Although it’s one of the holidays for amateur drinkers that many loathe, it’s still good fun to go out on St. Paddy’s, particularly when it’s on a Thursday that coincides with the First Day of the NCAA Tournament (bookmark this page for tip times).  To facilitate your day/night out, I’ve compiled a round-up of where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in DC in 2016, sorted by Irish & non-Irish bars, as well as by neighborhood. Events are on Thursday the 17th unless otherwise specified. 

IRISH BARS

Dupont Circle
James Hoban’s

• Irish lunch from 11-3p
• live music at 3p & 8p
• specials throughout on booze & food
• Live music on 16th too

Irish Whiskey

• Beat The Clock Party Specials: 11a-1p: $2 green beer & $3 Guinness; 1-3p: $3 green beer & $4 Guinness; 3-5p: $5 green beer/Guinness
• patio party / giveaways / Irish Food / music

Mackey’s

• $5 Guinness til 7p

Georgetown

RiRa Georgetown

• Kegs & Eggs – 10a-noon
• Bagpipers / Irish Dancers all day
• 99.5 Live remote from 2-7p
• live music
• Jameson ice luge
• $5 Guinness imperial pints from 10a-noon
• events all week, including $5 Guinness on Wednesday

Chinatown/Penn Quarter
Fado Irish Pub

• 18th annual celebration
• doors open at 8a
• $10 cover starts at noon
• Irish dancers & bagpipers all day
• live music starts at 2p; again at 8p
• events all week

Irish Channel

• Open at 9a
• Live music starts at 2p
• live music all day

Capitol Hill/Eastern Market
The Dubliner 

• Doors open at 8:30a
• 42 cent Guinness from 8:30a-9a (celebrate 42 years in business)
• live music starts at 10a
• Irish food all day
• house special Dubliner Irish whiskey
• Events all week

Kelly’s Irish Times

• no cover
• live music starts at 11a
• $5 Miller Lite / $6 Warsteiner

Molly Malone’s

• Doors open at 9
• $3 shooters, specials on Guinness and Irish beer

H Street
Star & Shamrock

• doors open @ 8a
• HH from 3-7p ($1 off Irish drafts, $5 Jameson, $5 wine)
• $5 Irish Mules all day
• live band at 7p
• Events for March Madness all week from 14th-20th

Tenleytown
Kitty O’Shea’s

• Doors open at 11a
• new Irish whiskeys, specials on Guinness, Harp, and  $3 Bud Lights

Cleveland Park
Nanny O’Brien’s

• doors open at 10a
• live music at 7p

Adams Morgan
The Blaguard

• open at 10a

Shenanigan’s DC

• Doors open at 11a
• Irish beer, whiskey, and food specials
• fiddlers, jigs, & giveaways
• 9 day celebration from March 11th-19th

U Street

Duffy’s Irish Pub

• doors open at 11a
• $5 cover (1st 300 ppl get shirt)
• $5 green beer / $2 green jello shots / $6 corned beef sandwiches
• Irish Dancers early afternoon / Irish pipe and drum corps at 5p / Irish tunes on jukebox
• $30 VIP tickets available in advance: open beer bar (inc. Guinness) from 11a-2:30p + 1 corned beef sandwich + 1 Duffy’s T-shirt

NON-IRISH BAR CELEBRATIONS

Dupont

Sauf Haus

• Glucklichen St. Patricks Tag party
• doors open at 4p
• $2 off all drinks util 7p
• free Irish Nacho & Potato Cake buffet by Sloppy Mama’s
• green beer
• Irish dancers / live music at 8p / green bier stein hoisting contests at 7p/9p
• contests & free giveaways

Black Rooster Pub

• 46th annual celebration
• green beer & Irish whiskey
• DJ starts at 5p

Sign of the Whale

• Beat the Clock Specials
• 11a – noon – $.17 beer
• noon-1p – $1.17 beer
• 1p-2p – $2.17 beer
• 2p-3p – $3.17 beer
• $5 Guinness / Car Bombs / Irish Whiskey shots all day

Duke’s Grocery

• Food specials
• Sly Fox Seamus Irish Red Ale / Jameson Caskmates edition

Rebellion

• $6 Crown Royale drinks all day

Front Page

• 4 day party (17th-20th)
• tent and DJ
• $3 green beer / $5 Baileys & Jameson / $8 car bombs

McClellan’s Retreat

• special cocktails

Bar Dupont

• event 17th-19th
• Irish flights of whiskey, Irish coffee & specialty drinks (e.g. the St. Kevin, crafted with Glendalough Poitin, OCG Hard Apple Cider and lemon juice.
• Irish food including Guinness Brownies

The Gryphon

• HH from 5-7p: 1/2 off raw bar / 1/2 off all drinks
• all night drink specials: $3 Bud Light / $5 drinks / $7 Guinness & Jameson / $16 Bud Light bucket of 6 / $150 Moet Rose

