MARCH 2010
NEW MUSIC EVENTS PAGE! From your local coffeehouse to your favorite rite downtown venue
MARCH EVENTS! All of your St. Patrick’s Day needs on one handy page An Orlando Weekly publication
Hagann O’ Reilly’s Irish Pub, Winter Garden
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t’s 9 p.m. on a Friday and I am still waiting to hear back from my contact regarding entrance to Orlando’s annual Nude Night over on Antique Row. Twenty dollars gets you into a 14,000-squarefoot warehouse event that I noticed has been described several times as an “artistic celebration of the human body.” In other words, you’re probably going to see a large number of dumpy people body-painted in the name of art. I
understand that we come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and that bodies, or art for that matter, are subjective and beautiful in many ways, but this isn’t a party being held at the Playboy mansion. The more I think about it, and the more minutes pass by, the more I
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go from angry that my calls and e-mails were completely ignored to thankful that I might be missing out on something that could potentially harm my vision as well as my sex life for the next 10 years. I decide I need to have a naked-filled night regardless. Not to toot my own magazine’s horn, but we happen to have amazing ads that double as coupons to strip clubs within these pages. With a huge list of venues to choose from, they offer everything from free entrance to free drinks. I easily round up a group of friends and grab my Drink stash in order to take full advantage of the fruits – or shall I say “melons” – of Orlando. What else do we have around here other than bars to entertain us? I’ve given up on depending on this city for its culture alone as I have direct examples of how terribly we lack in this department, the most obvious one being the time I was driving down I-4 and noticed a large brown sign on the right hand side titled “cultural attractions”. Underneath the title, the sign was blank. Then there was the time I tried to see La Bohème last year at the Orlando Opera only to find out the Orlando Opera had actually closed its doors due to low ticket sales. Or when the little movie theater downtown that played the foreign films shut down and when Stardust went from being an independent movie rental store to a giant cafeteria with wifi. So with that said, I am trying to learn to appreciate what Orlando has left to offer. I’m grabbing some friends and heading to the titty bar. Now, I’ve had my fair share of delicious barbecue at Dancer’s Royale, but this evening I think I am ready for something less “safe” and off the beaten path. I want the true grit of an OBT strip joint. I want to know that at any given moment I can have my legs shot off while
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Bar: Hagan O’Reily’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Winter Garden Photographer: Jesse Walker, Walker1812 Photography Models: Ashley Fitzgerald, Justin Reed Wardrobe: Sarah Siak, Dressed Haute Makeup: Jessika Dabrowski Hair: Elizabeth Siak Photography Assistant: Anastasia Regnier
March 2010 EDITOR: Meghan Schalk ART DIRECTOR: Kate Weddle PHOTOGRAPHERS: The Guestlist BUSINESS: Karen Waeiss, manager; Amanda Self, administrative assistant ADVERTISING COORDINATOR: Hollie Jirak ADVERTISING: Graham Jarrett, director; Elizabeth Deese, Angie Deruelle, Lara Fischer, Jonathan Risteen, Chad Shea, Dan Winkler, account executives; Mike Mundrick, junior account executive PRODUCTION: Rick Andrews, manager; Sabrina Arbona, Graphic Designer CIRCULATION: Pierre Rene, manager EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Bob Whitby DESIGN CONSULTANT: Shan Stumpf PUBLISHER: Rick Schreiber NATIONAL ADVERTISING: The Ruxton Media Group, (800) 2-RUXTON © 2010 Orlando Weekly Inc., all rights reserved. Orlando Weekly Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. DRINK is free of charge, one copy per reader. DRINK may be distributed only by its distributors. ORLANDO WEEKLY INC. 1505 E. Colonial Dr. Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32803 (407) 377-0400; (407) 377-0415 classified; (407) 377-0420 fax • www.drinkorlando.com
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 walking into the club. Heading to our first destination with Yeago, Kara and Britney, I can’t help but get excited as I check for my mace and search through my wallet making sure I have the appropriate funds for our outing. The same way gas prices rose, I’m unsure if the cost of strippers has as well and I ask the group, “Do they take ones?,” for a moment forgetting that these are humans, not slot machines. We arrive at Cabaret Internationale and the second we get inside, the three of us, minus Yeago our male escort for the evening, are immediately asked if we would like to fill out applications. Ignoring the flattering offer, we are then led to a few other friends we were meeting up with. This is when the staff begins to act completely strange, or maybe strip club normal for all I know. They pull out chairs for us, but make no eye contact with any of the ladies in our party. I raise my eyebrow as I notice that the manager keeps continuously checking on Yeago however, asking what he needs, bringing free drinks to the table and giving him the thumbs up every time he leaves. A part of me is slightly offended, another part amused, and another part can’t help but secretly want to be an undercover stripper for the evening so I can see why the hell they are acting so fucking odd. Do they really recruit girls this way? Do they think Yeago is our pimp? I realize I need to stop thinking about it so much as it is distracting me from the plethora of boobies in the room with us. Talk about different shapes and sizes, these clubs know the definition of variety. No man could possibly ever leave disappointed. Sure there is the occasional butter face, but whose looking at their faces anyway?
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My thoughts are again broken when the DJ tells the audience to give it up for the dancers as well as the beautiful women in the audience, and Britney is asked up to the stage to hold the strippers hands and help them down the stairs for free T-shirt + lap dance time. Circling the floor with balloons in hand, one finds her way to Yeago only to be sadly dismissed by him. Feeling guilty that none of us can really afford a lap dance anyway (or would rather not pay for one), we decide to head out before they determine that we are not the successful group of prostitutes they had pegged us to be. Because Orlando has high morals and closes its doors at 2 a.m., there now is only enough time to head directly across the street to Thee Original Dollhouse for the last 30 minutes of naked time. With alcohol finally running through our blood streams, we are relaxed and better able to enjoy our surroundings without the feeling that Yeago, at any given moment, is going to complete a human trading transaction involving one of us and the club. We stay for last call, big smiles on our faces and promises that we will make this journey again. It may not be the classiest thing to do, but stepping out of your box every once in a while helps escape the dullness of this tired town. Besides, if you are not a twentysomething who finds it cool and ironic to confess their love for Disney World, into swimming in your child’s pee at our numerous water parks or obsessed with Jesus and the Holy Land, you really don’t have much else, attraction wise. And if you’re looking for culture, as some of us do every so often in Orlando, skip the shitty excuse for an art festival/craft fair on Lake Eola, steal a few Drink magazines, tear out the coupons and head over to the closest nudie bar. After all, what could be a finer art than the naked female body? meghan@drinkorlando.com
