Downtown Freehold Announces St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations

In a few weeks, Freehold will be seeing green, with the kick off of Irish Week.

Starting on March 12, Downtown Freehold will begin its St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with Irish Week featuring local food, drink and music.

From 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday March 12 and Wednesday March 13, Downtown Freehold will host the Flavor of Freehold. Ticket holders will be able to experience some of Freehold’s most loved restaurants and shops.  A complete list of participating businesses can be seen here. Tickets for the event cost $10 per person and can be purchased at the Downtown Freehold Office or at flavor-freehold.weebly.com.

Irish Week continues with Downtown Freehold’s Pub Crawl. Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, March. 15 four participating pubs will be holding a scotch or beer tasting. Participation in the beer crawl cost $20. Tickets for the scotch crawl cost $40. To purchase tickets contact Downtown Freehold at 732-333-0094.

After getting some rest on Saturday, Irish week will continue on Sunday, March 17 with the Freehold St. Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by the Freehold Borough Arts Council. After the parade, Downtown Freehold will be continuing the celebration with the sound of bagpipes from 7 to 9 p.m. to go along with St. Patrick’s Day specials at local restaurants.

More information about any of these events can be found online at downtownfreehold.com.