Time to Get Your Irish Up!
By Lauren Poster
To get your green on in Myrtle Beach this year, check out these family-friendly St. Patrick's Day events, scheduled for March 13 because of the Wednesday holiday this year:
Annual North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival, Main Street, North Myrtle Beach, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This 22nd annual event features a parade down Main Street, two stages of live music, rides, games, arts and crafts. The parade begins at 9 a.m., and the festivities continue all day. For more information, visit StPatNMB.com.
Downtown Myrtle Beach celebration on the oceanfront, Myrtle Beach oceanfront at the end of Mr. Joe White Avenue, 1-11 p.m. The Myrtle Beach Pipe and Drum Corps is one of the more traditional acts, nestled between lots of fun rock acts, like Cracker and Drivin’ N’ Cryin’. You will find plenty of Irish food and a variety of beers on tap. An after-party for the grownups is at Bumstead's Pub, 400 Mr. Joe White Avenue. For more information, visit MBDowntownStPats.com.
IrishFest at The Market Common, Valor Park at the Market Common in Myrtle Beach, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Irish beer and food for the grownups and facepainting and activities for the kids are the highlights of this festival.
For the arguably more authentic (and over 21) experience, visit any one of our fair city’s Irish-themed pubs:
- Pat and Mike's Irish Pub, 1359 U.S. 17, Little River. (843) 249-7145. Brian Tiernan brings a mix of Irish music and comedy to the pub from 1 to 4 p.m. March 17 and Sideswiped is slated to play from 6 p.m. on.
- Finn McCool’s, 501 Lake Arrowhead Road, Myrtle Beach. (843) 449-7616. The St. Pat's celebration starts here March 15 with live entertainment and continues through March 17. Hours are 11 a.m. - until
- Blarney Stone’s, 1318 Celebrity Circle, Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach, (843) 626-6644.
- Shamrock’s, 2510 North Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, (843) 448-2532.
Broadway at the Beach at Celebrity Square is offering a “block party” and live music celebration on March 17, with an encore March 19. The series will include tributes to Journey and the Dave Matthews Band. Nothing says St. Patrick’s Day like Journey tunes.
If all else fails, you can rent “Boondock Saints” and listen to U2 while sobbing patriotically into a green beer at your hotel while pining for the homeland of Yeats, author of such great lines as “perne in a gyre” and other hits. Go, Erin, Go.
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