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t. Patrick’s Day may be the only truly honest holiday. Although it has roots in the misty history of Ireland and remains an official holiday of the Roman Catholic Church, the true meaning of the feast day has evolved (some will argue devolved) into a universal holiday of drinking and merrymaking. Debauchery, drunkenness, slovenly behavior and emerald-hued crimes against the fashion gods have all become “just part of the charm.” Not only are these activities encouraged, nay required, on St. Patrick’s day, they are the only thing people remember (depending upon the number of beverages) about this truly Irish day of celebration. But St. Patrick’s Day the only honest holiday? How dare I? Before you arrange for my excommunication, prepare the gibbet for a hanging or arrange a nice pile of wood for a soul-cleansing stake barbeque, give this heathen a chance to explain. While the United States has 10 federal holidays (St. Patrick’s Day is sadly not one of them), the world has literally thousands of days of celebration. And some of them honor the truly bizarre: Japan’s Kanamara Matsuri celebrates the joys of the penis every spring. Sept. 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, and in some places Feb. 1 is Working Naked Day. Therefore it must be the height of arrogance to suggest that St. Patrick’s Day tops the chart for holidays that are what they pretend to be. But I suggest an honest assessment will shine a light on the self-evident truth of my statement. Christmas has morphed into a retailer’s dream, so much so that many kids recognize Santa more than Jesus. President’s Day Weekend has become the most beloved three days of the year for automobile pimps of all kinds, from mega-mall car retailers to Johnny’s
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by C hris Car ney Craptacular Car Depot. Even New Year’s Eve, a study in amateur depravity, remains burdened with unlikely, and mostly unfulfilled, resolutions to improve oneself in the coming year. Yet a quick Internet search for the “True Meaning of St. Patrick’s Day” uncovers several bizarre parables involving a bearded RomanoBritish monk by the name of Patricius who lived sometime in the 5th century AD (or CE for you egalitarian sticklers), killed a bunch of snakes and, oh yeah, brought Christianity to the heathen Fey Folk worshippers of Ireland. Even the shamrock, a symbol not only of St. Patrick’s Day, The Boston Celtics and House of Pain but of the very essence of Irishness, was empowered by St. Patrick who used its three leaves to teach the locals about the Holy Trinity. While little remains today of the religious holiday – even the Republic of Ireland officially endorsed the party by the 1990s – the secular version of St. Patrick’s Day has done something few religions, political parties or pseudo scientific, new-age movements have: it has become all-inclusive. Everyone can join. Everyone is welcome. Whether they’re Irish, Inuit, Samoan, Russian, Jewish or Somali, St. Patrick’s Day welcomes all, with just one caveat: “Enjoy Yourself.” As the saying goes, “Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.” Sadly, we Central Floridians have no river to dye green like our Irish brethren in chilly Chicago, cannot lay claim to 400,000 revelers
like the folks in Savannah, and have no parade older than our beloved country like the Celtic-loving Bostonians in which to march. Yet, despite our Gaelic handicap, there are plenty of places in Orlando to kick up your boots, swig a pint of Guinness and dance a jig with you best lass. Here are the places you’re likely to find me: I find I have a hankering to see old dudes in fezzes drive wee cars, so I shoot up the few miles to Winter Park for their annual St. Patty’s Day parade. Since the sad demise of Orlando’s own parade, this jaunty and joyous, if small, parade is the only one we have. After a brief lunch of Shepherd’s Pie at Fiddler’s Green I head downtown. A short jaunt from my front door and I’m sitting across from the lovely, and authentically Irish, lassies at Lizzy McCormack’s. These off-the-boat imports, wondrous redheads all, welcome me with the clarion call of Irish hospitality: “What can
I get ya’ darlin’?” A minute later a Smithwick’s mustache crests my upper lip and I am satisfied. From there I hit The Harp & Celt on Magnolia for a pint before heading to my newest fav, The Lucky Leprechaun located in the tourist hell of I-Drive. From here on out the night may get fuzzy, but at least it will match my green felt Mad Hatter chapeau. So this March 17th grab your favorite green apparel, whether it be green plastic Bowler hat, fuzzy chaps or shamrock plastered thongs (St. Patrick would likely disapprove) and jaunt down to any number of local watering holes that for at least one day are Irish too. Drink, make merry and celebrate a holiday that exists for celebration. Erin go bragh! drink@orlandoweekly.com
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CALENDARSUNDAY HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE $1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 & ALOMA AVENUE; FREE AIR 7 PM; HARD ROCK LIVE; $28-32.50
3-FOR-1 SUNDAYS Buy one drink, get two free all night; 7 PM; HOWL AT THE MOON; FREE UNTIL 8 PM AND $5-$7 AFTER 8 PM
‘80S TO ‘00S WITH DJ SMILIN’ DAN Music from the past three decades; $2 vodka drinks; 10 PM; INDEPENDENT BAR; FREE 21-PLUS
SUNDAY FUNDAY
LIVE MUSIC
One free mimosa or Bloody Mary 11 am to noon; 5 for $10 buckets Presidente and Presidente Light all day; GRAFFITI JUNKTION, THORNTON PARK; FREE
2-6PM; RELAX GRILL; FREE
SUNDAY FUNDAYS
MARTINI MADNESS SUNDAYS
Live entertainment on the patio; $5 Imperia vodka cocktails and $9 Imperia martinis; $7 bloody marys, mimosas and sangria; 1 PM; BLUE MARTINI; FREE
$1 Martinis; 8 PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHHOD BAR; FREE
BARRIO
MUSIC AT THE CASA SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE
10 PM; SUITE B; FREE
BINGO AFTER DARK
NOON; CASA FELIZ; FREE
10pm-2am drink specials, great prizes; 10 PM; WALL ST. WAITIKI; FREE
NEW MOON SUNDAYS
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS
No cover all day; 10 PM; REVOLUTION; FREE
PEACOCK BOOM 9 PM; THE PEACOCK ROOM; FREE
POOL PARTY
FILTERED SUNDAYS
$2.50 schnapps and domestic beer, $3.50 select calls 10:30am-9pm, 10:30 AM; PARLIAMENT HOUSE
9 PM; THE PEACOCK ROOM; $5
SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT
FUNDAZE SUNDAZE
$3 calls all night; ladies free till 11pm; guys 3-4-1 till 11pm; 9 PM; RAIN ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE
5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7
5 PM; LITTLE FISH HUGE POND; FREE
HAPPY HOUR $2 wells and $2 domestics; 5-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT
HOSPITALITY NIGHT
SOUL KAMOTION AND DJ MSQUARED
9 PM; LIAM FITZPATRICK’S RESTAURANT & IRISH PUB; FREE
HOSPITALITY NIGHT Half-off drinks for those in the service industry; 7 PM; DANCERS ROYALE; FREE WITH AD
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10 AM-3 PM; LIAM FITZPATRICK; $12.95
MIX IT UP SUNDAYS WITH DJ IROQ
11 AM-2 PM; ETHOS VEGAN KITCHEN; FREE
SUNDAY BRUNCH
Jazz music and wine specials in the Fire Lounge; Drink Specials all night! $19.95 admission price to ICEBAR; 7 PM-MIDNIGHT; ICEBAR, I-DRIVE; FREE-$19.95
S.I.N. Ladies drink free and guys drink 3-4-1 until 11 pm; 9:30 PM; RAIN ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE
DJ STRANGER JAZZ BRUNCH
Enjoy live bands and cheap southern cookin’; Mar 21; 6 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; $5 COVER INCLUDES BBQ DINNER
LIVE JAZZ SUNDAYS
BARCODE
10 PM; TABU; $5-$15
SOUTHERN FRIED SUNDAY
SUNDAY REHAB BRUNCH All you can eat buffet $7.95; 11 AM - 4 PM; ADOBE GILAS
