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St. Patrick’s Block Party Java Beach/UICC

Hosted by the United Irish Cultural Center, Java Beach Café and United Irish Societies, come out for some FREE family fun. There will be Irish bands, face painting, jump castles, food and more! The block party stretches between Sloat Boulevard and Wawona Street on 45th Avenue.

St. Patrick’s Gaelic Mass, Mountain View

St. Joseph's Catholic Church 582 Church St., Mountain View, CA, United States

All are welcome to the 30th anniversary of this great tradition of an Irish language St. Patrick's Mass. Mass is at 11:30am with a Traditional Irish music with Four Shillings Short and refreshments to follow.

Taste of Ireland at Andytown Coffee Roasters, SF

Taste of Ireland at Andytown Coffee Roasters, with Supervisor Tang (A Discover Your Sunset District Event) Enjoy traditional Irish soda breads paired with Irish cheeses selected by JB Rumburg of Velo Fromage and Other Avenues. Stop in at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00 or 2:30 for a soda bread lesson from pastry…

Legends of the Celtic Harp, Mission Dolores

Mission Dolores Basilica 3321 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

The Door Between the Worlds: A Dramatic Journey in Music & Story Into the Realms of the Celtic “Otherworld” The Celtic people have always believed that there are two worlds. There is the world that we live in. And there is “The Otherworld.” This Land of Faery is filled with…

The Crooked Road Céilí Band – Discretion Brewing, Santa Cruz

Discretion Brewing 2703 41st Ave Suite A, Soque, CA, United States

Kicking off St.Patrick's Day celebrations, join us for exquisite beer and fresh Irish acoustic folk music with The Crooked Road Céilí Band at this marvelous family-owned brewery in Santa Cruz dedicated to producing handcrafted organic beer. Cheers! Discretion Brewing is a family-owned company in Santa Cruz, CA dedicated to producing…

Free

The Crooked Road Céilí Band – O’Flaherty’s San Jose

O'Flaherty's Irish Pub 25 North San Pedro Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Live Irish music on the back patio with The Crooked Road Céilí Band from noon until 4:30! Ditch work (like we are) and come enjoy a relaxing early spring afternoon celebrating the luck o' the Irish. Free admission. Corned beef and cabbage feast for a small fee, and of course…

Free

Front Street Block Party, San Francisco

Schroeder's Restaurant Front St in between California and Sacramento Front St San Francisco, CA 94111, CA, United States

Schroeder's Restaurant and Royal Exchange bring to you the Front Street St. Patrick's Block Party! As tradition, we close down Front St in between California and Sacramento for a day full of Irish Shenanigans. The main stage will feature Wonderbread Five. Beer will be flowing from both Schroeder's and Royal…

Annual Block Party, The Royal Exchange San Francisco

Royal Exchange 301 Sacramento Street , San Francisco, CA, United States

The Royal Exchange sports bar & restaurant in San Francisco’s Financial District hosts their Annual Block Party - featuring live music from Wonderbread 5, serving cold Guinness and green beer

St. Patrick’s Day Irish music @Maggie McGarry

Maggie Mcgarrys 1353 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

We celebrate our heritage today offering up two fabulous styles of Irish music. “The TradMen” start us off at 3.30pm with an all round seisún of traditional Irish music followed by “Fast and Vengefully” at 7pm blasting out Irish rock, ,reels and jigs until Paddy’s day is gone.

Free

1915 Pan Pacific Expo Images of Ireland Presentation

California Historical Society 678 Mission Street @ 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA

The Shamrock Isle: Images of Ireland at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915 California Historical Society. A presentation by Elizabeth Creely will explore the dichotomy between the changing landscape of Ireland 
in 1915 and the “Shamrock Isle,” the Irish exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco that…

free - donations

Irish Dancing Event @ Commonwealth Club SF

Commonwealth Club, San Francisco 555 Post St, San Francisco, CA, United States

The Allure of Irish Dancing – Tue, Mar 17 – 6:00pm Commonwealth Club of California – Michael Dillon, ADCRG, Dillon Magh Adhair Academy of Irish Dance Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a demonstration of Irish dancing by championship-level dancers from a renowned Bay Area dance school. Dillon, an Ard Diploma…

“Brothers” – Book Reading at SF Library

San Francisco Main Library Civic Center, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Brothers is Ralph Josiah Bardsley's debut novel about the Corks and the Malloys, two sets of brothers growing up in the Irish American enclave of South Boston. The story examines the strong bonds of brotherhood in Irish families and how those relationships shape the coming out experience for gay Irish…

SF Main Library – 1915 Expo Event

San Francisco Main Library Civic Center, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Join historian and author Abigail Markwyn for a talk on San Franciscans participation in the 1915 Panama-­Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). Markwyn discusses the ways in which local groups, including Irish, German, African American, Chinese Americans and Catholics each participated in shaping the spectacle of the Fair. Abigail Markwyn is associate…

The Crooked Road Céilí Band – St. Patrick’s Evening, Campbell

Capers Eat & Drink 1710 W Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA, United States

Fresh Irish acoustic music with The Crooked Road Céilí Band to help you celebrate an elegant St.Patrick's Day evening of dining and cocktails at Capers in Campbell. Side-step the noisy bars and refuse the green beer...enjoy a quieter, more sophisticated evening on the town celebrating the luck o' the Irish…

Free

Readings by Irish and Irish American Writers, Folio Books Noe Valley

Folio Books 3957 24th St. , San Francisco

Noe Valley’s 9th annual literary festival Word Week takes place March 16th through 21st at Folio Books on 24th Street. Tuesday, March 17, 7-9 p.m. Irish and Irish American Writers Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a reading by Bay Area Irish and Irish-American writers reading — and singing —from their…

InsideStorytime IRELAND @ La Movida Wine Bar, Noe Valley

La Movida Wine Bar 3066 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Today's installment of the popular reading series celebrates St. Patrick's Day with an all-Irish lineup of writers: Emer Martin (Baby Zero), Eanlai Cronin (Girl in Irish), Michael Sheahan (Once Upon A Clock), Alan O'Gorman and others. Guest MCd by virtuoso fiddler Colm O' Riain (Bridge Across the Blue).

$5.00

Mild Colonial Boys, Fairfax

The Sleeping Lady, Fairfax. Music from Bay Area favorites, MILD COLONIAL BOYS, corned beef, cabbage, colcannon and all manner of good Irish stuff to eat and drink. Door prizes!!  

The Hooks w/ Lucia Comnes and her Rockin’ Irish Band at Slim’s

Slim's 333 11th St , San Francisco, United States

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year with a true Irish-American roots rock dance party: The Hooks in concert with Lucia Comnes & Her Rockin’ Irish Band. Both bands, known for rocking their audiences with high energy sets of groove-oriented pop and folk melodies, are led by songwriters committed to writing…

Michael and Shay Black @ Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

The Black Brothers Play the Freight & Salvage on St. Patrick's Day. The repertoire of the Brothers is very broad and includes old Dublin street songs, music hall songs and historical ballads, songs from the Irish, English and Scottish traditions, along with songs by contemporary writers. Shay and Michael are…

$25 – $27

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