St Patrick's Day In Athens

There really is only one place to celebrate St Patrick's Day in Athens. And that's the James Joyce Irish Pub. Each year on March 17 people gather not just inside but also outside the pub drinking Guinness and they are given a special Guinness hat as a gift. 

They even sell Guinness outside the pub and last year someone was also selling souvlaki there. 

In the past I was able to get inside and even order a cottage pie to drink with my Guinness. 

In the last two years when I have started going there again, having now set my foot on Ireland for the first time to see Bruce Springsteen in 2024, there was a band playing a gig outside. Last year it was After The Race, this year it was Two Smokin' Barrels. 

 

 

Both bands played a selection of Irish favorites and some rock standards while this year, Two Smokin' Barrels even played a 90's Techno medley in a rock arrangement of course.