Libertyville, Area St. Patrick's Day Events: Canceled Or Still On

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — St. Patrick's Day is quickly approaching, and Libertyville and surrounding Lake County towns have no shortage of events to celebrate the Irish holiday. This year, the holiday — celebrated every year on March 17 — falls on a Tuesday. To commemorate the day, the month of March will be filled with several events across the area. However, the Village of Lake Villa has canceled their Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade (see below).

If you are looking to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, check out the list of upcoming events below.

If you know of a parade or event that's not on the list, please feel free to tell us in the comment section below, or email rebecca.bream@patch.com.

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Parades:

Village of Lake Villa Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade — Cancellation announced Friday. Parade was scheduled for 12 p.m. Saturday, March 14, kicking off from Palombi School at 133 McKinley Avenue.The Village's Corned Beef and Cabbage Lunch at the Lake Villa VFW scheduled for after the parade until about 2:30 p.m. is also canceled.

Events:

St. Paddy's Weekend at Mickey Finn's Brewery — The following is a statement posted Thursday afternoon on the brewery's Facebook page regarding coronavirus:

"We at Mickey Finn’s continue to watch the situation closely. We’ve been monitoring the CDC site and have been in direct contact with the Lake County Health Dept. They are not recommending restaurant close. Plus, we are following the advice (SIC) of the experts.

• Wash your hands early and often (20 sec rule) and don’t touch your face.
• In the short term limit direct contact with other people.
• If you don’t feel good – stay at home.

We’ve taken and will continue to take the necessary cleaning and disinfecting/sanitizing measures at touch-points throughout Mickey Finn’s. So at this point we’re still planning on business as usual through St. Paddy’s Day (emoji) and beyond. If anything changes I will post on this site as well as our Facebook page."

• Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, March 13, 14, 15, 17, at 13345 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville. Holiday food and drinks will be featured Friday to kick off the holiday weekend with Woogie performing live.
• Saturday: All-day festivities include Fitz & Celts, Hearthfire and Soul Kitchen performing live.
• Sunday: Enjoy authentic Irish brunch while watching the renowned McNulty Irish Dancers tap performances.
• Tuesday (St. Patrick's Day): The actual holiday, 95 WIIL Rock's Morning Show featuring Tom & Emily will broadcast their show live with free Irish brunch, free t-shirts for the first 95 guests, and live performances from Beamish and real bagpipers.
• Mickey Finn's will donate $1 for every Doppelbock Pint sold to St. Baldrick's.

St. Patrick's Day at The Lodge of Antioch — Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 899 Main Street in Antioch. Food and drink specials, Irish foods, live music from 5 p.m, to 10 p.m.

Deer Park St. Paddy's 5K and 10K Run/Walk — Saturday, March 14, at Deer Park Town Center, 20530 N. Rand Road in Deer Park. Sign up by Wednesday, March 11.

St. Patrick's Day Fun at Dunbar Recreation Center — 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, March 14 at 888 Dunbar Road in Mundelein. Ages 3 to 11 with an adult.

Shamrock the Block and 10th Annual Leprechaun Plunge at Lindy's Landing — Rescheduled for Sept. 19, including the Pre-Plunge Party/Breakfast at Middleton's>> More information

St. Patrick's Day Weekend at Timothy O'Toole's Pub — (Gurnee, Libertyville, Lake Villa locations); times vary by location. Saturday, March 14. Enjoy green drinks, Irish food specials, Irish music, and more.

The American celebration of St. Patrick's Day started as a minor religious holiday in 1631, according to National Geographic. The church declared it a feast day, and over time the day became growingly associated with Irish-American tradition.

The annual holiday is celebrated on March 17 as it is the traditional death date of Saint Patrick.
The color green didn't become connected with the day until the Irish Rebellion of 1798 — when Irish soldiers chose to wear green — since it was the color that most contrasted with the red British uniforms.

To read more about the history of the holiday and who St. Patrick was, visit National Geographic.