SUPER SUNDAYS 102 Jamz Official Ladies Night hip-hop dance party featuring DJ Nasty, Chino, D-Strong, Disco and Home Base DJ’s; 10 PM; FIRESTONE LIVE; FREE (UNTIL MIDNIGHT), $10-$20
T- DANCE DJ Brianna Lee; $2.50 schnapps and domestic beer and $3.50 select calls until 9 pm; shows at 7 pm, 10 pm, and free buffet at 8 pm; 3:30 PM-3 AM; PARLIAMENT HOUSE; FREE
2-4-1’s; 10 PM; ROK ROOM; FREE
10 PM; 57 WEST; FREE
SOULFUL SUNDAYZ Hip-hop, soul, house and breaks with $5 martinis and $3 calls all night; 10 PM; THE PEACOCK ROOM; $5
ALICIA KEYS 7:30 PM; ST. PETE TIMES FORUM, TAMPA; $55.25-$100.25
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CALENDARMONDAY 3-4-1
CRUSH
HOSPITALITY NIGHT
With purchase of an entree; 6 PM; RELAX GRILL; MENU PRICE
10 PM; BACK BOOTH; $3
50/50 MONDAY'S
hosted by Curtis Earth ; 7-8:30 PM; THE POUR HOUSE AT METROWEST; FREE
Top 40, house, hip-hop, and everything in between in the Fire Lounge. Hospitality employees receive 50 percent off admission with proof of employment! 7 PM- MIDNIGHT; ICEBAR, I-DRIVE; FREE-$19.95
$50 bottles of Three Olives or 50 percent off All other bottles; 7 PM-MIDNIGHT; DANCERS ROYALE; $10 OR FREE WITH AD
CURTIS EARTH TRIVIA
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS
ABYSS MONDAYS
5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7
House music all night long with DJ Chad Andrew, DJ Apex and DJ Eyecue; 10 PM; SUITE B; FREE FOR LADIES
FLASHBACK MONDAYS
BARTENDER TRIVIA $1.50 domestics and $3 imports from 5-6 pm and 8 pm-9 pm; 6 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; FREE
BLUE COLLAR MONDAYS $2.50 wells and drafts, $7 pitchers, $4 Szambelan vodka and $4 doubles; 9 PM; CENTRAL STATION ROCK BAR; FREE
COLLEGE KNIGHT Free drinks from 9 pm-11 pm; 9 PM; KNIGHT KLUB; $3-$5
9 PM; PULSE; $5-$8
GAME NIGHT WITH INNOCENT ASSASSINS Play some classic games while listening to music by Innocent Assassins; 10 PM; NATURA COFFEE & TEA; FREE
GET YOUR BALLS WET BEER PONG
2-4-1 Drink Specials from 4 pm-2 am; 6:30 PM-CLOSE; LAZY GATOR; FREE
HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE $1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
KONA MUSIC MONDAY
7 PM; KIWI’S PUB & GRILL; FREE
10 PM; WAITIKI RETRO TIKI LOUNGE; FREE
GUYS NIGHT
LET IT FLOW MONDAYS
Guys drink $1 beers, 50 cent wings and 50 cent porkies; 7 PM; SMOKEY BONES, E. COLONIAL DRIVE; FREE
$15 all you can drink wine, $20 all you can drink saké and free appetizers; 9 PM; TATÁME; FREE
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM-7:30 PM; EMBER BAR AND RESTAURANT; FREE
$1 dollar off everything! $1 PBR and $2 domestics from 7 pm-11 pm; 7 PM; WILL’S PUB; FREE
HAPPY HOUR
MONDAY NIGHT RAW
$3 Miller Lite pints, house wine and wells; 5 PM-7 PM; PADDY MURPHY’S IRISH PUB; FREE
9 PM; AUSTIN’S COFFEE; FREE
HAPPY HOUR
LOW DOUGH MONDAYS
MOVIE MONDAY Three different movies falling under one theme; 8 PM; REDLIGHT REDLIGHT; FREE
2 for 1 wells, drafts & house wine; 5-8 PM; THE POUR HOUSE AT METROWEST; FREE
MUSICAL MONDAZE
HAPPY HOUR
8 PM; ORLANDO ISLAND OASIS; FREE
$2 wells and $2 domestics; 5-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
HOSPITALITY BLUE
BELA FLECK 8 PM; THE PLAZA THEATRE; $40-$50
HOSPITALITY NIGHT
Live bands, DJs and entertainment; hospitality drink specials from 4 pm-2 am; 4 PM; BLUE MARTINI; FREE
5:30 PM; STONEWALL BISTRO; FREE
NIGHT SCENE NOCHE LATINA 10 PM; REVOLUTION; FREE-$8
ORLANDO'S SEXIEST HAPPY HOUR 2-4-1 wells, calls, domestics and $65 bottles of flavored Absolut; NOON-8 PM; DANCERS ROYALE; $10 OR FREE WITH AD
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RED HOT MONDAY No cover and $1 drafts, $2 Long Islands, and $3 wells until 11 pm; 9 PM; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; FREE-$3
SCOTTY & THE YOUNGINS 10 PM; REILLY’S LANTERN PUB; FREE
SIN
TRIVIA WITH DJ MICHAEL KNIGHT
WING NIGHT
10 PM; WEST END TRADING CO; FREE
All you can eat wings or chicken tacos; 6 PM; ADOBE GILAS; FREE
VEGGIE POTLUCK
WING NIGHT
Dandelion closes its kitchen and opens its doors for patrons to share their own veggie creations; 7 PM-9 PM; DANDELION; FREE
All you can eat wings; 6 PM-10 PM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 & ALOMA AVENUE; $9.99
Free glass of select wine or draft, complimentary with proof of employment in the service industry 7 PM- CLOSE; TASTINGS, A WINE EXPERIENCE; FREE
TEXAS HOLD 'EM $12 Budweiser buckets, $3 Budweiser drafts; food specials; 7 PM; THE CLUBHOUSE, SANDLAKE ROAD; FREE
TORQUE WITH MC COLLABORATOR, CIRCLE K A weekly drum and bass party; 10 PM; CROOKED BAYOU; $5
ALKALINE TRIO 6:30 PM; HOUSE OF BLUES; $15.75
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CALENDARTUESDAY 3-4-1 With purchase of an entree 6 PM; RELAX GRILL; MENU PRICE
ABSENT MINDED IMPROV Short- and long-form improv comedy inspired by the audience; 9 PM; TASTE RESTAURANT; $3
BARTENDER TRIVIA $1.50 domestics and $3 imports from 5 pm-6 pm and 8 pm-9 pm; 6 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; FREE
COMPLIMENTARY DINNER NIGHT
GRITS N GRAVY
Free dinner for ladies with reservation (minimum gratuity $6); 5 PM; SENSO SUPPER CLUB, DOWNTOWN; FREE
Dance to the best classic rock and soul, beat the clock drink specials $1 PBR and wells; 10 PM; INDEPENDENT BAR; NO COVER BEFORE MIDNIGHT
CORN HOLE
HAIR SWEAT
7 PM; SMOKEY BONES, EAST COLONIAL DRIVE; FREE
10 PM; THE PEACOCK ROOM; FREE
CURTIS EARTH TRIVIA
HAMBINGO WITH MISS SAMMY AND CAROL LEE
BLUES JAM WITH DENNY G
5 PM; O’BOYS REAL SMOKED BAR-B-Q; FREE
8 PM; ORLANDO ISLAND OASIS; FREE
CURTIS EARTH TRIVIA
HAPPY HOUR
CHEW & VIEW 8 PM; CROOKED BAYOU; FREE
$1.75 drafts; 8 PM-10 PM; THE HIDEAWAY; FREE
4 PM-7:30 PM; EMBER BAR AND RESTAURANT; FREE
CHILL
DJ SMILIN’ DAN
HAPPY HOUR
$2 Bud Light drafts and wells; 10 PM; CROOKED BAYOU; FREE
$3 Miller Lite pints, house wine and wells; 5 PM-7 PM; PADDY MURPHY’S IRISH PUB; FREE
8 PM; LITTLE FISH HUGE POND; FREE
CLAM NIGHT $5.99 for one pound sauteed in white wine butter and garlic 6 PM; JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR; FREE
DIESEL BEAVER LIVE 10 PM; KITTY O’ SHEAS IRISH PUB; FREE
COLLEGE KNIGHT
DIRTY BINGO
Free drinks from 9 pm-11 pm, free beer and $1 drinks after 11 pm; 9 PM; KNIGHT KLUB; $3-$5
DIVERSE WORD
COLLEGE NIGHT Quarter beers from 9 pm-11pm, $3 Jager and Lemon Drop shots all night; 9 PM; CENTRAL STATION ROCK BAR; FREE
9 PM; STARDUST LOUNGE; FREE An eclectic evening of spoken word and poetry tag; 8 PM; DANDELION COMMUNITEA CAFE; FREE
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS Request a song and pit these talented pianists against each other; 5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7
EARTH TRIVIA 9 PM; THE CLUBHOUSE SANDLAKE ROAD; FREE
ELECTRO TECHNO TUESDAYS WITH DJ NIX-9 8 PM; LITTLE FISH HUGE POND; FREE
EXXXTREME TUESDAYS Music by DJ Irene Pardo and entertainment by BellaBellaGirlz; 10 PM; ROK ROOM; $10
FLOOR ON FIRE SWING LESSONS
6 PM-9 PM; HAMBURGER MARY’S; FREE
HAPPY HOUR $2 wells and $2 domestics; 5-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
HIP HOP TUESDAY with DJ Saxwell; 8 PM; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; $4
HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE $1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
JAMES BOYD BAND 7 PM; TASTINGS, A WINE EXPERIENCE; FREE
JAZZ AND VINES 6 PM-8 PM; CUP O’ SOUL CAFE; FREE
JAZZY MUSIC AND ART 10 PM; THE SOCIAL; FREE
KIWI'S ORLANDO HOLD 'EM POKER 7 PM; KIWI’S PUB & GRILL; FREE
7 PM-9 PM; ICEBAR ORLANDO; $19.95 BEN FOLDS 7 PM; HOUSE OF BLUES; $22.25-$25.25
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TAKEOVR DJ Cru Jones spins a mix of indie, electro and dance; $1 wells and PBR until midnight; $4 Old English 32 ounce all night; 10 PM; ROXY NIGHTCLUB; FREE-$5
TASTY TUESDAY Free beer and wine with entree; 6 PM; RELAX GRILL; FREE
TATAME-HARMONY SINGLE MINGLE NIGHT 9 PM; TATAME SAKE LOUNGE; FREE KATAKLYSM 8 PM; FIRESTONE LIVE; $20-$23
