard’s pie and fish and chips. Craig Sorrells Project and Gypsy souls will play. The Brown Street Club is hosting Tip for a Cure as well—all tips recieved between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. will be donated to Catwalk Cure, a nonprofit fundraising event for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Fitzpatrick’s Food & Spirits
1565 Laurens Road
Greenville, SC
864-233-5550
Fitzpatrick’s will have live music from 11 a.m.-midnight, as well as beer tubs, food and drink specials. The upstairs will be open, too.
The Gathering Spot
103 N. Main Street
Greenville, SC
864.271.4972
The Gathering Spot will have green beer and The Piedmont Boys will play.
Hoops and Hops
20 E. Coffee Street
Greenville, SC
864.232.2001
Hoops and Hops will have draft Guinness, drink specials and they’ll be playing Irish music.
The Irish Pub
214 N. Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607
864.271.9055
The Irish Pub will have several Irish bands, bag pipes and Irish dancers, along with Irish grub like Irish stew, corned beef sandwiches and Shepard’s pie.
Leegs Restaurant and Lounge
3500 Wade Hampton Boulevard
Greenville, SC 29687
864.292.6001
Leegs will have live music and $3 you-call-it drinks.
On the Roxx
734 S. Main Street
Greenville, SC
864.351.0541
Skull Vodka will be at On the Roxx with samples and party favors, there will be drink specials on car bombs, Jameson, Bud Light and Yuengling. They’ll have $2 green beer and $3 green margaritas and live music.
Quaker Steak and Lube
10 Chrome Drive
Greenville, SC
864.678.9464
Quaker Steak will be showing Half Pint Brawlers’ fight and having drink specials.
Sharkey’s Pub
112 N. Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
864.552.9822
Sharkey's will have a March Madness kickoff party with bracket contests and specials; Hot 98.1 will broadcast from 5-10 p.m. from the pub for St. Patrick's Day. After that, Sharkey's is the first stop on The Clover Crawl. Sharkey's is also hosting 9th Annual Sharkey's Pub St. Patty's Day Bash with specials on Jameson, Guinness and Irish car bombs.
Wild Wing Café
15 West Washington Street
Greenville, SC 29601
864.242.9453
Retro Vertigo will play, Wild Wing will have their upstairs open. There will be drink specials as well.
Spartanburg
Delaney’s Irish Pub
117 W. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
864.583.3100
They’ll have an Irish menu including corned beef brisket for lunch and dinner and Irish music starting at 6 p.m.
Wild Wing Café
109 W.Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
864.585.4646
They’ll have specials on Irish drinks like car bombs and Irish food, and the upstairs will be open.
