Here comes a holiday when your only job is to get drunk. No meals to prepare, no gifts to buy, no tree to decorate. Just drink beer and lots of it. You can handle that, right? If you're looking for ways to celebrate the luck of the Irish this weekend, look no further; here are 16, and more to come tomorrow.
St. Patrick's Day Festival at Raglan Road
March 14-17, 11am – midnight
Free admission Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15, $5 on Saturday, March 16 and $10 on Sunday, March 17
Raglan Road Irish Pub
1640 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista
St. Practice Day Pub Crawl
Friday, March 15, 8pm – 1am
$12 in advance (plus tax) by midnight on March 14, and $15 cash only the night of the event
Lizzy McCormack's Irish Pub
55 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
Seventh Annual Lucky Masquerade
Friday, March 15, 8pm
$20 in advance and $30 at the door
Ember
42 W. Central Blvd., Orlando
Pat O’Brien’s St. Patty’s Parties
Saturday, March 16, 2pm – close
Sunday, March 17, Noon – close
CityWalk at Universal Orlando
The Downtown Brew
Saturday, March 16, 4pm – 8pm
$20 in advance and $25 at the door
Church Street Entertainment District
St. Pat Attack
March 15, 16, 17
Hagan O’Reilly’s
16112 Marsh Road, Winter Garden
The Final Countdown St. Patrick's Day Party
Saturday, March 16, 11am – 2am
The Harp & Celt Restaurant and Irish Pub
25 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando
Ollie’s 1st Annual Shamrockin’ Party
Saturday, March 16, 4pm – 2am
Sunday, Mar 17, 11am – 2am
Ollie’s Public House, College Park
Fifth Annual St. Patrick's Day Block Party
Saturday, March 16, 8 pm – close
Sunday, March 17, 11 am – close
Liam Fitzpatrick's Irish Restaurant and Pub
951 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary
St. Patrick's Day Bash
Saturday, March 16, 11am – 2am
Sunday, March 17, 11am – 2am
Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery
7653 International Drive, Orlando
St. Patrick's Day Block Party
Saturday, March 16, 5pm – close
Sunday, March 17, Noon – close
Wall Street Plaza
25 Wall St., Orlando
Get Paddy Whacked
Sunday, March 17
11am – 2am
Finnhenry’s
39 North Orange Avenue, Orlando
St. Patrick’s Day Bash
Sunday, March 17
Noon – 2am
Jake & Micky’s
11786 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando
Fifth Annual St. Patrick's Day Sunday Funday Scoot
Sunday, March 17, noon
$10 in advance and $15 day of event
Pipers Downtown Sports Bar and Grill
171 S. Orange Ave., Orlando
Luck of the Irish St. Patrick's Day
Sunday, March 17, 11am – 2am
The Harp & Celt Restaurant and Irish Pub
25 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando
St. Patrick's Day Party
Sunday, March 17, 11am – 2am
Fiddler's Green Irish Pub & Eatery
544 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park
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