St. Patrick’s Day in Kansas City
On St Patrick’s Day in Kansas City practically every pub has corned beef and some sort of nod to Irish music. This is a list of as many as I can manage to highlight, along with parades, and other general information about St Patrick’s Day.
Parades are listed first, followed by Venues & Events, and then Performers. After that there’s other stuff. I’ll keep adding to the list as we approach St Patrick’s Day.
St PATRICK’S PARADES
Mar 14 Snake Saturday Parade - North Kansas City
Mar 14 Brookside St Patrick’s Warm Up Parade
Mar 14 Lee’s Summit Emerald Isle Parade
Mar 15 IrishPalooza - Martin City
Mar 15 Shawnee St. Patrick’s Parade
Mar 17 Kansas City St Patrick’s Day Parade & (The Move) - Winners
Mar 17 Lawrence, Kansas St Patrick’s Parade - Winners
ST PATRICK’S DAY VENUES
• Browne’s Irish Market & Deli
• KC Live!
• Irish Museum & Cultural Center
• O’Malley’s of Weston
• Lew’s Irish Hoolie
• The Record Bar
• Raglan Road
• J. Murphy’s of Shawnee
• Harlings Upstairs
• Walsh’s Corner Cocktails
• Llywelyn’s
• KC Public House
• The Riot Room
• The Office
• Governor Stumpy’s
• Uptown Theatre
• The Newsroom
• Paddy O’Quigley’s
IRISH PERFORMERS on ST PATRICK’S DAY
• Eddie Delahunt
• Bob Reeder
• Kelly
• The Kelihans
• Connacht Town
• Flannigan’s Right Hook
• John Morris
• Tullamore
• Ashley Falls*
• Jonathan Ramsey
• The Shortleaf Band
• Ellis Island
• Rattle & Hum
• Queen’ Gambit
• Dog Tree
• Folkjam
• Thick Lizzy
BACKGROUND & FACTS on St Patrick & Irish Customs:
• Irish Things I Never Heard Until Moving to America
• The Irish DON’T eat Corned Beef & Cabbage
• A Sausage in Ireland is NOT called a Banger
• Is it “craic” or “crack”?
• Is Ireland Really Green, Potato-Eating, and Red-Haired?
• What the Irish Eat at Christmas
• Miss-spelled Irish
• In Ireland it’s Patrick or Paddy, never Patty or Pat
• St Patrick’s Day in Ireland in 2008
• 22 Infrequently Asked Irish KC Questions
• 31 More Infrequently Asked Irish Qurstions
• 25 Things from an Irish View, about Kansas City
• Inflatable Shamrock
• Black Puddings
• The Irish Panda
PREVIOUS YEARS on Irish KC:
• St Patrick’s Day in KC 2008
• St Patrick’s Day in KC 2007
• St Patrick’s Day in KC 2006
Me?
Once upon a time in Kansas City I was interviewed for the paper for my thoughts on St Patrick’s Day, because I was from Ireland. The finished article contained some serious misquotes, but this one they got right:
“I’ve never been drunk in Ireland on a St Patrick’s Day”
Because it’s never been that kind of day. 2009 won’t be any different. For an anti-climactic look at an Irish man in Ireland on Paddy’s Day this year, you could follow me on twitter.
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