St. Patrick's Day

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Club Candids: St. Patrick's Day at Seamus McCaffrey's

Ah, St. Patrick's Day. It's one of the few days where getting drunk and trying to kiss people is not just acceptable, it's encouraged. We actually did not see much kissing going on at Seamus McCaffrey's on St. Patrick's Day. There were lots of people dancing or sipping on Guinness, and others that ... More >>

Flogging Molly, The Ataris, and SXSW Over the Weekend

Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park Owwwww... St. Patrick's Day is the one day a year where we confuse the warm fuzzies we have for our fellow man for outright hostility. It's also the one day a year we get to punish our bodies for being Irish. At least that's what it felt like I was doing last ni ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park 3/17/12

Flogging MollyTempe Beach ParkSaturday, March 17, 2012Owwwww... St. Patrick's Day is the one day a year where we confuse the warm fuzzies we have for our fellow man for outright hostility. It's also the one day a year we get to punish our bodies for being Irish. At least that's what it felt lik ... More >>

Weekend: Black Tusk, John O'Callaghan, The Ataris, St. Patrick's Day, and Dustin Wong

Is it just me, or has it been a crazy week? Between all the SXSW craziness (I'm not there, but the sheer amount of reading I've done from people who are feels staggering), the sorta-but-not-really surprise closure of The Clubhouse in Tempe, and trying to stay on top of everything happening on St. P ... More >>

Guinness Chocolate Cake and Orange Glaze

Welcome to our new(ish) column, "Ask the Pastry Chef," by Amy Morris, a pastry sous chef at J&G Steakhouse. Have a question for Amy? Leave it in the comments section. Do you have a cake recipe with Guinness in it for St. Patrick's Day? Nothing says St. Patrick's Day more than Guinness beer. I c ... More >>

Three Things to Eat, Drink and Bake this Weekend

​Hey there super busy weekend. It's nice to see you! It's another packed Phoenix weekend. Not only will every Irish (and not so Irish) bar in the city be partying hard this Saturday but the Superstition Farms Food Truck Festival and the sneak peek at the brand new Postino Gilbert are also happenin ... More >>

Rula Bula's Irish Rose

​There' s more than one way to drink like an Irishman on St. Patrick's Day. You could, of course, go wild with the Guinness and food-coloring-spiked beer, but you'd be missing out on the true national drink of Ireland: whiskey. And while Steve Goumas, owner of Rula Bula, recommends tasting whiskey ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Guide 2012

​There' s more than one way to drink like an Irishman on St. Patrick's Day. You could, of course, go wild with the Guinness and food-coloring-spiked beer, but you'd be missing out on the true national drink of Ireland: whiskey. And while Steve Goumas, owner of Rula Bula, recommends tasting whiskey ... More >>

Cupcake!

​There' s more than one way to drink like an Irishman on St. Patrick's Day. You could, of course, go wild with the Guinness and food-coloring-spiked beer, but you'd be missing out on the true national drink of Ireland: whiskey. And while Steve Goumas, owner of Rula Bula, recommends tasting whiskey ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Flogging Molly

​If you're looking for a good time on St. Patty's Day, there are tons of local options. With all of the great shows that will be going on, seems like all of Tempe is turning Irish for a day!Flogging Molly's annual St. Patrick's Day Bash at Tempe Beach Park is our top pick though, and this flier is ... More >>

Five Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake This St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is this Saturday -- yes, it's on a Saturday this year! Hooray! Time to drink copious amounts of green beer and get completely shitfaced with a bunch of "Irish" strangers at some sort of big St. Patty's Day party, right? Right. Okay, drinking tons of green beer isn't the only th ... More >>

Happy St. Patricks Day: 10 Must See Shows

See also: St. Patrick's Day Guide 2012 In a cultural and religious sense, St. Patrick's Day is a day of feast and celebration of Irish culture. Of course, for most of us it's simply a great chance to party. St. Paddy's falls on a Saturday this year, which means the green beer will flow in even m ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Guide 2012

See also: St. Patrick's Day Guide 2012 In a cultural and religious sense, St. Patrick's Day is a day of feast and celebration of Irish culture. Of course, for most of us it's simply a great chance to party. St. Paddy's falls on a Saturday this year, which means the green beer will flow in even m ... More >>

