Events for March 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 17
Rise up early and be among the first to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the annual Irish Bank St. Patrick’s Day block party. The festivities begin at 6am (yikes!!) with a live broadcast with No Name, Matty and Katie on the Live 105 Morning Show …
March 17th is Farley’s 21st Anniversary in Potrero Hill – Join them for live bagpipes at 9am with followed by live Irish music until noon. That night at 8pm the Soul Delights play their popular R&B tunes for your dancing pleasure.
San Francisco goes green for a day with three different block parties on St. Patrick’s Day 2010, free cab rides (yes! free taxi ride home after getting drunk) U2 tribute bands, live Irish dancing and more accordion and fiddle playing than you can carefully shake …
The Irish Bank pub on Mark Lane in the Financial District hosts live traditional Irish music in the alley from 1 to 3:30pm with the rather pedestrian DJ Pat spinning tunes until midnight.
Cost: Free before 4pm (A representative from The Irish Bank confirmed for us …
The Chieftain, and Irish pub in South of Market will have a special St. Patrick’s day food menu (8:30a to 10p). Beginning at 2pm is a performance by San Francisco Irish Music Legends, Glenn Farr & Frank Jordan accompanied by upcoming local Irish-American musicians.
One of the great St. Patrick’s Day block parties of years past returns for 2010 as O’Reilly’s Irish Pub and Restaurant shuts down Green Street at Columbus for an all night festival of beer and Irish music and dancing.
The Block Party begins at 2pm if …
Who cares is St. Patrick’s Day 2010 falls on a Wednesday – don’t tell that to the thousands of people who will congregate in the financial district after work as The Royal Exchange will shut down Front Street from Sacramento to California and throw a …
MGMT is putting on a fun-sounding scavenger hunt across San Francisco starting at 4pm on St. Patrick’s Day called “Where is MGMT?” We’re not 100% positive but we believe you’ll win a chauffeur-driven ride around SF while getting a private listening party to the new …
Tree Frog Treks will be having its first annual animal care and scholarship fundraiser on St. Patrick’s Day. Families, children, and vendors are encouraged to attend to meet our animals, get a snake massage, and enjoy some green eggs and ham, root beer floats, wine, …
While the huge St. Patrick’s Day block party rages outside, seek some refuge inside Harringtons Bar & Grill for a bit more space plus live Celtic music and Irish dancing. The bar opens at 5pm with a cover charge of $3 (payable at the bar) …
Claire Coustier will chat about The History of Horror Fiction. Ms. Coustier’s talk will focus on Horror fiction, both supernatural and taken from the real world. She will discuss the genre from its earliest Gothic beginnings to current day and how horror fiction affects the …
Dr. Sung Lim Kim, professor at the University of California at Berkeley, explores the social and political history of Korea in the 1950s and 1960s, and examines how both adult and children’s comics reflected the reality and ideals of that time.
“Crime fiction is almost like a product of capitalism. It’s about social inequality” –Ian Rankin Join four of the finest exponents of crime and noir as they discuss how fiction is not just a mirror to the seamier sides of life, but the proverbial hammer …
The Red Devil Lounge, one of our favorite velvety-draped concert clubs in the city, has just announced a “Golden Ticket” special offer for St. Patrick’s Day with a $1 ticket price (normally $10) to see 70s/80s cover band Notorious and local rock band Reckless in …
Where else in San Francisco can you party with “real” leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day?
Enter supperclub’s twisted fairytale land of leprechauns, shamrocks, four leaf clovers, magic rainbows, pots of gold & many other bizarrely, oddly peculiar supperclub-stylish surprises “Attack of …
The Balboa Theatre hosts the World Premiere of Tom Wyrsch’s newest film, “Remembering Playland at the Beach” – a full length documentary which tells the story of San Francisco’s famous 10-acre Ocean Beach amusement park which was torn down in 1972 to make way …
