Thursday, March 15-Saturday, March 17
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Three-day event with Irish food, stilt walkers, music by the Wyndbreakers and dancing by the Raglan Road Dancers and Watters School of Irish Dancing. 6 pm Thursday-Friday, 11 am Saturday; Raglan Road Irish Pub, 1640 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista; free-$10; 407-938-0300; raglanroadirishpub.com.
Friday, March 16-Sunday, March 18
St. Pat Attack Weekend
Three-day party with "kegs and eggs," Irish dancers and music by Scotty Long, EMC Trio and others. 6 pm Friday, 9 am Saturday, 6 pm Sunday; Hagan O’Reilly’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 16112 Marsh Road, Suite 401, Winter Garden; free; 407-905-4782.
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Three-day event with drink specials, green beer and a "Hair of the Dog That Bit You" brunch. 3 pm Friday, 8 am Saturday, 11 am Sunday; The Pub at Pointe Orlando, 9101 Inter-national Drive; free; 407-352-2305; experiencethepub.com/Orlando.
The Great St. Patrick’s Day Party Trilogy
Authentic Irish food, outdoor beer garden, live music and more. 11 am Friday-Sunday; The Celt Irish Pub, 25 S. Magnolia Ave.; free; 407-481-2928; harpandcelt.com.
Saturday, March 17
A Wee Leprechaun St. Patrick’s Day Workshop
Preschool workshop with crafts and a take-home certificate. 10 am-noon Saturday; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $25 per parent/child, reservations required; 407-514-2112; osc.org.
Celtic Circle Painting Class
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a painting class with instructor Melissa Zamudio. 7 pm Saturday; Creative Canvas & Wine, 155 Cranes Roost Blvd., Suite 1130, Altamonte Springs; $35; 407-260-9463; creativecanvasandwine.com.
Central Florida Home Brewers St. Patrick’s Get Together
1-8 pm Saturday; Taps Wine, Beer & Eatery, 480 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-677-5000; cfhb.org.
Drink til u pee Green with Dirty Sanchez
4 pm Saturday; The West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; call for price; 407-322-7475.
Ember O’Briens St. Patrick’s Day Party
4 pm Saturday; Ember Bar & Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; call for details; 407-849-5200; emberorlando.com.
Irish for a Day St. Patrick’s Day Party
Green beer, Irish cocktails, live bands and drinking games. Noon Saturday; Brew, 504 N. Alafaya Trail, Suite 118; free; 407-900-6413; brewbarusa.com.
Preacher & Aquaman: St. Patrick’s Day Fangirls’ Meeting
A discussion on the books. 2 pm Saturday; A Comic Shop, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636; acomicshop.com.
Shamrock St. Patrick’s Day
Music, beer, art displays. 11 am Saturday; Belle Isle Yacht Pub, 7521 S. Orange Ave.; call for price; 407-850-3491.
St. Paddy’s Day Bash
6 pm Saturday; Howl at the Moon Saloon, 8815 International Drive; free; 407-354-5999.
St. Patrick’s Day
11 am Saturday; World of Beer – Lake Mary, 1125 TownPark Ave., Lake Mary; free; 407-878-6693; lakemary.wobusa.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Block Party
11 am Saturday; Liam Fitzpatrick’s, 951 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary; free; 407-936-3782.
St. Patrick’s Day Block Party
5 pm Saturday; Paddy Murphy’s Irish Pub, 4982 New Broad St.; free; 407-622-4700; originalpaddymurphys.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Block Party and Concert
Call for time Saturday; Knight Library Sports Bar and Grill, 12289 University Blvd.; call for price; 407-482-2500.
St. Patrick’s Day Block Party and Festival With Off Kilter, Orlando Fire Dept. Pipe & Drum Band
Noon Saturday; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; call for price; 407-849-0471.
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration with Orlando Firefighters Pipe & Drum Band, the Kidney Stones
3:30 pm Saturday; Pipers Bar and Grill, 4544 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-277-2883.
St. Patrick’s Day Concert featuring Trilogy and guest clarinetist Allan Vache
7 pm Saturday; Win-Gate Clubhouse, 10722 Gateway Ave.; $5-$10; applejazz.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Festival
Live music, food and spirits. 10 am Saturday; Connolly’s Irish Pub, 323 N. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood; free; 407-767-0600; connollysirishpuboflongwood.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Festivities with Kim Hightower, Love in War
7 pm Saturday; Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave.; free; 407-872-1117; orlandobrewing.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Party
11 am Saturday; World of Beer, 7800 Dr. Phillips Blvd.; free; 407-355-3315; drphillips.wobusa.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Party
4 pm Saturday; O’Shucks Pub & Billiards, 7467 International Drive; free; 407-352-7892; oshuckspub.com.
St. Patrick’s Day PlayDate
9 pm Saturday; Soiree Event & Conference Center, 6394 Silver Star Road; $10-$18; 770-906-8076; playdateorlando.com.
St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Ho-Down
8 pm Saturday; Revolution Nightclub, 375 S. Bumby Ave.; free; 407-228-9900; revolutionorlando.com.
St. Patrick’s Day with Across the Tracks
11:30 am Saturday; Fiddler’s Green, 544 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-645-2050; fiddlesrsgreenorlando.com.
St. Patrick’s Day with Blandini, Blended Brew, Slip, Spinouts
8:30 pm Saturday; Route 46, 4316 W. State Road 46, Sanford; free; 407-268-4646; route-46.com.
St. Patrick’s Day with Chris Burns, the Dropa Stone
3 pm Saturday; World of Beer, 3402 Technological Drive, Suite 201; free; 321-235-9741; ucf.wobusa.com.
St. Patrick’s Day with Naome Bradshaw and the Dave Kury Band
8 pm Saturday; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; free; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com.
St. Patrick’s Day with Spank
8 pm Saturday; World of Beer, 155 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free; 407-834-2337; altamonte.wobusa.com.
St. Patty’s Day Music Fest to Defeat ALS
1 pm Saturday; University of Central Florida, Memory Mall, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; $10-$14.99; donatealsucf.com.
St. Patty’s Day Party
9 am Saturday; Tilted Kilt, 11650 University Blvd.; free; 407-781-5458; tiltedkilt.com.
St. Patty’s Day Party with Darko Gray
8 pm Saturday; Back Booth, 37 W. Pine St.; $5; 407-999-2570; backbooth.com.
St. Patty’s With Attitude
Traditional Irish food, dueling pianos and live bands. Noon Saturday; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$20; 407-224-2691; universalorlando.com.
This article appears in Mar 14-20, 2012.