There are a lot of events coming up this weekend for the celebration of St Patricks Day which falls on Monday March 17th, not only will there be a great parade to attend, great live music to get your ‘Jig’ on, there is also the finale to the European rugby tournament called the ‘6 NATIONS RUGBY’ we have a sneaky feeling that Ireland will be title holders this year.
Before we delve into the sports, lets us fill you in on the upcoming events over the weekend…
CELTICFEST
There are some excellent events to attend with the grand finale of Celtic-Fest, here is a free event you can attend with all the family.
Celtic Village & Street Market
Free for all the family!
Saturday, March 15 | 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 16 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Granville Street from Robson to Nelson & Robson Square
Just follow the sounds of laughter and music…Celtic culture and spirit lights up downtown streets & squares all weekend long!
Sunday March 16 |12:30 – 4:30 pm – Featuring a live bands on the Mahony & Sons Music Stage
Further Information: http://www.celticfestvancouver.com/schedule-tickets/2014/mahony-sons-stage.php
Celtic Circles
Special on-the-street locations where you can come upon Medieval sword-fighting and song and dancing olde worlde style!
CelticFest Community Stage at Robson Square
Delight in Irish and Scottish community dance groups, pipe up at the Penny Whistle Party, feel the beat at the Bodhrán Drum Circle, and groove to some hip Gaelic rap!
Celtic Street Market
Wander through happy crowds and shop! Artisan and craft booths offer everything from woven goods to jewelry, face painting and more. As we get closer to the festival, check the Street Market page for a list of market vendors.
Wander through happy crowds and shop! Artisan and craft booths offer everything from woven goods to jewelry, face painting and more. As we get closer to the festival, check the Street Market page for a list of market vendors.
Website: http://www.celticfestvancouver.com/
IRISH BARS
Doolins Irish Pub – 654 Nelson Street @ Granville Website: www.doolins.ca
Doolins will be showing the 6 Nations rugby Live – read further below for more details…..
Ceili’s Modern Irish Pub (Granville) – 670 Smithe Street @ Granville Website: www.ceilis.com
Johnnie Fox’s Irish Snug – 1033 Granville St Website: http://www.johnniefox.ca/
Irish Heather Gastro Pub 210 Carrall St Gastown Website: http://www.irishheather.com/
ST PATRICKS DAY PARADE
The 10th Anniversary St. Patrick’s Day Parade is the festival’s largest and most popular free event, drawing people from all cultures, backgrounds, ages and all walks of life. This colourful (very green) display of fabulous sight and sound takes to the streets on Sunday, March 16th at 11:00 AM.
6 NATIONS RUGBY – Live @ Doolins.
The finale of the 6 Nations rugby will be happening on Saturday March 15th – it will be an early morning event, but if you are keen and eager get yourself down to Doolins where they will show all 3 games. This finale will have an extra bit of Spice as not only are Ireland likely to clinch the title due to an excellent points difference, and if they get the win over France it will absolutely be theirs! It will also be quite an emotional occasion for the Irish fans as their hero and now legendary player Brian O’Driscoll (who is the most capped played in Rugby union history to date) will be playing his very last game – so we anticipate it will be huge!
6 nations Website: http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/home.php
Just for a bit of fun here is the Big Bus team having some St Patricks Day fun!
http://havefunwithus.ca/stpaddys2014.html
Big Bus are awesome they are one of the best ways to see the city and they have sweet deals with the hotel, so come to the front and purchase your 2 day for the price of 1 ticket with us.
Website: http://bigbus.ca/home/
