Quiz, concerts and darts… Where to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in Toulouse?
Quiz, concerts, darts and Celtic dances… This Thursday, March 17, the pubs and bars of Toulouse are going green to celebrate Saint-Patrick’s Day. Good atmosphere and mossy stout guaranteed.
This Thursday, March 17, the Pink City is going green. Do not mean that the people of Toulouse would suddenly want to go to the countryside, but rather that Toulouse goes on Irish time, green top hat on the head and clover in the buttonhole, to celebrate Saint Patrick. Irish pubs or beer bars… Concerts, quizzes or Celtic dances… Le Journal Toulousain offers all “Irish people for a day” a selection of an evening not to be missed.
Forecastle and Neo Celtic Trad
With its two floors, its dart board and its bubbling atmosphere, Le Dubliners is one of the bistros that immediately come to mind on a Saint Patrick’s Day evening. To celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with dignity, this real Irish pub invited, this Thursday, March 17, The Forwardsa trio of bearded men in sailor tops who will perform sea shanties, of course, but also dance tunes and songs… to drink!
For those who prefer jigs, hornpipes and other reels, the Gwen ‘n’ Roses duo offers a Celtic neo Trad concert at the Chorus, a concert café in the Croix de Pierre district. Finally, fluid mechanics offers an irish music session old-fashioned (author of a table). Good atmosphere and frenzied dances guaranteed.
Quiz, Celtic dances and theme nights
Warning, the bagpipes are out at the Delirium café, this Thursday, March 17. First, to warm up your voice and lungs before getting to the heart of the matter, this bar in the Jean Jaurès alleys offers a special Saint-Patrick’s quiz at 8:30 p.m. Once the game is over, everyone will be invited to an introduction to Celtic dances in a bar redecorated in the colors of the island.
Never short of ideas, the bar and microbrewery team Ostrich updates the concept of Happy Hour. To benefit from a reduced rate all night long, all you have to do is come to the counter with the most original container possible: flowerpot, sports cup, etc.
Goodies and gifts galore
For St. Patrick’s Day, many bars and pubs in Toulouse have planned to put on their Irish stouts (Guiness, Murhpy’s, Beamish, etc.) and rain down gifts and goodies in the colors of Ireland. O’brien ads by Jean Jaurès and Arnaud Bernard even embarked on a three-day party with, as a jackpot, a trip for two to Dublin.
Many other places such as the O’Clock bar and The Danu, British pubs, the Rhino, the Gradn Zinc, the Ministry or the Wanted Jack Saloon have planned a few extra barrels of Guiness and many gifts to distribute. (You won’t escape the green glasses and red hairpieces!) The Évasion bar has even planned to celebrate Saint Patrick Guy-Ness.
But what do we celebrate on Saint Patrick’s Day?
Although Saint Patrick’s Day is the most important holiday for Irish people around the world, March 17 is not the national holiday. It is, in fact, a religious holiday that celebrates Saint Patrick, the evangelizer of Ireland. In the 90s, the Irish government decided to promote its culture by organizing a huge festival punctuated by a parade in Dublin. The success is retained and the Irish diaspora (especially in the United States) exports the concept. Today, this holiday is popular around the world where participants become Irish for a day. The tradition is that, to celebrate Saint Patrick, we wear at least one piece of clothing with green, that we attend one of the parades, and that we eat and drink Irish products: stouts, cider, whiskeys , etc