LET’S GO TUESDAYS 10 PM; TATAME SAKE
LOCALS ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD APPRECIATION Kids 11 and under eat free with an adult; five-beer buckets of Presidente for $10 all day; 6 PM-8 PM; GRAFFITI JUNKTION, THORNTON PARK; FREE
SHWILL’S ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS 9:30 PM; RED LION PUB; FREE
SKYY BLUE TUESDAYS Networking happy hour 4 pm-8 pm; Live entertainment and DJs; Skyy Vodka and Herradura specials; 4 PM; BLUE MARTINI; FREE
SPEAKEASY
8 PM; TOM AND JERRY’S LOUNGE; FREE
Open mic poetry night hosted by Todd Caviness; 9 PM; WILL’S PUB; FREE
MARGARITA MADNESS
TACO TUESDAYS
4 PM; BLUE MARTINI; FREE
$1 dollar tacos after 4 pm; 4 PM; ADOBE GILAS; FREE
MANHATTAN
NEW BREW NIGHT Free glass with purchase of the featured beer; 8 PM; WEST END TRADING CO; FREE
ORLANDO'S SEXIEST HAPPY HOUR
TACO TUESDAY $2 dollar tacos, $2 margaritas, $2 Coronas and $2 shots of tequila; 2 PM; WALL STREET CANTINA; FREE
TEXAS HOLD'EM POKER NIGHT $2 Tacos, Cantina-ritas and Coronas; 7 PM; GREEN PARROT; FREE
TIN TUESDAY $1.50 cans; 7 PM; SPORTSTOWN; FREE
TINI TUESDAY WITH SASSY DIVINE 9 PM; PULSE; $5-$8
TONEWALL TUESDAYS with ViJay ViViaN 7 PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
VIXEN HAPPY HOUR $3 house wines, $2 domestic drafts, Grey Goose, Dewar’s, Bombay Sapphire, and Jack Daniels, and $1 Bicardi; 7 PM-9 PM; VIXEN; FREE
XL 106.7 HOUSE PARTY LADIES NIGHT 10 PM; TABU; FREE-$5
2-4-1 wells, calls, domestics & $65 bottles of flavored Absolut; NOON-8 PM; DANCERS ROYALE; $10 OR FREE WITH AD
PHAT-N-JAZZY MUSIC AND ART Spinning funk, soul, hip-hop and house; 10 PM; THE SOCIAL; FREE
SEMINOLE COUNTY YOUNG PROFESSIONAL REPUBLICANS 7 PM; GATORS DOCKSIDE; FREE KREATOR 8 PM; FIRESTONE LIVE; $20-$23
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CALENDARWEDNESDAY 3-4-1
BUCKWILD WEDNESDAYS
With purchase of an entree; 6 PM; RELAX GRILL; MENU PRICE
10 PM; DESTINY NIGHTCLUB; FREE-$10
$1 DRINK NIGHT
Feel smart and explore the latest ideas in science and technology over a glass of wine; 7 PM; TASTE RESTAURANT; FREE
9 PM; CHILLERS; FREE
THE ABSINTHE JAZZ TRIO 9 PM; WILL’S PUB; $3-$5
ACOUSTIC LOUNGE 5 PM; TAVERN ON THE LAKE; FREE
ACOUSTIC NIGHT Live acoustic music; $2 off Irish draft beer and $5 carbombs all night; 7 PM; LIAM FITZPATRICK’S RESTAURANT & IRISH PUB; FREE
CAMP DRAG WITH GIDGET GALORE 11 PM; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; $3
CLASSIC SOUL WEDNESDAYS R&B and hip-hop soul by DJ Saxwell; 5 PM; 11/12 LOUNGE; FREE
CULT FILM NIGHT
9 PM; SCRUFFY MURPHY’S; FREE
CURTIS EARTH TRIVIA
AUDUBON PARK COMMUNITY MARKET
Compete for prizes! 7 PM-11 PM; ONE EYED JACKS, WALL STREET; FREE
BARTENDER TRIVIA $1.50 domestics and $3 imports from 5 pm-6 pm and 8 pm-9 pm; 6 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; FREE
BEAT THE CLOCK 7 pm-8 pm $4 drinks; 8 pm-10 pm $5 drinks; 10 pm-11 pm $6 drinks; 11 pm-midnight $7 drinks, midnight-2 am $8 drinks 7 PM; SENSO SUPPER CLUB, DOWNTOWN; FREE
BEER NIGHT Five for $5 beers; 9 PM; TATAME SAKE LOUNGE; FREE
BIKE NIGHT Free Texas Hold’Em Poker; $10 domestic buckets and $6.95 dozen wings 10:30 PM (REGISTRATION 10 PM); JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR; FREE
BINGO WITH WANZIE AND MISS SAMMY 5 pm free; Camp Drag with Gidget Galore at 11 pm with $3 dollar cover after 11 pm, and DJ Brianna Lee; 5 PM; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; FREE-$3
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CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE
THE ACOUSTIC SOUNDS OF ZAC
Stock up on organic produce, freshly prepared foods, and handmade goods from local artists. 6 PM-9 PM; STARDUST VIDEO AND COFFEE; FREE
ATTACK ATTACK 6 PM; THE SOCIAL; CALL FOR PRICE
9 PM; LITTLE FISH HUGE POND; FREE
HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE
5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7
$1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
FREE FOR ALL POOL
JAZZ AND VINES
$1.75 Coors Light draft; 9 PM-CLOSE, THE GREEN PARROT; FREE
6 PM-8 PM; CUP O’ SOUL CAFE; $10
GREG EYMA
10:30 PM; TANQUERAY’S; FREE
5 PM; URBAN FLATS; FREE
KIWII TOURNAMENT
HAPPY HOUR
7 PM; KIWI’S PUB & GRILL; FREE
4 PM-7:30 PM; EMBER BAR AND RESTAURANT; FREE
LADIES NIGHT
DORM COLLEGE NIGHT 9 PM; PULSE; FREE-$5
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS
HAPPY HOUR $2 domestics and 2-4-1 wells and calls until 9 pm; $5 Martinis for ladies all night; 5 PM- 2 AM; JASON’S MARTINI CLUB, SANFORD; FREE
KALEIGH BAKER
Ladies receive free Three Olives vodka cocktails from 8 pm-11pm; 4 PM; BLUE MARTINI; FREE-$10
LADIES NIGHT
$3 Miller Lite pints, house wine and wells; 5 PM-7 PM; PADDY MURPHY’S IRISH PUB; FREE
Ladies get free admission to the ICEBAR until 10 pm and drink for free in the Fire Lounge until 10 pm. After 10 pm ICEBAR admission is half priced ($9.95) and drinks are half off in the Fire Lounge. 7 PM- MIDNIGHT; ICEBAR, I-DRIVE; FREE-$19.95 NEW LOW PRICE
HAPPY HOUR
LADIES NIGHT
$2 wells and $2 domestics; 5PM-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
7 PM; SMOKEY BONES, E COLONIAL DRIVE; FREE
LADIES NIGHT
HOLD’EM POKER NIGHT
Happy hour for ladies; 9 PM; LIAM FITZPATRICK’S RESTAURANT & IRISH PUB; FREE
HAPPY HOUR
7 PM; GREEN PARROT; FREE
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CALENDARWEDNESDAY LADIES NIGHT
PEEK-A-BOO LOUNGE
SIN NIGHT
Ladies drink 2-4-1’s; 7 PM; THE CLUBHOUSE DOWNTOWN; FREE
9 PM; STARDUST LOUNGE; $5
PLANET HOUSE
11 PM; TOM AND JERRY’S LOUNGE; FREE
10 PM; DESTINY NIGHTCLUB; FREE-$10
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
PUMP
‘90s music dance party; MIDNIGHT; BACK BOOTH; FREE-$4
LEIGH & FRIENDS 10:30 PM; REVOLUTION; FREE
MANDADDY TRIVIA Trivia Madness hosted by Mandaddy; 9 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; $3
Classic feel good music that you and your friends grew up on; 10 PM; ROK ROOM; $1
TEXAS HOLD ‘EM POKER 8 PM-11 PM; ORENA SPORTS BAR; FREE
VIXEN HAPPY HOUR $3 house wines, $2 domestic drafts, Grey Goose, Dewar’s, Bombay Sapphire, and Jack Daniels, and $1 Bicardi; 7 PM-9 PM; VIXEN; FREE
WAITIKI WEDNESDAY 35 cent wings, $2.50 Red Stripe and live reggae; 4-11PM; WAITIKI, WALL STREET; FREE
WHERE TO BE WEDNESDAYS College Dance Night; 10 PM; KNIGHT LIBRARY; FREE
WHITE TRASH WEDNESDAYS $1 PBR and $4 Jim Beams; 6 PM; ADOBE GILAS; FREE
WILD WEDNESDAY 3-4-1
BREATH CAROLINA 6 PM; THE SOCIAL; CALL FOR PRICE
METRO WEDNESDAYS 10 PM; SUITE B; FREE
MOVIE NIGHT
PUYA ELECTRONICA WEDNESDAYS
Happy hour until 10 pm, $2 wells 10 pm-midnight; and quarter drinks from midnight-12:30 am; 10 PM; REVOLUTION; FREE-$8
10 PM; INDEPENDENT BAR; $5
with resident DJ Yermein Valazquez spinning deep house, minimal and techno; up on; 9 PM; VIXEN BAR; NO COVER, 21 & UP
NICKEL BEER NIGHT
REGGAE NIGHT
WINE NOT WEDNESDAY
5 PM-7:30 PM; BIG BELLY BREWERY; FREE
10 PM; 57 WEST; FREE
SHAMROCK POKER
NICKEL BEER NIGHT
7 PM; FLANNAGAN’S, UCF; FREE
8 PM-10 PM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
SIN NIGHT
First Wednesday of every month; acoustic music, free wine and catering by Black Bean Deli; 6 PM-8 PM; COLLEGE PARK LOCATION ONLY, DECHOES RESALE; FREE
6 PM; RELAX GRILL; FREE
NECROPOLIS
ORLANDO'S SEXIEST HAPPY HOUR 2-4-1 wells, calls, domestics & $65 bottles of flavored Absolute; NOON-8 PM; DANCERS ROYALE; $10 OR FREE WITH AD
$2 Miller Lite, $3 Bacardi cocktails, no cover until midnight for all service industry employees; 9 PM; LATITUDES; FREE
WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY $20 all you can drink wine and appetizers; 6 PM-9 PM; URBAN FLATS; $20
WINESDAY Enjoy full glass wine samples, a full size appetizer and live music every Wednesday. 6 PM; EMBER BAR & RESTAURANT; FREE
Want to add something to the calendar? E-mail us at calendar@drinkorlando.com Listed time reflects start time of drinking event. Bar hours and cover charge prior to that time may vary.