Pickle Back: The Other Green Drink

​This St. Patrick's Day, you'll likely see a lot of green beer flowing. Thing is, unless the brewer's done something horribly wrong, beer isn't meant to be green. Also, the fizzy yellow stuff they're adding food coloring to is for wusses. March 17 is a day for celebrating the Irish heritage and al ... More >>

Skeptical Chymist: Happy Hour Report Card

With St. Patrick's Day on the brain, we stopped in this Scottsdale Irish Pub for a daily happy hour. ​The Spot: Skeptical Chymist Irish Pub & Restaurant, 15688 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, (480) 609-8677. skepticalchymist.com The Hours: 4 to 7 p.m. Every Day The Details: Wine and beer are $ ... More >>

Celtic Punk Band Bollox (Featuring Members of Authority Zero and Sister Cities) Re-Release Debut Album

Just in case Flogging Molly's annual St. Paddy's Day stop in Tempe doesn't make it abundantly clear to you, the Phoenix metro area loves Irish stuff, and it loves its Celtic punk. In 2009, Authority Zero frontman Jason Devore (who headlines the New Times Soundcheck festival this weekend) formed The ... More >>

Boink and Run: Eight Songs for Your Walk of Shame

Happy New Year, everyone. Here's hoping that you didn't start 2012 off with a great big mistake. It's easy to do: New Year's Eve is an easy night to drink like a fish and drunk dial. I'm sure many of you got lucky Saturday night, but hopefully your beer goggles weren't too thick. At any rate, h ... More >>

Cinco De Mayo is Manana -- So Don't Drive Drunk in Tempe (Hint, Hint: Especially Between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m.)

www.icanhazcheezburger.com​The nice part about "holidays" like St. Patrick's Day, New Year's Eve, and Cinco De Mayo is that police literally tell you they are going out of their way to arrest drunk drivers. They tell you when, for the most part where, and advise that to avoid getting a DUI people ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Club Candids at McFadden's

Melissa FossumLadies were decked out in green hoping for a little luck o' the Irish at McFadden's on Thursday, March 17.​ All of the Westgate bars were bursting with St. Patrick's Day festivities, but McFadden's Irish décor made it the place to be. The bar was packed all night as guests were ... More >>

March 23 In Blogs: Arizona Boycott, Kate Benjamin, Sharon Van Etten, Payton Curry, and Conservatives

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WorldFEST Heavy on the Pour, Weak on the Global Cusine

Erica O'NeilLess than half of the extensive selection of beers offered at WorldFEST.​Erica O'NeilDoes a macaroni necklace count as Italian food?​The Phoenix Sister Cities sponsored the 6th annual WorldFEST this weekend, and promised a celebration of cultures from around the globe, or at least fr ... More >>

Flogging Molly at Tempe Beach Park Last Night

Flogging Molly performs at Tempe Beach Park last night.​Flogging MollyTempe Beach ParkThursday, March 17With all of indie folks invading Austin to schmooze and snap photos at SxSW, the rest of us were left with what's become a Tempe St. Patrick's Day tradition: watching Flogging Molly at Tempe ... More >>

March 18 In Blogs: St. Patrick's Day, Saving Japan, Trader Vic's, Russell Pearce, and the Arizona Wildcats

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Your Guide to Partying on St. Patrick's Day

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Celtic Punkers Flogging Molly and Keltic Cowboys Make Serious Green on St. Paddy's Day

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Shamrock 'n' roll

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Happy St. Patricks Day! Let's Celebrate Today in Eater's Digest

www.theknead4speed.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Happy St. Paddy's Day! Why are you reading this? Shouldn't you already be head first into a warm, over priced "pint" of green beer? Normally we would already be on the patio of our belove ... More >>

Lisa Savidge Gets New St. Patrick's Day Show After Goathead Saloon Pulls the Plug for Green Beer Type Gig

​Last week we told you about how local indie-shoegaze act Lisa Savidge is about to head out on tour, and planned to kick things off with a gig at Mesa's Goathead Saloon.   Unfortunately, that gig got axed. Today is St. Patrick's Day, of course, and it would seem the band's brand of ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Celtic Punk Cash-In's, Foster The People, Toro Y Moi, Girl Talk and More in This Week's Issue

Flogging Molly will play a green-themed show at Tempe Town Lake today.​Top o' the mornin' to ya! It's Ireland's national holiday, and this year it's a splendid day to spend in church, praying to ol' Patrick, the mighty saint who cured our isle of snakes ages ago. What's that, you plan to take off ... More >>

