Best Bets For Live Music on St. Patty's Day In San Francisco
Raise your pint and toast to the luck of the Irish as you kick back and enjoy live music on St. Patrick's Day. Here are your best bets for live music in San Francisco on this lucky day.
Zoo Station
Red Devil Lounge
1695 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 921-1695
www.reddevillounge.com
Price: $15
Date: March 17, 2012
Time: 8 p.m.
Is that Bono and the boys? With signature fly shades and U2 theatrics, the Bay Area's own Zoo Station storm Red Devil Lounge for a St. Patrick's Day celebration they will be talking about in Dublin. The quintet brings on the full experience performing an entire U2 album from start to finish including "Pride (In The Name of Love)," "With or Without You," "Beautiful Day," and "Vertigo" even throwing in such rarities as "Elvis Presley and America," "Promenade," "Red Hill Mining Town" and "Acrobat," - songs rarely or never performed live by U2.
Happy Hour Show AxeWound and Lost Puppy
Thee Parkside
1600 17th St
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 252-1330
www.theeparkside.com
Price: Free
Date: March 17, 2012
Time: 3 p.m.
No need to break the bank this holiday. Save your green and head over to Thee Parkside where
Scarlet's St. Patrick's Day party starts early and the cost is free for all! Fill up on $3 well drinks while ordering tasty pulled pork sandwiches or classic Cubans from the kitchen and enjoy live performances by AxeWound and Lost Puppy.
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The Plough and Stars
116 Clement Street at 2nd Ave
San Francisco, CA
(415) 751-1122
www.theploughandstars.com
Price: $10
Date: March 17, 2012
Time: 12 p.m.
Authentic through and through, The Plough and Star is your one stop shop for traditional Irish entertainment. Patrons are charmed as students from the school of Irish dance weave a rich tapestry through set and step dancing leading up to live performance by Quinn, hailing from the island of Ireland. Friends gather here to have Guinness poured right and enjoy the evening till closing.
Lucia Comnes, The Gasmen and The Jaunting Martyrs
Cafe Du Nord
2170 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 861-5016
http://www.cafedunord.com/
Price: $17 - $20
Date: March 17, 2012
Time: 9 p.m.
This triple bill celebrates St. Patty's with traditional Irish drinking songs, jigs, Irish/Celtic and Balkan folk music. Known for bringing world-class entertainment into its quaint surroundings, Cafe du Nord welcomes Lucia Comnes, The Gasmen and The Jaunting Martyrs for an intimate evening of song, story and celebration on St. Patrick's Day
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The Conspiracy of Beards
The Make-Out Room
3225 22nd St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 647-2888
www.makeoutroom.com
Price: $8
Date: Date: March 17, 2012
Time: 7:50 p.m.
You have not experienced the hauntingly beautiful music of Leonard Cohen until you hear it performed in four and five part harmony by The Conspiracy of Beards - San Francisco's 30 man choir performing his work a Capella. From Leonard Cohen to The Pogues, the band's second album "Rum Sodomy and Lash" is paid tribute, commemorating one of the great celtic punk bands of our time. DJs Roger Mas and Kool Kyle spice things up spinning the best Latin, dancehall, salsa and Bhangra starting at 10 p.m.
Robyn Chelsea-Seifert is a freelance writer living in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in The Miami Herald, Creem, Hit Parader, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel and International Musician. Her work can be found at Examiner.com.