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CALENDARTHURSDAY 3-4-1
CURTIS EARTH TRIVIA
GREG & MIKE DUO
With purchase of an entree; 6 PM; RELAX GRILL; MENU PRICE
7 PM; SMOKEY BONES, EAST COLONIAL DRIVE; FREE
ADAM DUSS
DIRTY WORD POETRY CONTEST
8 pm; Roho Art & Coffee; free for the guys from 9 pm-11 pm; 9 PM; CENTRAL STATION ROCK BAR; FREE
6PM-9 PM; HAGAN O’REILLY’S IRISH PUB AND RESTAURANT; FREE
AREA 54 WITH DJ JADE AND UNDERGROUND SOUND
Poets and writers compete for a $100 prize; 9 PM; CLUB K.O.H.A.; $5
HAPPY HOUR 4 PM-7:30 PM; EMBER BAR AND RESTAURANT; FREE
10 PM; OFFSIDES SPORTS BAR & GRILL; FREE
ART NIGHT
NASHVILLE PUSSY 8 PM; FIRESTONE LIVE; $10-$12
Hosted by Tattooed Bill; Local artists, live painting and music; Presidente Special: 5 for $10 buckets Presidente and Presidente Light all day; 7 PM; GRAFFITI JUNKTION, THORNTON PARK; FREE
BARTENDER TRIVIA $1.50 domestics and $3 imports from 5 pm-6 pm and 8 pm-9 pm; 6 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; FREE
BIKE NIGHT 7 PM; 11/12 LOUNGE; FREE
BIKE NIGHT 7:30 PM; GATOR’S DOCKSIDE; FREE
BOOGIE BODEGA WITH ATNARKO, LOLA BLUES JAM
DJ JEFFERSON FUNK
HAPPY HOUR
Spinning disco, funk, ‘80s remixes 10 PM; SUITE B; FREE
8 PM; THE ALLEY; FREE
DOUBLE TROUBLE
B, CAROLINE ST. CLAIR & GEEBO 10 PM; CROOKED BAYOU; FREE
Double your liquor for regular price 7 PM; SENSO SUPPER CLUB, DOWNTOWN; FREE
$3 Miller Lite pints, house wine and wells; 5 PM- 2 AM; JASON’S MARTINI CLUB, SANFORD; FREE
BREAKDOWN
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS
Free drinks til midnight, then $1 drinks, drafts, shots all night; 9 PM; KNIGHT KLUB; FREE-$8
FLIP AND SIP THURSDAYS
BUCK WILD THURSDAYS College Night; $1 Bud Products, $3 UV cocktails and 2-for-1 Jager Bombs. 8 PM; HOWL AT THE MOON; COVER STARTS AT 8 PM
COLLEGE NIGHT Everyone drinks for $1 until midnight; 9:30 PM; ROXY NIGHTCLUB; $5- $7
CRUSH COLLEGE RUSH THURSDAYS 10 PM; BLISS PREMIERE ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE-$5
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5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7 Bartenders flip a coin to determine if you drink your cocktail for free; 6 PM; WALL STREET CANTINA; FREE
FIVE YEAR FLASHBACK With Smilin Dan. Dance party with indie music from 2004 and before; 10 PM; INDEPENDENT BAR; $5
HAPPY HOUR $2 domestics and 2-4-1 wells and calls until 9 pm; $5 Martinis for ladies all night; 5 PM-7PM; PADDY MURPHY’S IRISH PUB; FREE
HAPPY HOUR $2 wells and $2 domestics; 5PM-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE
$1.75 Coors Light draft 9 PM-CLOSE, THE GREEN PARROT; FREE
$1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
GOSSIP THURSDAYS
HOUSE MUSIC
FREE FOR ALL POOL
with DJ Justin James; Ladies drink free until midnight; 10 PM; BLISS ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE
10 PM; 57 WEST; NO COVER UNTIL 12
DR 3-10
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CALENDARTHURSDAY JAM NIGHT WITH TRIPLE OCTANE 9:30 PM; THE GREEN BAR; FREE
JAMES BOYD BAND 7 PM; TASTINGS: A WINE EXPERIENCE; FREE
LADIES LOVE IT Free martinis for ladies; 5 PM; VINTAGE LOUNGE; FREE
LADIES GONE WILD
ASKING ALEXANDRIA 6 PM; THE SOCIAL; CALL FOR PRICE
9 PM; FRIENDLY CONFINES, WINTER PARK; FREE
LADIES NIGHT
MARIACHI MUSIC
SINATRA
Half off house margaritas and house wine; 6 PM-10 PM; CANTINA LAREDO; FREE
7 PM; AGAVE AZUL; FREE
10 PM; STARDUST LOUNGE; FREE-$7
NOCHES AZUL
TABU THURSDAYS
LADIES NIGHT
Upscale Latin dance night featuring live salsa-merengue bands, DJ’s and performers; 4 PM; BLUE MARTINI; $5-$10
All you can drink premium bar; 10 PM; TABU; $13-$15
8 PM; CARIERA’S CUCINA ITALIANA, LAKE HART; FREE
LADIES NIGHT Ladies drink 2-4-1; 10 PM; THE CLUBHOUSE, SANDLAKE ROAD; FREE
LADIES NIGHT 9 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
2-4-1 wells, calls, domestics & $65 bottles of flavored Absolute; NOON-8 PM; DANCERS ROYALE; $10 OR FREE WITH AD
PLANET HOUSE
LADIES NIGHT
10 PM; DESTINY NIGHTCLUB; FREE-$10
2 for 1 from 9-midnight 9 PM; JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR; FREE
PLEDGE COLLEGE NIGHT
LADIES NIGHT Live music; 6 PM; SANFORD WINE COMPANY
LATIN NIGHT with DJ Dido; 8 PM; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; $5 COVER AFTER 11 PM
No cover before midnight with college or theme park ID; Free well drinks from 11 pm-11:30 pm, $3 Long Islands, $5 Three Olive Monster bombs and $3 Bud and Bud Light; 9 PM; REVOLUTION; FREE-$8
POETRY SLAM Competitive poetry contest performed in front of a live audience; 9 PM; STARDUST VIDEO & COFFEE; FREE
$6 all you can eat tacos (6 pm-9 pm) dine in only; free Texas Hold’Em Poker hosted by All In Poker League at 7 pm (registration 6:30 pm); 6 PM; JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR; FREE
THINK ABOUT IT THURSDAYS Underwear Night with Tony Edge . Wear underwear get happy hour prices all night; 8 PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
VIXEN HAPPY HOUR $3 house wines, $2 domestic drafts, Grey Goose, Dewar’s, Bombay Sapphire, and Jack Daniels, and $1 Bicardi; 7 PM-9 PM; VIXEN; FREE
WAVE POP
9 PM; PULSE; FREE
21+, No Cover, Ladies Drink half price all night; All Video hip-hop, indie, dance and electro 10 PM; 57 WEST; FREE
THE REPUBLIC
WHAT’S HOT
10 PM; 23; $10
9:30 PM; DRAGON ROOM; $5-$10
WINE TASTING
5 PM-2 AM; CEVICHE; FREE
RYAN RIVAS’ OPEN MUSIC JAM
LUCKY 7'S THURSDAYS
7 PM-10 PM; URBAN THINK BOOKSTORE; FREE
