St. Patricks Day

Some of the big annual events have been cancelled, while others have been postponed or are still to come.

This is the final weekend for Laughfest and it’s also St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday. There are a lot of sport related events, we have a Neuroscience Fair and classes about plumbing! We also go back to music from the 90’s for a couple different events.

Krispy Kreme is going green!

By now we should all be using Uber, Lyft or friends to get home after celebrating, but here it is in case you need it, more of a reason not to drink and drive this weekend.

Laughfest wraps up this weekend. It is also St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday. There is hockey and basketball, fishing and boating. On stage it’s Peter and the Wolf, Pink and more! Plus a free day at the museum.

We’ve all heard there was a saint and something to do with snakes in Ireland and now we have parades and drink green beer. But what do we really know about St. Patrick’s Day?

What does Saint Patrick's Day mean to you? Green beer? How about a good old fashion parade? If you were too busy enjoying green beer this past weekend and didn't make it to Holland for their parade good news. We have you covered.

This year, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday during Lent. This has thousands of Catholics in West Michigan asking, "Is it okay to eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day even though it's a Friday during Lent?"

Wallethub does a lot of studies on cities and they always have Grand Rapids scored well in their results, which we love. They've done another study on the best cities for celebrating St. Patrick's Day, and guess what? We're in the top 20! Because we're awesome!

With a little over a week until St. Patrick's Day, what sort of shenanigans do you have planned? Well, according to Candystore.com, Michigan really knows how to get its Irish on. They've deemed Michigan one of the rowdiest St. Patrick's Day states in the U.S.

The new owners of a small bar in Conklin, Michigan are bringing back a St. Patrick's Day tradition that began in 1988. The Wearing of the Green parade will return to Conklin on St. Patrick's Day.

A pub owner in Ireland says a Grand Rapids beer is a top seller in his pub on St. Patrick's Day! Gareth Cummings, who runs Thomas House in Dublin, gave props to Founders All Day IPA in a Reddit AMA session.