10 ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend
It’s easy being green this weekend as a Sunday St. Patrick’s Day opens up three days for potential celebration.
Any local drinkery can take care of some of your needs, but here are a few special events that’ll help get your Irish on …
• The progressive Trinity Irish Dance Co. mixes traditional and contemporary styles at 8 p.m. Friday, March 15 at Music Hall Center, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit. 313-887-8500 or musichall.org.
• The children’s cancer nonprofit St. Baldrick’s will be the beneficiary of two parties in downtown Rochester — at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and a Fourth Street festival from 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March
17. More information via theroxyrochester.com.
• Sunset Blvd. plays for a St. Patrick’s Day Party and Leprechaun Crawl starting at noon
Saturday, March 16 at District 142, 142 Maple St., Wyandotte. Doors at 6 p.m. district142live. com.
• Singer-songwriter Keith Harkin plays live St. Patrick’s Day special sets at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and 5 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Streaming tickets via stageit.com.
• Celtic Thunder brings just that at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17. Streaming tickets via stageit. com.
• The Cadieux Cafe offers a full day of Irish music Sunday, March 17, starting with the MacCarbille Bros Trio at 1 p.m., while the Corktown
Pope’s Terrance Burns leads a Van Morrison tribute starting at 9 p.m. 4300 Cadieux Road, Detroit. 313-882-8560 or cadieuxcafe.com.
• The Celtic Tenors sing a St. Patrick’s Day program at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Streaming tickets via stageit. com.
• The quintet Daimh (Scots Gaelic meaning “kinship”) plays acoustic Celtic music at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. 734-761-1818 or theark. org.
• Flogging Molly, with two members who reside part-time in Detroit, plays a “Shamrock Invasion Live From Las Vegas” at 10 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Streaming tickets via veeps. com.
• Boston Celtic punk favorite Dropkick Murphys streams its annual St. Patrick’s Day party from Boston at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17. Tickets via veeps.com.