LET’S DANCE Free cover and cocktails for ladies all night long; 10 PM; BLISS PREMIERE ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE-$10
LIVE FLAMENCO MUSIC AND DANCE
$7 mini beers, $7 chicken fajitas, $7 margarita pitchers; 6 PM; ADOBE GILAS; FREE
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ORLANDO'S SEXIEST HAPPY HOUR
TACO THURSDAYS
PULSE INDUSTRY NIGHT
SHAK NASTI Rock, funk and jazz; 10:30 PM; TANQUERAY’S; FREE
5:30 -7:30 PM; TASTINGS, A WINE EXPERIENCE; $15
YAPPY HOUR PARTY 3 PM-7 PM; TASTINGS, A WINE EXPERIENCE
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CALENDARFRIDAY 3-4-1 HAPPY HOUR
FABULUST FRIDAY
4 PM; ANTIGUA; FREE
7 PM; VINTAGE LOUNGE; FREE
80S MUSIC
FAME FRIDAY
10 PM; 57 WEST; NO COVER UNTIL 12
ALL YOU CAN DRINK AND EAT
Get on the guest list or show their promotional text at the door and receive $1 drinks until midnight. DJ Chino spins old school, hip-hop, and top 40 hits all night long. 9:30 PM; DRAGON ROOM; FREE-$10
6 PM-8 PM; RELAX GRILL; $10
FIZZY FRIDAYS
BEST LOCAL HAPPY HOUR
$1 off champagne cocktails; 5 PM-7 PM; TASTINGS A WINE EXPERIENCE; FREE
ACOUSTIC FRIDAYS 9 PM; RUSTY O’REILLYS; FREE
Presidente Special: five for $10 buckets Presidente and Presidente Light all day; 4 PM-7 PM; GRAFFITI JUNKTION, THORNTON PARK; FREE
BLUE FRIDAY Happy-hour featuring $3 cocktails and $6 martinis; 4 PM; BLUE MARTINI; $5-$10
BONES BEATS 7 PM; SMOKEY BONES, EAST COLONIAL DRIVE; FREE
FLIRTINI FRIDAYS WITH DJ ERIK VELEZ Free martinis for ladies until midnight. 10 PM; BLISS PREMIERE ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE
FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS SHOW 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; $6-$8
FREE BEER PONG
HENRY CORDERO Y SU COMBO 9 PM; LECHONERA RESTAURANT AMOR AMOR; FREE
HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE $1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
HOT PARADISE NIGHTS 7 PM; XUSHI FACTORY; $5
IAN AND FRIENDS 6 PM; VOLCANO’S COFFEE BAR AND ROASTERY; FREE
DAN FROM BIG 10-4 8 PM; TASTINGS: A WINE EXPERIENCE; FREE
LADIES NIGHT WITH DJ SKREAM 10 PM; TABU; FREE- $15
THE BOOMERS
11 PM; JIMMY’S SPORTS BAR; FREE
9:30 PM; WHY NOT LOUNGE; $3
FREE FOR ALL FRIDAYS
LIVE FLAMENCO MUSIC AND DANCE
BRENDAN & JOSH
9 PM; PULSE; FREE-$8
5 PM-2 AM; CEVICHE; FREE
7 PM; INFUSION TEA; FREE
FRIDAY NIGHT BLENDER
CENTRAL FLORIDA FOLK ACOUSTIC JAM
9 PM; CHILL ORLANDO; FREE
6 PM; THE MUSIC SHACK; $7 DONATION Indie and electro dance party. 10 PM; INDEPENDENT BAR; NO COVER 21-PLUS BEFORE 1 AM
Free well drinks from 11 pm-11:30 pm, $3 Long Islands, Coronas and tequila shots; 9 PM; REVOLUTION; 21-PLUS FREE BEFORE 11 PM
CURTIS EARTH TRIVIA
HAPPY HOUR
6 PM; COPPER ROCKET PUB; FREE
DJ SHORTY
4 PM-7:30 PM; EMBER BAR AND RESTAURANT; FREE
9 PM; FRANK’S PLACE; FREE
HAPPY HOUR
DUEL OF FOOLS
5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7
$2 domestics and 2-4-1 wells and calls until 9 pm; $5 Martinis for ladies all night; Video DJ from 9 pm-2 am playing a variety of the best dance music from the 80s-00s 5 PM- 2 AM; JASON’S MARTINI CLUB, SANFORD; FREE
DUMPSTER DIVE
HAPPY HOUR
COLLEGE INDIE
High-energy improv comedy competition featuring audience judges; 8 PM; SAK COMEDY LAB; $15
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS
You give $1 They give random beer; ALL DAY ; LOADED HOG, WALL STREET; FREE
FUEGO FRIDAYS
$2 wells and $2 domestics; 5-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
GLORIANA 7 PM; AMWAY ARENA; $25
LIVE MUSIC 5 PM - 1:30 AM; ADOBE GILAS; FREE
LIVE MUSIC 10 PM-CLOSE; THE GREEN PARROT; FREE
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LOLA PIZZERIA 9 PM; REDLIGHT REDLIGHT; VARIOUS PRICES
AMOS LEE 8 PM; THE SOCIAL; $25
ORLANDO'S GOT TALENT, MARY STYLE 9 PM; HAMBURGER MARY’S; FREE
ORLANDO'S SEXIEST HAPPY HOUR 2-4-1 wells, calls, domestics and $65 bottles of flavored Absolut; NOON-8 PM; DANCERS ROYALE; $10 OR FREE WITH AD
POETRY & MUSICIAN SHOWCASE
SMOKIN’ FRIDAYS 10 PM; SMOKIN’ DEVANEYS II; FREE
WALL STREET BLOCK PARTY
UTOPIA
11 PM; WALL STREET PLAZA; FREE
10:30 PM; 310 LAKESIDE; FREE
WORLD”S GREATEST HAPPY HOUR
UTUNES
7 PM; H2O; $4
9 PM; PADDY MCGEE’S; FREE
THE SCOTTISH YANKS
VINES & VINYL
6-9 PM; HAGAN O’REILLY’S IRISH PUB AND RESTAURANT; FREE
10 PM; EOLA WINE COMPANY; FREE
SENSES
$3 house wines, $2 domestic drafts, Grey Goose, Dewar’s, Bombay Sapphire, and Jack Daniels, and $1 Bacardi; 7 PM-9 PM; VIXEN; FREE
10 PM; ZENZI; FREE
VIXEN HAPPY HOUR
50 percent off everything and 2 $1 drink tickets until 9pm; email partyorlando@ howlatthemoon.com (must be on list to get party perks) 5 PM; HOWL AT THE MOON; FREE FROM 5 PM-8 PM
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CALENDARMUSIC SUNDAY MARCH 7 DROPKICK MURPHYS
6 pm; House of Blues; $23.25-$28.25
MARCH 16 BEN FOLDS
7 pm; House of Blues; $22.25-$25.25
MARCH 30
7 pm; The Plaza Theatre; $40-$45
KREATOR, KATAKLYSM, EVILE, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, LAZARUS AD
SOULFLY, PRONG, INCITE
8 pm; Firestone Live; $20-$23
6 pm; Firestone Live; $17-$20
RUDY STOCKHAUSEN
THE LETTERMEN
MARCH 14 AIR
7 pm; Hard Rock Live; $28-32.50
9 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea; free YOUNG GUNNS JAZZ SHOWCASE
8 pm; The Plaza Theatre; $5
FIVE FOR FIGHTING
8 pm; The Plaza Theatre; $27
MARCH 21 GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTORYERS
7:30 pm; House of Blues; $27-$30
MARCH 28 ALICIA KEYS
7:30 pm; St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa; $55.25-$100.25 JOHN LEE HOOKER JR.
