st. patricks day

Some of the big annual events have been cancelled, while others have been postponed or are still to come.

This is the final weekend for Laughfest and it’s also St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday. There are a lot of sport related events, we have a Neuroscience Fair and classes about plumbing! We also go back to music from the 90’s for a couple different events.

Krispy Kreme is going green!

By now we should all be using Uber, Lyft or friends to get home after celebrating, but here it is in case you need it, more of a reason not to drink and drive this weekend.

Laughfest wraps up this weekend. It is also St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday. There is hockey and basketball, fishing and boating. On stage it’s Peter and the Wolf, Pink and more! Plus a free day at the museum.

This year, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday during Lent. This has thousands of Catholics in West Michigan asking, "Is it okay to eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day even though it's a Friday during Lent?"

Wallethub does a lot of studies on cities and they always have Grand Rapids scored well in their results, which we love. They've done another study on the best cities for celebrating St. Patrick's Day, and guess what? We're in the top 20! Because we're awesome!

With a little over a week until St. Patrick's Day, what sort of shenanigans do you have planned? Well, according to Candystore.com, Michigan really knows how to get its Irish on. They've deemed Michigan one of the rowdiest St. Patrick's Day states in the U.S.

The new owners of a small bar in Conklin, Michigan are bringing back a St. Patrick's Day tradition that began in 1988. The Wearing of the Green parade will return to Conklin on St. Patrick's Day.

Everyone knows that St. Patrick’s Day is the one day out of the year when we’re all Irish. And, apparently that translates into wearing anything green and silly we can get our hands on and having as much to drink as we can carry at one time. But, there’s another strange tradition that has developed in celebration of this day. We can't explain it. Are Irish people really that into unnaturally green

As always, Fenian's Irish Pub in Conklin was busy on St. Patrick's Day. The pub is well-known for it's St. Patrick's Day parade. It's also known for hosting authentic Irish music throughout the year. Word is spreading. Fenian's has been named one of the most authentic Irish pubs in the country.

St. Patrick’s Day isn’t just for people in Ireland and Americans who want to pretend to be Irish for a day. There are celebrations of this saint and his saintly day all around the world.