THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO – CHICAGO CURES ITS “CABIN FEVER!”
THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO – CHICAGO CURES ITS “CABIN FEVER!”
For over 40 years the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers have officially kicked-off Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with Dyeing the Chicago River Green and will do so again this year as we begin our cabin fever cure. The river dyeing takes place Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River. Your best views are from the East side of the Michigan Avenue bridge or the West side of the Columbus Drive bridge or upper and lower Wacker Drive between Michigan and Columbus!
Then it’s time to celebrate at the 60th anniversary of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade which kicks-off at Noon at Balbo Avenue and Columbus Drive with your Grand Marshal William P. Hite General President of the United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters as well as the Queen and her Court. This year’s Guests of Honor are the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Police Department!
There are also two other parades in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day scheduled for Sunday in case you’re curing your cabin fever at other celebrations on Saturday –
The South Side Irish Parade which features a slew of bands Irish dancers floats and more will kick-off at Noon from Western Avenue and 103rd Street for this annual event!
The Northwest Side Irish Parade will kick-off at Noon from the William J. Onahan School (6634 W. Raven St.) in the Norwood Park neighborhood for its annual festive parade.
Perhaps you rather cure your cabin fever with food and libations at one of the following events:
The St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Cruise is scheduled for Saturday both before (10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.) and after (2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.) the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Departing from the southwest corner of Polk Bros. Park at Navy Pier (600 E. Grand Ave.) in the Streeterville neighborhood these cruises offer an Irish buffet lunch cash bar and a 90-minute tour of all three branches of the “green” Chicago River for only $49!
The St. Pat’s Trolley Bar Crawl begins at 8:00 a.m. (ends 2:00 p.m.) this Saturday at O’Malley’s West (2249. N. Lincoln Ave.) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood with trolley service from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ticket includes 2 gift cards for food & beverage a Photo Hunt for prizes a St. Pat’s medallion and more! So be sure to flaunt your Irish pride by donning your favorite “green” or orange outfit!!
The Chicago Shamrock Crawl offers a breakfast buffet from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Moe’s Cantina (3518 N. Clark St.) in the Wrigleyville neighborhood or at any one of these other participating bars — Houndstooth The Dark Horse Rockit Burger Bar Country Club Barleycorn and Old Crow as well as a free $5 gift card to use during the crawl (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) and much more! There is no set schedule so start at any bar at any time and if there is a long line at one bar just move on to the next one. There’s plenty of room in the 13 participating bars for everyone!!
Finally the Irish American Heritage Center (4626 N. Knox Ave.) in the Mayfair neighborhood will be hosting its St. Patrick’s Day Festival on Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. with traditional and contemporary Irish music and dance corned beef and cabbage an arts & crafts fair kids’ activities and more all under one roof!
Are You Ready to Cure Your “Cabin Fever” and GO GREEN?
SUE MOSS & DEAN’S TEAM CHICAGO
