Here's Where You Can Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day In Detroit

DETROIT, MI — St. Patrick’s Day is on a Friday this year. Entertainment districts in Detroit will be swimming in Kelly green, and perhaps flashing red and blue lights if people don’t behave themselves.

And devout Catholics may have to consult their parish priest before they dig into a plate of corned beef and cabbage.

Some of the places in Detroit to celebrate the March 17 holiday are:

• Official St. Patrick's Bar Crawl Detroit, Exodos Rooftop, 529 Monroe St.
• Feck Off Fest! A St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Garden Bowl, 4140 Woodward Ave.
• Celebrate The St. Patrick’s Day Parade at Bobcat Bonnie’s in Corktown, Bobcat Bonnie's
  1800 Michigan Ave.
• Detroit Shamrock Festival 2023, 350 Madison St.
• St. Patrick's Day Party Bus Bar Crawl, MGM Grand Detroit, 1777 3rd Ave.
• St. Patrick's Day Party at The Old Shillelagh, The Old Shillelagh, 349 Monroe St.

Devout Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, a sacrifice that recognizes Jesus’ death on the cross on a Friday. Catholics in several suburban Chicago towns can eat the traditional fare without guilt, but the Diocese of Chicago is holding firm.

Whether revelers in cities like heavily Catholic Chicago, one of the most St. Patrick-y cities in the country, go all in with the holiday staple corned beef and cabbage could come down to whether they get special dispensation from the diocese.

There are several Lenten fish fries going on for Catholics who want to play it by the rules. See some of the best fish fries in the metro Detroit area here.