Celebrate St. Patrick's Day The Rhody Way

In Rhode Island, St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just confined to March 17 – or the month of March, for that matter. Celebrate in true Irish style with these events.

The Irish Comedy Tour comes to the Greenwich Odeum on February 24. Irish and Irish-American stand up comics turn the theatre into a boisterous Dublin pub atmosphere and commiserate over a pint.

The Guinness Tour De Patrick is a huge event of three road races to help you run off all of those green beer calories in advance of the parades. Run one, or accumulate points and your finish times in all three. The Irish 5k happens in Pawtucket on March 4. The St. Pat’s 5k happens in Providence on March 18. The Shamrock Shuffle 5k happens in North Kingstown on March 25.

The state’s first St. Paddy’s parade of the year is the Pawtucket St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 4. The 61st annual Newport St. Patrick’s Day Parade is happening on March 11. Don your finest green and get ready for pipe bands, marching bands, fife and drum corps, historical reenactors and local civic groups.

The Providence St. Patrick’s Day Parade is happening through the city’s Smith Hill neighborhood on March 18, with festive floats and all of the green beer you can drink.