St. Patrick’s Day events in Los Angeles

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. 

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.

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.

Hollywood’s beloved British pub is back with its 43rd St Patrick’s Day celebration. The all-day party—part of Re:Her’s Women’s History Month Festival—kicks off at noon and runs till 11pm (get your food orders in by 10pm, when the kitchen closes). To eat, there’s traditional corned beef and cabbage, as well as split pea soup, corned beef sliders, a veggie roasted cauliflower option and, for dessert, Guinness chocolate cake. From 4pm to 6pm, there will specials on Irish beers Guinness and Harp, followed by a burlesque show by Miss Marquez at 8pm. We recommend showing up early in the day to stake out a spot—the pub isn’t taking reservations Monday.

Stop by the Original Farmers Market on St. Patrick’s Day for corned beef, cabbage and potatoes at at the market’s first eatery, Magee’s Kitchen, plus green beer, Guinness and other imported Irish beers at E.B.’s Beer & Wine and Bar 326. Celtic tunes (12:30–3:30pm) from a strolling bagpiper provide a fitting soundtrack.

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 (email events@tombergins.com for a reservation). Things get a little more rowdy at noon, when a parking-lot party with three outdoor bars, a band and DJ and a live bagpipe performance typically kick off. You might want to consider taking the next day off from work.

If you’re willing to brave the parking (or, better yet, take the Metro) and the steady stream of tourists at Ovation Hollywood, the complex is hosting a free St. Patrick’s Day celebration on March 15. NEFT Vodka will be mixing up green cocktails in the courtyard, bagpipers will be playing live music, and adults are welcome to participate in a photo scavenger hunt around the shopping center to win prizes.

Holiday-themed theme park SkyPark at Santa’s Village swaps out Santa for Seamus the Leprechaun leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. Kitsch meets Irish with live trad music, entertainment, a hunt for gold coins, the Pot O’ Gold puppet show and more. Pair the festive fun with food and drink specials at SkyPark’s dining venues: Follow Irish nachos and corned beef and cabbage at St. Nick’s Patio & Grille with a SkyPark Shamrock Shake at Kringle’s Coffee & Gifts.