St. Patrick’s Day 2025
March 14 - March 17
Few nationalities enjoy such a great reputation worldwide as the Irish, and few impartial folk will deny that it’s a reputation they heartily deserve. Laid-back, friendly and always up for the craic, those Emerald Islanders are hard to fault. So no wonder their national day, which falls on 17th March each year, is one we all enjoy observing – no matter where we were born.
Naturally, the best places to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Barcelona are those small pieces of Ireland we find scattered around the city, in the form of Irish pubs.
Here are some favourites, in no particular order, many of whom are celebrating St. Paddy’s over the entire weekend…
The Old Irish Pub
Despite the name, this large party pub opened pretty recently and has quickly become a popular congregation point for fun-loving tourists. They will be celebrating St. Patrick’s starting on Friday 20.00 with live music, and continuing on Saturday with live screening of the Six Nations finals. On Sunday and Monday, you’ll find live music from 4pm with various bands, and then DJs from 11pm til 3am. They’ll be giving out hats and t-shirts and expect a best costume competition as well.
Flaherty’s Irish Pub
One of the city’s most famous Irish pubs, Flaherty’s will be celebrating St. Paddy’s all weekend in 2025. Gift hats, green drinks, beer by the litre and all the craic in the world come as standard, and there’ll also be live sports screenings, lamb roasts, and live music and comedy shows (check out the poster below!). What more do you need? Find it close to Las Ramblas.
pflaherty.com
The George Payne
Another great party pub, the George Payne is a Barcelona institution. This year they’re partying 4 days straight for St. Paddy’s, kicking off with live music on the evening of Friday 14th, and continuing the celebrations through the weekend. Treat yourself to a tray of Baby Guinness shots why not!? On the Monday itself (17th), there’s a €20 cover charge after 3pm, which gets you a free pint and T-shirt, in addition to entry to the party. It’s always packed to the rafters so get there early!
thegeorgepayne.com
Belushi’s Bar
Ok, it’s not an Irish pub, but this international bar is never shy when it comes to finding good causes for celebration, and seeing as it’s just next to one of the city’s largest hostels, you can expect a carefree, young, travelling crowd to be toasting Saint Paddy long into the night.
www.belushis.com/bars/barcelona
