A green truck in the Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Photograph: Courtesy Hermosa Beach Chamber Foundation
Photograph: Courtesy Hermosa Beach Chamber Foundation

St. Patrick’s Day events in Los Angeles

Grab a pint at these St. Patrick’s Day events across L.A., from bar crawls to a family-friendly parade

Michael Juliano
Contributor: Gillian Glover
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Los Angeles isn’t really a St. Paddy’s Day kind of town. We do have our old standby Irish pubs and a thriving beer and brewery scene that are the perfect complement to St. Patrick’s Day events in Los Angeles. But outside of a couple of festivals, Celtic music performances and parades, March isn’t nearly as shamrock-filled as some other major U.S. cities. That said, here are a few events where you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in L.A. this year.

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Nasstive Entertainment hosts not one but two St. Patrick’s Day bar crawls in Los Angeles—one in Downtown, and one in Hollywood. Channel the luck o’ the Irish with hundreds of other revelers as you hop from bar to bar and enjoy all-day drink specials, welcome shots, festive food, DJs and live music. For DTLA, you’ll check in at barbecue stall Maple Block at Grand Central Market, where they’ll be serving up reubens and corned beef hash alongside Guinness, then grab a wristband and drink coupons and travel between participating bars including Pattern Bar, Broken Shaker, Beelman’s, Golden Gopher and more. In Hollywood, the crawl starts at Saint Felix on Cahuenga and includes stops at Jameson’s Irish Pub, new Y2K spot Zero Lounge, Boardner’s, Cabo Cantina and more. 

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  • Hermosa Beach

It’s no Emerald Isle, but Hermosa Beach is full of Irish spirit during its annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. For the 29th year, bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers and classic cars decked out in green will all make their way along the coastal city’s parade route. The procession kicks off near City Hall on Valley Drive, heads west on Pier Avenue and ends at the corner of Hermosa Avenue and 8th Street. The free festivities also include live music nearby at Pier Plaza.

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Sure, Tam O’Shanter is technically Scottish, but head to the classic L.A. restaurant on St. Patrick’s Day for an epic Irish celebration starting at noon and ending, well, whenever the party dies down. The patio and a tented area in the parking lot will host live music as revelers clink pints of green beer, enjoy pub food and show their Irish pride. General admission is only $10, but if you swing for a VIP reservation ($149), you’ll secure seating and snacks all day, plus access to a private patio bar.

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There are plenty of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations going on around town, but ones that last from 6am until 1am the next morning are hard to come by. Enter Tom Bergin’s: an Irish pub mainstay and the best place to grab an Irish coffee in L.A. Celebrations on the 17th will start at 6am, when morning revelers can indulge in a traditional Irish breakfast before heading to work. The party gets a little more rowdy at noon with a parking lot party that includes three outdoor bars, a band and DJ and a live bagpipe performance. You might want to consider taking the next day off from work.

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