7 pm; The Plaza Theatre; $12-$14
MONDAY MARCH 8 BELA FLECK
8 pm; The Plaza Theatre; $40-$50 THE MOODY BLUES
7 pm; Hard Rock Live; $59-$89
MARCH 22 ALKALINE TRIO
6:30 pm; House of Blues; $15.75
WEDNESDAY MARCH 10 4TH DIMENSION
10 pm; Revolution; $25 MICHAEL BUBLE
8 pm; Amway Arena; $49.50-$89.50
MARCH 17 UNEARTH, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, VEIL OF MAYA, THE GHOST INSIDE, CARNIFEX
7 pm; Firestone Live; $15-$18
MARCH 24 ATTACK ATTACK, BREATHE CAROLINA, I SEE STARS, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, BURY TOMORROW
6 pm; The Social; call for price
THURSDAY MARCH 4 TWIZTID, DELUSIONAL
TUESDAY MARCH 2 CROOKED TREE
9 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea; free 30
7 pm; Firestone Live; $18-$20
MARCH 11 CURB 60
7:30 pm; Sanford Wine Company; free
MARCH 25 ATTACK ATTACK, BREATHE CAROLINA, I SEE STARS, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, BURY TOMORROW
MARCH 26 12 STONE DRIVE
9:30 pm; Green Parrot; free
APRIL 2
6 pm; The Social; call for price
AMOS LEE
NASHVILLE PUSSY, GREEN JELLY, PSYCHOSTICK
8 pm; The Social; $25
8 pm; Firestone Live; $10-$12
APRIL 1 THE ATARIS, LOUIS DEFABRIZIO & THE HOGJAW, AWESTRUCK
8 pm; Back Booth; $8-$10
SATURDAY MARCH 6 BIG BLOCK
9:30 pm; Green Parrot; free THE FLING
FRIDAY MARCH 5 GEORGE GROSSMAN
8 pm; Sanford Wine Company; free TAYLOR SWIFT, KELLIE PICKLER, GLORIANA
7 pm; Amway Arena; $25 THE TOKEN GAMBLERS, BLUE LEGS
10 pm; Tanqueray’s; free
MARCH 13 ART ALEXAKIS & ED KOWALCZYK
TBA; House of Blues; TBA ERIC CLAPTON, ROGER DALTREY
7 pm; Amway Arena; $45-$125
MARCH 20
9 pm; Orlando Brewing; free
FOREIGNER
YIP YIP, SAVAGES
8 pm; King Center for Performing Arts; $29.50-$57.50
8 pm; Cameo Theatre; $5-$7
MARCH 12
GARY SINISE & THE LIEUTENANT DAN BAND
60 WATT SUN
8:30 pm; House of Blues; $25-$28
9:30 pm; Green Parrot; free
KGB
ALIAS PUNCH, SAM
9:30 pm; Green Parrot; free
9 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea; free
PHIL DIRT & THE BEACHBOYS
GINA & TONY DUO
8 pm; Sanford Wine Company; free SONAR
10 pm; Tanqueray’s; free
MARCH 19 RICHARD MARX
8 pm; The Plaza Theatre; $36.50-$42.50 UCF-ORLANDO JAZZ FESTIVAL
8 pm; UCF Communications Building Auditorium; $20-$60
7:30 pm; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center; $25-$35
MARCH 27 G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD
8 pm; House of Blues; $18.25-$38.25 MUD ROOSTER
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CALENDARSATURDAY 25 CENT POOL ALL DAY LONG
DUELING PIANOS
HAPPY HOUR
$1.75 drafts; 8 PM-10 PM; THE HIDEAWAY; FREE
9 PM; LIAM FITZPATRICK’S; FREE
ALL YOU CAN DRINK AND EAT
9 PM -11 PM; TASTINGS, A WINE EXPERIENCE; FREE
$2 wells and $2 domestics; 5PM-9PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
6 PM-8 PM; RELAX GRILL; $10
DJ SHORTY
9:30 PM; CLUB HUSH; FREE
BLUES JAM WITH DOC WILLIAMSON
9 PM; FRANK’S PLACE; FREE
HOSPITALITY NIGHT FOR EVERYONE
9 PM; RUSTY O’REILLYS; FREE
shows at 10 pm and midnight; music by DJ Brianna Lee; 10 PM; THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE; $8
THE BOOMERS 9:30 PM; WHY NOT LOUNGE; $3
CABERET DINNER SHOW W/ LEIGH SHANNON
DJ LOLA
FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS
GIRLS NIGHT OUT
8:30 PM; HAMBURGER MARY’S; FREE
8 PM -10 PM; TASTINGS, A WINE EXPERIENCE; $20
COWBOY UP
THE GLAMOUR LIFE
Upscale cigar bar goes country on Saturdays; $2 dollar cocktails for ladies and $1 Bud Light bottles all night; 9 PM; MEDICI CIGAR BAR AND LOUNGE; FREE
$10 for free drinks until midnight and free admission until 11 pm; 9:30 PM: DRAGON ROOM; FREE-$10
DATING GAME With Tattooed Bill; Six for $10 buckets; Presidente Special: Five for $10 buckets Presidente and Presidente Light all day: 8:30 PM; GRAFFITI JUNKTION, THORNTON PARK; FREE
HOLLYWOOD SATURDAYS
$1.50 drinks, $4 shots and $4 premium liquor drinks; 55 cent wings and claws; 10 PM- 2 AM; FRIENDLY CONFINES 2, STATE ROAD 436 AND ALOMA AVENUE; FREE
HOUSEFLYZ 9 PM; SUITE B; FREE
ICEBREAKER SATURDAYS 10 PM; ICEBAR; $19.95
JESSICA TORRES
HAPPY HOUR
5:30 PM; INFUSION TEA; FREE
50 percent off everything and 2 $1 drink tickets until 9pm; email partyorlando@ howlatthemoon.com (must be on list to get party perks) 6 PM; HOWL AT THE MOON; FREE FROM 6 PM-8 PM
LIVE FLAMENCO MUSIC AND DANCE 5 PM-2 AM; CEVICHE; FREE
LOLA PIZZERIA 9 PM; MCRANEY’S TAVERN; VARIOUS PRICES
LIVE MUSIC 5 PM-1:30 AM; ADOBE GILAS; FREE
LIVE MUSIC 10 PM-CLOSE; THE GREEN PARROT; FREE
LIVE MUSIC W/ NO COVER! Enjoy great live music with no cover charge; COPPER ROCKET PUB; FREE
OLD SCHOOL NEW WAVE WITH JOHN G. 10 PM; INDEPENDENT BAR; FREE-$5 GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD 8 PM; HOUSE OF BLUES; $18.25-$38.25
DUEL OF FOOLS High-energy improv comedy competition featuring audience judges; 8 PM; SAK COMEDY LAB; $15
DUELING ACOUSTIC PIANOS Request a song and pit these talented pianists against each other; 5 PM; PAT O’BRIENS; FREE-$7
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HAPPY HOUR $2 domestics and 2-4-1 wells and calls until 9 pm; $5 Martinis for ladies all night; Video DJ from 9 pm-2 am spinning the latest dance and old school favorites. 5 PM- 2 AM; JASON’S MARTINI CLUB, SANFORD; FREE
POWER HOUR 3-4-1 drinks from 10:30 pm-11:30 pm; 10:30 PM; LATITUDES; $5
PULSATE WITH DJ EQX 9 PM; PULSE; FREE-$8
RICE & BEANS SOUNDSYSTEM 10 PM; EOLA WINE COMPANY; FREE
SATURATE SATURDAY Get up-and-coming designer items, art, $1 Stolis 9 pm-11 pm; 9 PM; VINTAGE LOUNGE; FREE
SHIRTLESS CRUISING SATURDAY 6 PM; SAVOY ORLANDO; FREE
10 PM; EOLA WINE COMPANY, WINTER PARK; FREE
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
8 PM; SINGH’S ROTI SHOP; FREE
WALL STREET BLOCK PARTY
$1 drinks until midnight; 10 PM; BLISS PREMIERE ULTRA LOUNGE; FREE-$10
TASTE OF THE BLUES
11 PM; WALL STREET PLAZA; FREE
SAVAGE SATURDAYS
9 PM; PADDY MCGEE’S; FREE
Leather Night. Wear leather get happy hour prices all night; 8 PM; STONEWALL NEIGHBORHOOD BAR; FREE
SERENDIPITY SQUARE Get up-and-coming designer items, art, and excellent vintage; 9 AM-4 PM; DANDELION COMMUNITEA CAFE; FREE
SOCA SATURDAY
VINES AND VINYL
9 PM; TASTE RESTAURANT; $7
THEME PARTY NIGHTS ULTIMATE ‘80S Happy-hour lasting from 1 pm-8 pm; live bands 7 pm-midnight and DJ’s spinning ‘80s; 1 PM; BLUE MARTINI; $5-$10
UNITY SATURDAYS Free cover and $1 well drinks until 11 pm; 9 PM; REVOLUTION; FREE-$8
Want to add something to the calendar? E-mail us at calendar@drinkorlando.com Listed time reflects start time of drinking event. Bar hours and cover charge prior to that time may vary.
