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

PLYMOUTH-CANTON, MI — St. Patrick’s Day is on a Friday this year. Entertainment districts in Plymouth-Canton 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 the Plymouth-Canton area to celebrate the March 17 holiday are:

• St. Patrick's Day Party! (featuring The Stone Blossoms & DJ Myles), Club Canton
• Kitty Donohoe & Friends St. Pat's Party for Lost Voices, Annex Theater in the Plymouth Arts and Recreational Center
• St. Patrick's Day Party, North Center Brewing Company in Northville
• St Patricks Day Party with Killer Flamingos and DJ Zig-Zag, One Under Bar in Livonia
• St. Patrick's Day Irish Fest, Hellenic Cultural Center in Westland
• St. Patrick’s Day Patio Party, Fireside Grill & Patio 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi
• St Patty's Day Split Switch, The 5th, 25750 Novi Rd #104, Novi

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.