Where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
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Winnipeg isn’t quite Dublin, but there are several places around town to check out the wearing of the green, plus a parade to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day:
The Irish Association of Manitoba (654 Erin St.) opens at 10:30 a.m. and holds an ecumenical service at 11 a.m. Irish dancing, pipers, traditional musicians and singers are on the bill, as well as the Métis Step Dancers and the musical group Celtic Seinn throughout the day and evening. Members get free admission, $5 for non-members.
Fionn MacCool’s (1582 Regent Ave. W.) Opens at 9 a.m. for brunch with live music, including Brennan Hakes, the Dust Rhinos, Plain Salt and Blain Constant and Irish dancers performing all day.
Handsome Daughter (61 Sherbrook St.) St. Patrick’s special includes three bands: the Catamounts, Heinrichs Maneuver and Eon Longsun starting at 9:30 p.m. $10 cover.
King’s Head Pub (120 King St.) Bands start performing at 6 p.m., featuring the Dust Rhinos with Celtic Way. Celtic Way performs again Friday at 10 p.m. and the Dust Rhinos return Saturday.
Silver Heights Restaurant (2169 Portage Ave.) Winnipeg-based Irish group Venus Murphy plays from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Cover charge is $10, which includes all-you-can-eat Irish stew.
Toad in the Hole Pub (112 Osborne St.) The Mulvey Street Maniacs hit the stage at 10 p.m.
The Winnipeg Police Pipe Band, which was established in 1920, goes on its St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl visiting all six Tavern United locations in the city during the day and evening.
Winnipeg’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the city’s fifth annual, is on Saturday, and assembles at 2 p.m. at Tavern United downtown (345 Graham Ave). The parade begins at 3 p.m., and the route runs down Hargrave Street to Portage Avenue, along Portage to Main Street, south to Broadway, along Broadway and then back north along Hargrave.
The inaugural parade had 600 people take part and organizers hope to get double the number this year.
“This is not a parade to watch — it’s a celebration for kids of all ages to fully participate in,” says organizer Margaret Gannon.