Celebrate the luck o’ the Irish at parties for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day may have its roots in Christianity, but modern society has turned it into a celebration of Irish roots, green beer, green clothes and well, green everything. Here are some of the places where you can celebrate in Austin. St. Patrick’s Day at Fado Irish Pub. Celebrate at Austin’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day party.Itstartsat11a.m.,and tickets are $15. Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant, 214 W. Fourth St. Scoot x St. Paddy’s. Check out live music at the Scoot Inn with Low Cut Connie, Night Drive, Manatee Commune, Sweet Crude, Black Eyed Vermillion and more. The party starts at noon, but arrive early (it is South by Southwest, after all). Historic Scoot Inn, 1308 E. Fourth St. Irish I was in Bastrop St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl. Food and drink at five locations in Bastrop, including sampling traditional Irish drinks. Tickets are $25 per person, and the crawl starts at 7 p.m. Downtown Bastrop, bastropdowntown.com St Patrick’s Day at Jack and Ginger’s. Green beer, beer cheese, Shepherd’s Pie and more. The party starts at 1 p.m. Jack & Ginger’s, 11500B Rock Rose. Strange Land Brewery’s St. Patrick’s Day Party. The brewery will offer a one-timeonly small batch Irish Stout and a barrel-aged Jameson Irish Whiskey Stout starting at 5 p.m. Strange Land, 5904 Bee Cave Road. Lavaca St. Bar at Rock Rose. Have a green beer and listen to an ’80s cover band. Costumes encouraged! The bar opens at 11 a.m. Lavaca
Street Bar at Rock Rose, 11420 Rock Rose, Suite 100. Austin St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Stroll. It’s a full night of parties and bar crawls starting at 5 p.m. Registration at Steampunk Saloon, 700 W. Sixth St. Saint Patrick’s Day Aus
tin at Pioneer Farms. No green beer, no leprechauns, but lots of Irish tradition. $15 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and younger. The
party starts at 1 p.m. Pioneer Farms, 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive. St. Patrick’s Day flea
market. Find handmade, vintage and local items for sale from noon to 6 p.m. ABGB, 1305 W. Oltorf St. Find a complete list of St. Patrick’s Day events at thingstodo.austin360.com.