Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for 9 days at the Green Parrot in Newtown. The festival will include live music, Irish dancers, a balloon artist, Irish food and fare, and more. The Newtown Irish Festival is for all ages and will include Scott eh Balloon artist who makes balloon animals like leprechauns, shamrocks, parrots, cartoon characters and more. Live bands will include Jamison, Go Go Gadget, Lecompt, The Juliano Brothers, The Zone, The Shanty’s, The Blitz, The Malarkey Brothers, DJ Shelly Fiddle-Mix, Six Pack Rodeo, Side Arm, Seamus Kelleher, Mike Brill and CJ Mills. There will be local Irish dance schools performing.
Food specials will include signature corned beef eggrolls, fish and chips, Shepard’s pie, Irish stew, potato soup, Guinness stew, corned beef & cabbage and more. There will be Irish beers like Guinness, Harp and Smithwicks on tap, as well as green beer on tap. Irish whiskey and signature cocktail specials include things like Irish coffee, boozy shamrock shake, green orange crush, leprechaun lemonade, thin mint girl scout tini, Irish mule, green teas and more.