How to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend on the Peninsula

Corned beef and cabbage, Irish jigs and Guinness – St. Patrick’s Day is back again, and while it lands on a Sunday this year, the upside is that the festivities extend throughout the weekend. Here’s our guide to the celebrations happening around the Peninsula:

Concerts and special events

Feldman’s Books
Feldman’s celebrates Irish culture with performances by Vincey Keehan and Kyle Alden, plus “mystery guests from Ireland.” The evening includes poetry, literature, songs and dance, plus  homemade Irish stew, brown bread, soda bread, and sourdough with home-churned butter.
March 15, 6 p.m. at Feldman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park. Free admission. tinyurl.com/FeldmansStPatricks.

St. Paddy’s Beer Stroll
Visitors can sample craft beers and enjoy live music while strolling through downtown Los Altos at this event hosted by the Los Altos Village Association.
March 15, 6-9 p.m. on Main and State streets, Los Altos. $45-$55. downtownlosaltos.org.

St. Patrick’s 5K in Pacifica 
The Pacifica Runners host a coastal 5K for all ages. The race features chip timing and a custom medal. Also, raffle prizes and kids’ goodie bags.
March 16, 9-11 a.m. at Rockaway Beach – North Parking Lot, 651 San Marlo Road, Pacifica. $15-$40. tinyurl.com/PacificaRunners5K.

Elks Lodge of Palo Alto St. Patrick’s Party
The lodge serves up green beer and Irish whiskey, corned beef and cabbage with boiled red potatoes and buttered carrots, along with housemade stout mustard. RSVP required.
March 16, 5- 8 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. $20. paloaltoelks.org.

Walker Roaders at The Guild
The Walker Roaders, an all-stars band of “Celtic punk bands” featuring members of The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, performs a St. Patrick’s Day show. The Sam Chase & The Untraditional open.
March 17, 7 p.m. at The Guild, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. $35-$83. guildtheatre.com.

Los Gatos Town Celebration 
A day of music celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with performances by six bands raises funds for Los Gatos Music in the Park. The lineup includes the Prince Charles Pipe Band, Big Mable and the Portholes, and the Wildcat Mountain Ramblers. The Black Irish Band headlines. 
March 17, noon-6 p.m. at Los Gatos Town Plaza Park, Montebello Way, Los Gatos. $30-$40. tinyurl.com/LosGatosStPatricks.

Restaurant and bar events

Old Princeton Landing
Band Finian’s Call plays traditional Irish tunes, jigs and ballads. 
March 16, 7-10 p.m. at Old Princeton Landing, 460 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay. $10. tinyurl.com/PrincetonLandingStPatricks.

O’Neills San Mateo
Food and drink specials served throughout the day; music by DJ Bucc Rogers between 5 and 8 p.m.
March 17, 6 a.m.-close at O’Neill’s, 34 S. B St., San Mateo. instagram.com/oneillsirish.

Fibbar Magees Sunnyvale
The pub’s celebration features green beer, music and more.
March 17 at Fibbar Magees, 156 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale. instagram.com/fibbarmagees.

Alice’s Woodside
The restaurant serves corned beef and cabbage, with live music by The Lucky Charms.
March 17, 4-7 p.m. at Alice’s Restaurant, 17288 Skyline Blvd., Woodside. Instagram: @aliceswoodside.

Winters Tavern 
The tavern’s St. Patrick’s Day party features music from three bands: The Bunkermen, 3rd Thursday Band and CG & the Stereo Glitter.
March 17, 7 p.m. at Winters Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica. Instagram: @nocrapontap. tinyurl.com/WintersTavernStPatricks.

Tipsy Putt
Drink $5 Putting Green Shooters and $5 green beers from March 15-17 at Tipsy Putt, an indoor mini-golf course with games, beer and wine that opened in Sunnyvale last year.
March 15-17 at Tipsy Putt, 301 W. McKinley Ave. Suite 150, Sunnyvale. Instagram: @tipsyputtsv.

Fiddler’s Green, Molly O’s and Behan’s
Take part in the Holy Trinity Irish Pub Crawl this weekend by collecting a stamp at each of the three Irish pubs (with food or drink purchase) and earning a prize at your final stop.  
March 15-17 at Fiddler’s Green, 333 El Camino Real, Millbrae; 650-697-3419, Instagram: @fiddlersgreenmillbrae. Molly O’s, 1163 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos; 650-486-1370, Instagram: @mollyos_sancarlos. Behan’s Irish Pub, 1327 Broadway, Burlingame.

Blue Oak Brewing Company
The San Carlos brewery celebrates a day early with live music from Autocorrect, a 7-piece party band performing hits from every era.
March 16, 3-6 p.m. at Blue Oak Brewing Company,  815 Cherry Lane, San Carlos. tinyurl.com/blueoakbrewing.

Courtyard Long Bar Bistro
It’s St. Patrick’s weekend at Courtyard Long Bar Bistro, with corned beef and cabbage on the menu Saturday and Sunday.
March 16-17, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4:45-10 p.m at Courtyard Long Bar Bistro, 4320 El Camino Real, Mountain View. tinyurl.com/CourtyardLongBar.

Alhambra Irish House 
St. Patrick’s events on March 17 include performances by Irish dancers (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) and Irish musician Stephen Ross (noon-3 p.m.) and DJ Chip (3 p.m.-close). Irish favorites such as Guinness steak pie and colcannon are on the pub’s March menu. The pub also presents a St. Patrick’s drag show with host Chai on March 20.
March 17 and 20 at Alhambra Irish House, 831 Main St., Redwood City. Instagram: @alhambra_irish_house. March 20 drag show tickets are $5.

St. Stephen’s Green
The pub celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with music by Irish band Dawning Day (2-4 p.m.) and DJ Gallo N Egro. Find specialties such as corned beef and cabbage or Irish lamb stew.
March 17 at St. Stephen’s Green, 223 Castro St., Mountain View. Instagram: @stephensgreen.

Oak + Violet
St. Patrick’s Day specials include sliders, Irish nachos, shepherd’s pie and Bailey’s Irish Cream brownies.
March 17, Oak+Violet, Park James Hotel, 1400 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Instagram: @oakandviolet.

Blue Ocean Brewing 
To complement its Stubby’s Stout on tap, the brewery serves up St. Paddy’s Day stout cupcakes from Fish Wife Sweets and corned beef and cabbage sandwiches from pop-up Turtle Island.
March 17, noon-6 p.m. at Blue Ocean Brewing, 315 Princeton Ave., Princeton-by-the-Sea.  Instagram: @blueoceanbrewing.

Original Joe’s
For St. Patrick’s Day, the Daly City restaurant will serve its corned beef and cabbage special, chocolate Guinness cake with whipped cream cheese frosting, green cream Irish coffees, espresso martinis with “green glitter” espresso beans, and housemade Irish ravioli crafted with spinach pasta, corned beef, cabbage and potato.
March 17 at Original Joe’s, 11 Glenwood Ave., Daly City. Instagram: @originaljoeswestlake.

Khartoum Lounge 
The Campbell lounge will host a St. Patrick’s Day party, with karaoke starting at 9 p.m. A bonus for late-night revelers: Khartoum closes at 2 a.m.
March 17, Khartoum Lounge, 300 Orchard City Drive Suite 101, Campbell. Instagram: @khartoumlounge.

Ketch Harbor Pub 
Guitarist Mike McCall performs, 2-4 p.m. Corned beef and cabbage and special cocktails are on the menu.
March 17, Ketch Harbor Pub, 17 Johnson Pier, Half Moon Bay. Instagram: @ketchhmb.