St. Patrick’s Day in Philadelphia is less about subtlety and more about commitment, and that commitment is to the color green.

And also commitment to confidently ordering whatever drink best represents the kind of night you’re planning to have.

Your drink order says a lot about who you are on St. Patrick’s Day, so here’s what your order might be revealing about you.

The best weekends usually follow a loose plan, yet still retain enough structure to keep things moving. The best weekends, however, thrive when flexibility is allowed to breathe. 

If Erin’s Express is on your calendar this St. Patty’s season, think of it as the subject matter for your weekend, but not necessarily the whole thing. The real move is building a full itinerary around it, so you’re not scrambling for food, pacing, or next steps once the wristbands come out.

St. Patrick’s Day season in Philadelphia is certainly about green drinks and packed bar crawls. For many people, however, the real celebration starts with live traditional Irish music and fiddles, bodhráns, whistles, and songs that feel like they’ve been passed down for generations.

You can technically order a Guinness most places in Philadelphia.

But drinking Guinness like you mean it? That’s different. That means you care about the pour. You respect the settle. You pick a bar that understands the ritual as opposed to one that treats it like just another tap option between a lager and a seltzer.

And while green beer on St. Patrick’s Day will always exist, a proper Guinness deserves better. Here’s where to go when you want to do it right.

In Philadelphia, St. Patrick’s Day is so much more than just one day, it’s a migration pattern.

For roughly 72 hours every March, thousands of people in green outfits travel neighborhood to neighborhood in coordinated insanity. Some wake up early, while others never sleep. But the biggest mistake you can make on St. Patrick’s weekend in Philly is thinking all bar crawls are the same.

We’ve officially partnered with Smooth Event Group and we’re bringing something big to this year’s St. Patrick’s Day season. Anyone who buys an Erin Express® ticket can now unlock 50% OFF tickets to Paddy’s Playground! This discount is specifically for Paddy’s Playground and is available to Erin Express ticket holders who want to level up their St. Patrick’s Day plans.

In Philadelphia, Valentine’s weekend rarely stays quiet. Between Galentine’s takeovers, queer dance nights, and soundtrack level singalongs, the city turns February into something less romantic comedy and more dance montage. If you’d rather move than make small talk, start here.

At times, the most romantic plans are simple: great cocktails, company, and a bar where the experience does half the work for you.

Philadelphia is no stranger to intimate cocktail lounges that feel made for lingering conversations so, without further ado, here are some of the best romantic cocktail bars in Philadelphia to consider this Valentine’s Weekend.

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day has a way of taking over your social timelines every February. Instead of quiet dinners and boxed chocolates, bars across the city are going all-in on themed pop up experiences and cheeky activations that make the holiday feel less like a Hallmark card and more like a reason to get dressed up with your hunny.

Philadelphia may be far from the Louisiana, but that didn’t stop Craftsman Row Saloon from bringing full New Orleans energy to the city with its green, yellow, and purple clad Mardi Gras Pop-Up.

If you’ve spent any time scrolling nightlife flyers, group chats, or queer event calendars lately, you’ve probably noticed one phrase popping up everywhere: Heated Rivalry. What started as a single themed night has quickly turned into an entire moment across Philadelphia, with dance parties, club nights, quizzo, and performance-driven tributes all tapping in.

Watching a Flyers game in Philadelphia takes more than finding a TV. It’s about being in a room where every goal gets a reaction and every bad call gets booed…you know, the fun stuff. Here’s where Flyers fans actually show up and cheer on the orange and black all the way through overtime.

Philadelphia loves turning food into an event. Restaurant Week season is officially here, and over the next few months, neighborhoods across the city are serving up prix-fixe menus that make trying new spots way more affordable and way more tempting.

Snow days were fun when you were a kid, but once you’re an adult? Possibily even better. Sure, there’s no school cancellation joy. But, if you plan it right, a snow day night out with warmth and places that feel intentional when the city is moving slower than usual, can put you right back in that headspace.

January doesn’t necessarily mean you have to give up on outdoor plans. It just means you have to be a little smarter about them. Philadelphia winters are unpredictable, but the city has mastered the art of the winter patio: heaters blasting and rooftops covered just enough to block the wind, leaving you with an experience that’s comfortable enough to not spend the whole night counting down until you can go back inside.

Dry January doesn’t have to mean opting out. Sometimes, it just means opting in differently.

For the first time ever, the city is hosting a Dry January Bar Crawl on Saturday, January 17th and Sunday, January 18th, turning an otherwise sleepy winter weekend into a choose-your-own, sober-ish adventure across some of the city’s best bars, breweries, and restaurants.

Sunday scaries don’t always look like panic. Sometimes they look like staring at your phone at 6:14 PM, knowing you don’t want to stay in, but absolutely do not want to go out either. You want people, maybe a drink. You want to feel like the weekend didn’t just vanish. You also want to be home at a reasonable hour, preferably with minimal regret.

Winter does something weird to social plans. No one wants to fully commit to a loud, packed night out, but staying home again somehow feels worse. You want to go somewhere, just not somewhere that requires shouting or standing the whole time.

Enter the third place bar.

You said you were doing Dry January. What you didn’t say was that you were staying home every weekend or suddenly becoming the kind of person who drinks tea at 8 PM and calls it a night.

This blog is for the people who are mostly committed. The ones who want to cut back without cutting off their social life. The ones who still want to go out, hear music and feel like the night went somewhere, even if they wake up the next morning without a headache.