14-03-2025
St. Patrick's Day in Cleveland: Weekend guide to parade, parties
The next few days may set a record for Irish beer poured in Northeast Ohio.
Why it matters: St. Patrick's Day falls on Monday, making this one of the biggest party weekends of 2025 for an area loaded with Irish ancestry.
Here are just some of the many local festivities:
This weekend
☘️ Lucky's Bar Crawl downtown kicks off at 4pm Saturday at Corner Alley on East Fourth Street before moving to venues like Harry Buffalo, Geraci's Slice Shop and more.
Tickets start at $20.
🟢 Green Mile Bar Crawl in Lakewood starts at noon Saturday at Lakewood Truck Park and travels to Wine Dive Bar, Mercury Lounge, Riverwood Café and several other locations.
Tickets start at $20.
🏃 The St. Patrick's Day 5K begins at 4pm Saturday in the Warehouse District with an after-party at bars on West Sixth Street.
Registration is $45 and comes with a kilt and Jameson shot.
🥎 Hi 5 sports bar in the Flats has transformed into a St. Paddy's Day-themed bar through Monday with special cocktails, including a shamrock shake and "Magically Delicious" concoction featuring Lucky Charms.
Hi 5 is also the starting point for Saturday's bar crawl on The Flats East Bank that includes stops at The Farm, Good Night John Boy and elsewhere. Tickets start at $13.
🫚 Great Lakes Brewing has turned its basement into a "party pub" through March 23 with food, drink specials and Conway's Irish Ale and Irish Stout on tap.
🍻 P.J. McIntyre's Irish Pub on Lorain Avenue hosts "St. Practice Day" on Sunday with Irish band Half Craic'd on Sunday night.
Monday
🇮🇪 The annual parade starts at 1:04pm at Superior Avenue and East 18th Street before traveling southwest down Superior to West Roadway and Rockwell Avenue.
🍀 The Harp Irish Pub and Restaurant in Ohio City opens at 8am with a special limited menu and music by The Kilroys under a heated tent from 3–5pm.
The Boys from County Hell go on stage at 7pm, when a cover charge of $10 goes into effect.
🍳 The Flat Iron Café, Cleveland's oldest Irish bar, opens at 7am for "kegs & eggs" and Donal O'Shaughnessy performing at 11am.
The venue has shuttle service from the parade.
🎵 Gormley's Pub will have several days of live music in the lead-up to a 7am opening with corned beef sandwiches, bagpipes and dancers.
🍺 Sully's Irish Pub in Medina opens at 8am and will feature live music from Loch Erie from 10am–9pm.
🎶 Stone Mad Pub on West 65th Street opens at 9:30am with a beer truck, a "cornucopia" of corned beef and live music.