ERIC CLAPTON, 7 PM; AMWAY ARENA; $45-$125
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Alcohol required. Talent Optional.
SUNDAY ACOUSTIC JAM NIGHT 9 pm; Scruffy Murphy’s; free KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free KARAOKE W/ BRAD 8 pm; Casselberry Patio Bar; free KARAOKE W/ DJ MIKIE STARR 9 pm; The Green Bar; free KORNDOGG’S ROCKBAND KARAOKE 7 pm-10 pm; Graffiti Junction, Thornton Park; free NEO-SOUL OPEN MIC WITH DJ M SQUARED, SOUL KAMOTION 9 pm; AKA Lounge; $8-$10 OPEN MIC 9 pm; 57 West; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7 S.I.N. KARAOKE NIGHT HOSTED BY MATT 10 pm; Central Station Rock Bar; free
MONDAY KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free KARAOKE MONDAY 6:30pm; Pizza Fusion; free OPEN MIC HIP-HOP PLUS HOSTED BY DJ DIZZLE AND GUESTS Austin’s Coffee; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7 TALENT NIGHT 8 PM - Midnight; Tom & Jerry’s Lounge; Free
TUESDAYS CRAZY JOHN’S KARAOKE 5 pm; Parliament House; free FULL SAIL OPEN MIC 8:30 pm; The Haven; free GIRL’S NIGHT OUT LIVE KARAOKE 9 pm; Liam Fitzpatrick’s; free HAPPY HOUR KARAOKE 4 pm- 8 pm; Devaney’s Too; free
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KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free KARAOKE BINGO 9 pm; Paddy McGee’s; free KORNDOGG’S ROCK BAND KARAOKE 10 pm; One Eyed Jack’s; free OPEN MIC HOSTED BY DIRT MCCOY Austin’s Coffee; free OPEN MIC 10 pm; Reilly’s Lantern Pub; free OPEN MIC W/ CHERYL “BLUES MAMA” ANDERSON 8 pm; Tom and Jerry’s Lounge; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ LIVE BAND & BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7 STAN THE KARAOKE MAN 9 pm; Cork Room Bar and Grill; free WALLY’S KARAOKE 7:30 pm; Wally’s Liquors; free
WEDNESDAY KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free KARAOKE 9 pm; The Green Bar; free KARAOKE WITH BRAD 8 pm; Casselberry Patio Bar; free KRAY-KRAY-KARAOKE 5:30 pm; Stonewall Bistro; free MULDOON’S KARAOKE 9:30 pm; Muldoon’s Saloon; free OPEN MIC ACOUSTIC NIGHT HOSTED BY MIKE HARTMAN 8 pm; Sanford Wine Company; free OPEN MIC AND OLD SKOOL NITE 9 pm; Kabbab House; $5 OPEN MIC WITH DREW 10 pm; Underground Bluz - UCF; $2 OPEN MIC HOSTED BY IRINA Austin’s Coffee; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ LIVE BAND & BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7 ROCK BAND KARAOKE 10 pm; The Clubhouse 2; free OPEN MIC ACOUSTIC JAM NIGHT 8 pm-11 pm; Sanford Wine Company; free
THURSDAY DONNY YOUNG KARAOKE 10 pm; One Eyed Jack’s; free KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free OPEN MIC 8 pm; Natura Coffee and Tea; free ROCKIN’ ROBIN’S KARAOKE 9:30 pm; Holly & Dolly’s; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ LIVE BAND & BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7 RYAN RIVAS’ OPEN MUSIC JAM 7 pm-10 pm; Urban Think Bookstore; free
FRIDAY DR. DAVE’S KARAOKE THERAPY 10 pm; The Peacock Room; free FEARLESS FRIDAYS - KARAOKE WITH SCOTT CARTER Stonewall Neighborhood Bar KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free OPEN MIC 7:30 pm; Cup O’ Soul Cafe; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ LIVE BAND & BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7 ROCKIN’ ROBIN’S KARAOKE 9:30 pm; Holly & Dolly’s; free STONEY’S KARAOKE 9 pm; The Island; free TWISTED SISTERS KARAOKE & PONY SHOW 6 pm; The Parliament House; free
SATURDAY KARAOKE 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse; free OPEN MIC MUSIC NIGHT 8 pm; Volcano’s Coffee Bar and Roastery; free RISING STAR KARAOKE W/ LIVE BAND & BACK-UP SINGERS 8 pm; Citywalk; $7
From St. Patricks Day Celebrations to comic book geekage at Megacon, we’ve highlighted some of this month’s main events.
EAST ORLANDO BREW FEST Pay the entrance fee and enjoy free food samples from area restaurants, free soft drinks and free unlimited samples of more than 100 of the world’s greatest beers. MARCH 20; 1-5 PM; WATERFORD LAKES TOWN CENTER; $25-30; 21 AND UP ONLY
KNIGHT LIBRARY'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY BLOCK PARTY The Knight Library opens the parking lot for their 2nd annual St. Patrick’’s Day block party and concert. Over 15 beer and liquor bars with amazing drink specials that include $4 Coors Lite green pitchers, $4 authentic Irish car bombs,$3 Guinness pints, $3 12 oz drinks and $2 pints of Killians and Coors Lite. All of this with live djs and bands, a sexy leprechaun contest and food provided by Broadway Pizza and Silver Mine subs for just five dollars. MARCH 17; KNIGHT LIBRARY; $5
LUCKY LEPRECHAUN IRISH PUB’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION Beer specials all day, live music, karaoke, Irish trivia, raffles and giveaways. Serving Aunt Kitty’s famous corned beef and cabbage with new potatoes and Uncle Jimmy’s Guinness stew. MARCH 17; 11 AM; LUCKY LEPRECHAUN IRISH PUB; FREE
MAGIC PLAZA PARTIES Magic Blue margaritas at the Wall Street Cantina all day and night during home games for only $2.50. At lunch time, during every Magic home game, join in on a basketball basket sinking contest. Sink the ball three times and get a drink before, during or after the night’s game! DURING ALL MAGIC GAMES; WALL STREET CANTINA; FREE
MEGACON MARCH 2010 The star-studded comic book nerdfest (and we mean that in a good way) is back again. Guests this year include Claudia Wells (Back to the Future’s Jennifer Parker), Nichelle Nichols Star Treks” Uhura and Heroes’ Nana Dawson), Russell Tovey (Dr. Who’s Alonso), Brent Spiner (Lt. Cmdr. Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and many more. MARCH 12-14; ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, HALL D; TIMES AND PRICES VARY, INFORMATION FOUND ONLINE AT WWW.MEGACONVENTION.COM
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PADDY’S DAY CELEBRATION AT CRICKETERS ARMS Provides an authentic Irish atmosphere with Guinness and Smithwick’s 20-ounce pints on special, Irish stew and Scotch eggs. T-shirt give away and music provided by The Irish Fiddlers. 11-2 AM; CRICKETERS ARMS, INTERNATIONAL DRIVE; FREE
ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT THE CELT All day and until they run out, enjoy the Celt’s very own corn beef, cabbage and potatoes, corn beef sandwiches, fish and chips, cottage pies and Irish stew. On draught enjoy their traditional Guinness served in 20-ounce Imperial pint glasses along with Harp, Smithwick’s and others well as a complete selection of spirits and malt whiskeys. The Guinness Girl’s will be hosting activities and giveaways throughout the day with soccer and rugby games on the HD wide screen TVs. MARCH 17; 11 AM; THE IRISH CELT PUB, DOWNTOWN; FREE
ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL AT HAGAN O’REILLY’S A 10-day, authentic Irish music and drinking festival with three stages. Festivities include live music, a merchandise truck, food vendors and a much needed “hair of the dog weekend” March 19-21. Only the Irish could drink non-stop for this long! MARCH 12-21; HAGAN O’REILLY’S IRISH PUB, WINTER GARDEN; FREE
ST. PATTY’S HAVE A FECKING DRINK PARTY Enjoy pool, darts and great St. Patty’s Day specials that include $5 Feckin Irish whisky. Also, enjoy $4.25 Bacardi all month long. MARCH 17; GREEN PARROT, EAST SEMORAN BLVD; FREE
ST. PATRICK’S DAY ON WALL STREET Irish dancers, Irish flair and live music on two stages featuring Enter the Haggis, Damien Dempsey, Mike Dunn & The Kings of New England, Kenny, and Joel Pickering. MARCH 17; 11 AM; WALL STREET PLAZA; TICKET INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WWW.WALLSTPLAZA.NET
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