Saffron Kitchen Delivers and Shamrock Quiche in Today's Eater's Digest

Diamonds for Dessert ​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Mmmm PieIt's no secret that all of us here at Chow Bella are quite fond of pie. In fact we can't get enough of it. And since we know you think exactly like we do, you will be happy to hear ... More >>

Jack Daniel's Whiskey Dinner and Chocolate Whiskey Cake in Today's Eater's Digest

www.sprinklebakes.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Jack Daniel's Whiskey DinnerAlliance Beverage and Chef Aaron May are teaming up Wednesday, March 16th at The Lodge in Scottsdale for a meat, potatoes and whiskey kind of evening. The ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day: When You're Too Hammered to Drive, AAA Arizona Will "Tipsy Tow" You Home...For Free

www.myspacegraphis.com​Thursday is St. Patrick's Day, which means one thing: people are gonna get wasted. Stupid people are gonna get wasted and then try to drive home. Aside from potentially killing someone, cops are going to be everywhere looking for idiots driving drunk, so don't do it -- ... More >>

March 15 In Blogs: Hipster Traps, Hemoptysis, Poppa Maize, and St. Patrick's Day

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Hackett House Cooking Class and E.D. Goes Green for St. Patrick's Day in Today's Eater's Digest

www.foodmayhem.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cooking at the Hackett House Did you know that the Hackett House in Tempe hosts cooking classes most Monday nights? We didn't either till today. Each Monday night the Hackett House host cookin ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Guide

www.foodmayhem.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cooking at the Hackett House Did you know that the Hackett House in Tempe hosts cooking classes most Monday nights? We didn't either till today. Each Monday night the Hackett House host cookin ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Faire of Phoenix @ Margaret T. Hance Park

www.foodmayhem.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cooking at the Hackett House Did you know that the Hackett House in Tempe hosts cooking classes most Monday nights? We didn't either till today. Each Monday night the Hackett House host cookin ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Street Dogs

​Boston punk rock band the Street Dogs have appropriately chosen to go with a Celtic theme on the flier for their upcoming gig at the Rogue Bar.Joining the band for awesome pre-St. Patrick's Day festivities will be fellow Boston bands the Have Nots, Lenny Lashley Gango of One, and The Industry. It ... More >>

X103.9's Throwdown, Telekinesis, Black Fag, Civic Space Jam, and Other Weekend Events

​Henry Rollins might not dig Black Fag, but don't let that dissuade you from attending their gig this weekend in Scottsdale. According to the MySpace blog for the over-the-top gay Black Flag tribute act, Hank was reportedly a little gruff when Black Fag's frontman attempted to invite him to part ... More >>

Helpful Hints for Boozing it Up on New Year's Eve

There are two days in every year that it is acceptable to get drunker then Li-Lo at a va-jay-jay flashing contest and wake up with the worst hangover known to man: St. Patty's Day, and New Year's Eve. Those of us who happen to call the bar our second home refer to these days as amateur nights, when ... More >>

Flogging Molly to Make Tempe's St. Pat's Show Part of Green 17 Tour

​Tempe should get ready for another bangin' St. Patrick's Day show, according to Consequence of Sound. In honor of their 17th annual tour, Flogging Molly have announced their six-week Irish "Green 17" tour.Gear up to be jolly and get pitted for the greenest concert of the year, Luckyman's St. Patr ... More >>

Incoming: Umphrey's McGee, Best Coast, Country Thunder, Interpol, Flogging Molly

Celtic punk rockers Flogging Molly​Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before: Flogging Molly is playing a St. Patrick's Day concert at Tempe Beach Park.In what has become a tradition neither delayed nor waylaid, the Los Angeles Celtic punkers have scheduled yet another show to celebra ... More >>

Brazilian Degrees

Get in on the latest “American” tradition

St. Patrick's Day Block Party

Get in on the latest “American” tradition

Never Mind the Sex Pistols

Here come The Bollox

5 nights of pints

Pint-size guide to Phoenix's Irish Pub scene

Drinking Green

Shamrock 'n' roll at Rosie McCaffrey's

Green Around the Grills

Shamrock 'n' roll at Rosie McCaffrey's

Fed and Blarney

Shamrock 'n' roll at Rosie McCaffrey's