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

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — St. Patrick’s Day is on a Friday this year. Entertainment districts in Rochester Hills 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 Rochester Hills to celebrate the March 17 holiday are:

• St. Patrick’s Day at O’Connor’s Public House Rochester
• St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Rochester Mills Beer Co.
• St. Paddy’s Day at Rochester Avon Recreation Authority, March 18
• St. Patrick's Day Concerts, St. Mary of the Hills Roman Catholic Church
  2675 John R Rd. March 19
• St. Patrick's Day Park 600 & Royal Park Hotel, Royal Park Hotel
  600 E University Dr.
• Shamrock Shore St. Paddy's Day celebration! O'Connor's Public House
  324 S Main St.
• St. Patty's Bash with Nathan Grant at Duffy's! Duffy's Pub, 3320 Auburn Rd, Auburn Hills

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.