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

ROYAL OAK, MI — St. Patrick’s Day is on a Friday this year. Entertainment districts in Royal Oak 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 Royal Oak to celebrate the March 17 holiday are:

• St. Patrick's Day At The Morrie Royal Oak, The Morrie Royal Oak, The Morrie, 511 S Main St.
• St. Patty's Day Fest 2023, Stairway Royal Oak, 401 S Lafayette Ave STE 2
• Parents' Night Out- St. Patrick's Day Party! South Oakland Family YMCA, 1016 W Eleven Mile Rd.
• St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Urbanrest Brewing Company, 2615 Wolcott St, Ferndale
• St. Patrick’s Day At The Morrie Birmingham, The Morrie Birmingham, The Morrie, 260 N Old Woodward Ave.

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.