Salty Dog Tavern

• 2 for 1 Jameson / $5 Guinness
• food & drink specials
• DJ

Cobalt

• $4 Jameson

U Street/Shaw

Shaw’s Tavern

• doors open at 3p
• $3 Jello shots / $4 Miller Lite / $5 Jameson / $6 Guinness / $7 Car Bombs
• live music 3p-close
• Irish dancers

The Prospect DC

• $4 Bud Light / $5 Guinness & Jameson / $7 Car Bombs

Sudhouse

• $5 drink specials (Irish Mules, Jameson, Irish coffee)
• $5 green chicken wraps

DC9

• doors open at 5p
• $4 Guinness Tallboys / Jamesons/ Bushmills / Powers
• $12 special Irish burger

Logan Tavern

• Irish fare and special cocktails

Compass Rose

• Hip Hop HH from 6-9p

Brixton

• green beer, etc.
• doors open at 3p

Adams Morgan

Jack Rose

• March Madness specials on Terrace (1/2 of food, $5 pints / $7 Irish whiskey) till 9p
• $35 /$45 Irish whiskey flights in 1st floor saloon
• specialty cocktails in Dram and Grain basement which opens at 7p ($10 Irish-inspired cocktails & $9 Guinness-and-Irish whiskey combos

Town Tavern

• March Madness HH til 10p ($5 Guinness / $7 carbombs / $12 green pitchers / $6 Burger baskets
• 10-11p: $10 open bar
• 10p-close: $5 green beer / $7 Irish whiskey / $8 carbombs

Mintwood Place

• fiddler starts at 6:30;

Smoke & Barrel

• small distillery $5 Irish whiskeys from 5-8p
• Irish menu

The Black Squirrel

• doors open at 2p
• food & drink specials

Capitol Hill/Eastern Market/Navy Yard

Barrel

• 11:30a-7p – $4 22 oz. drafts of Troeg’s Hopback & Fordham Gypsy

The Bullpen at the Fairgrounds

• live music (The Pietasters headline) starts at 5p

The Ugly Mug

• $4 green beer / $5 Smithwicks, Harp & Guinness / $8 boilermakers / $9 Irish car bombs
• $11 Reubens / $13 Corned Beef and cabbage

Boxcar Tavern

• $5 Guinness / Jameson
• $12 Fish & Chips

Union Pub

• doors open at 11:30a
• $12 pitchers of green beer / $5 Irish whiskeys

Columbia Heights/Petworth

The Red Derby

• $2 Irish whiskey / $4 Guinness special can

Acre 121

• doors open at 5p
• live music starts at 9p
• $5 Irish drafts / specials on Jameson, Caskmates, & Redbreast / $12 Irish whiskey flights
• Irish food

Petworth Citizen

• Dan Searing’s Punch and Barrel series in Reading Room from 7p-midnight
• whiskey flights & classic cocktails

Lou’s City Bar

• doors open at 11:30a for March Madness
• $5 Irish drafts / $6 Jameson / $17 green pitchers
• Irish food

H Street/NoMA

Big Board

• $9 Straight Outta Dublin Burger
• $6 Guinness Thurs-Sun

Vendetta

• $5 Stouts/Irish whiskeys (all weekend long)

Union Social

• HH from 4-9p
• $5 green beer / $6 Jameson / $8 Irish Car Bombs / $15 green beer pitcher
• food specials

Driftwood Kitchen

• HH 5-8p
• $5 Guinness & Jameson / $8 Irish car bombs / $3 off Irish whiskey

Chinatown / Penn Quarter

City Tap House

• $5 Tullamore Dew shots / $5 Sly Fox O’Reilly Irish Stout / $10 Irish beer flights
• Irish food

Hill Country

• $4 Murphy tallboys / $5 Red Breast / $7 Boilermakers

Bar Deco

• $4 Bud Light & Jameson shots / $5 Guinness / $8 Car Bombs
• Irish lunch & dinner specials

Rocket Bar

• doors open at 4p
• $4 Irish Red Ale

Downtown

The Hamilton

• live Irish music
• Jameson Old Fashioned cocktail

P.J. Clarke’s

• doors open at 11a
• 1/2 off drafts & oysters after 5p
• $6 Jameson & Jameson Mules / $5 Flying Dog S.O.B. all day

Georgetown/Glover Park/Foggy Bottom

Mad Fox Taproom

• St. Patrick’s Day Blarney Bash
• doors open at 4p
• HH all night
• Top 40 DJ
• two beer releases: St. James Irish Dry Stout & Tori’s Rockstar Irish Red Ale

Martin’s Tavern

• Bagpipers every 2 hours beginning at noon
• Irish food and drink specials

Bourbon Steak

• St. Pappy Day celebration
• $255 5 1-oz. pours of Pappy

Slate Wine Bar

• HH all day

Mason Inn

• doors open a 3p for UVa game

Bayou

• $5 Guinness cans

Mr. Smith’s of Georgetown

• $3.50 Harp Irish Lager / $5 Jameson, Murphy’s Stout & Tullamore dew / $7 Irish Red Head combo (Murphy’s Stout & Fireball)
• Irish Food

Cleveland Park

St. Arnolds

• doors open at noon
• live music in The Abbey starts at noon