St. Patrick's Day Parade

Your Stool-Stealing, Machete-Wielding St. Paddy's Day Weekend Crime Roundup

This crowd during this weekend's St. Patrick's Day festivities was relatively well-behaved, as far as these things go. Sure, there were three dozen public intoxication arrests and one DWI, but by far the most common offense was a simple parking violation, of which police issued 243. Not a bad outcom ... More >>

Dallas Weed Activists Plan St. Paddy's Day Protest after Being Excluded from Parade

This weekend's Greenville Ave -- ahem, Dallas St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival -- is supposed to be more "family friendly" than years past. It sounds ominous but, as we were assured in January, is more of a marketing thing than an effort to keep keep people from getting wildly, embarrassingly dr ... More >>

Gin And Juice And Bailey’s

Your Ten-Point, Two-Day Plan For a Proper St. Patrick's Day in Dallas

This year the luck of the Irish is upon us in glorious fashion. The real St. Patrick's Day is on Sunday, but we prefer to do things like parades and concerts on Saturdays, so we get two days of celebration! Here's your 10-point, two-day plan: Saturday morning Well, of course, you'll want to start ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Will Headline This Year's Dallas Observer St. Patrick's Day Concert

The city of Dallas wants this year's St. Patrick's Day festivities to be a little more "family friendly." It's in that spirit that we make this important announcement: We're bringing Snoop Dogg to the party. The Doggfather will headline the annual Dallas Observer St. Patrick's Day concert on the af ... More >>

The New "Family Friendly" St. Patrick's Day Parade Doesn't Mean You Can't Get Hammered

Yesterday's announcement that the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade is now the Dallas St. Patrick's Day Parade seems to have been greeted with a collective, "Call it whatever the hell you want so long as there's booze." Look a bit more carefully, and the announcement included some ominous ... More >>

Move Over, Greenville Ave.: Your Annual Irish Debauch Now the "Dallas St. Patrick's Day Parade"

Last year, Mark Cuban swooped in at the last minute to save the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade, thereby ensuring that the gutters of Lower Greenville would flow with beer and other liquids for a 33rd consecutive year. The parade had run into trouble as the event -- and costs, mainly fro ... More >>

Big Tex Has His Own CrowdTilt Fundraising Campaign: "Let's Get Him Some New Clothes!"

The last time time Dallas Nostalgia took this big a hit was when the St. Patrick's Day parade appeared in peril. Before Mark Cuban emptied his cup holders and saved it, the internet took up the cause, in the form of a CrowdTilt fundraiser. See also: - CrowdTilt Started a "Save the St. Paddy's Day P ... More >>

Cooking with Dad: Mark Cuban, Chris Ryan, Eric Nystrom and More Share Their Memories

We tracked down a few locals, and asked them about their dad's cooking choices and what they remember the most about breaking bread with the family. Here's who shared their food memories of cooking with Dad with us: Mark Cuban: Savior of the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade and owner of the Dal ... More >>

Desperados Owner Jorge Levy on Emails to Mark Cuban and Running a Family Restaurant

Jorge Levy and his two sons own Desperados on Greenville and in Garland. The senior Levy, originally from Mexico, is also involved in The Dallas Margarita Society, Savor Mexico and the Greenville Area Business Association. Most importantly, he's the guy that emailed Mark Cuban about saving the Saint ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day on Greenville Avenue, By the Numbers: Just How Hammered Were You?

Back in February, when the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade on was still on alleged life support, one of the rising costs cited by cash-strapped organizers was the police presence. A growing parade meant a growing need for cops on the streets, and that meant a parade budget that was nearin ... More >>

Bro Fest, St. Patrick's Day Concert, DXDW & the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

​In case you haven't read almost every item on DC9 at Night for the last two days, South By Southwest music festival is happening in Austin this weekend, and we're reaping all the benefits. Actually, some of us are missing the whole damn thing. Thankfully, Parade Of Flesh has the cure. Bro Fest 20 ... More >>

Preview: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses at Energy Square

Saturday, March 17, at Energy Square

Reminder: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses Headline The Observer's St. Patrick's Day Concert on Saturday

We were all scared there for a while, weren't we? Earlier this year, it looked like the 33-year-old Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade might not happen, due to increasing fees and inadequate funds putting a kink in our beer-filled garden hose. And then Mark Cuban rolled out of bed, decided h ... More >>

At Parkit Market, Sitting Front Row for the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade

When Frank and Ann Todora opened the Parkit Market 50 years ago at the corner of Greenville Avenue and University, it was mostly surrounded by pastures. Greenville was a small, two-lane road and what is now Central Expressway was even smaller. There was one lone power line running down Greenville, n ... More >>

Festy Says... Here Are Some Rules For Your Festival Season

With the arrival of 35 Denton this weekend, festival season is officially upon us. But festivals have gotten complicated, and you can no longer just grab your buds, hop in your Civic hatchback and chill in a tent for three days. You need provisions, a plan, intestinal fortitude, hand sanitizer, Red ... More >>

The Granada Shows Mark Cuban Some Love

Julie Garcia of the Granada just sent over this pic of their marquee, thanking Big Daddy Cuban for reaching into his pot of gold and saving the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade. Does this mean Cuban will be King of the Parade this year? Is that a thing? In other news, the Observer's March 17 ... More >>

Mark Cuban Sweatily Expounds on Why He Saved the St. Patrick's Day Parade

Via.Cuban in his passing out days.​Yesterday we emailed Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban to ask why he decided to save the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade. "I didn't want to see it go away," he wrote back. A great answer. A noble answer, especially since he also cut a $25,000 check to a ... More >>

Mark Cuban Saved the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade: "I Didn't Want to See it Go Away"

Tell that quivering liver of yours to relax: The Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade marches on -- thanks to a guy who knows a little something about spring parades. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has cut a $40,000 check to the Greenville Avenue Area Business Association to save the parade, whil ... More >>

CrowdTilt Started a "Save the St. Paddy's Day Parade" Page, But Needs Someone to Finish It

​At the end of the week Joe shot up the flare: The Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade is in danger of getting adiosed, unless the Greenville Avenue Area Business Association can raise $40,000 to cover the ever-escalating costs of the event. Since then a few fundraising sites have popped up ... More >>

The Race Is On to Save the 2012 Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade

About 34 seconds after we reported Friday evening that the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade was on life support, reader Julie C left the first of 93 comments, and she spoke for plenty of those who followed: "NO NO NO! I live for this every year!" As the news spread, livers across the cit ... More >>

Organizers Say the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade May Not Happen This Year

So here's some potentially lousy news: The Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade, that beloved march of green-tinted debauchery that's been blowing down Greenville since 1979, appears to be on its deathbed. The concert at the parade route's end will play on, headlined by Ryan Bingham. The par ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Performers

A closer look at all 52 acts playing this weekend's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase in Deep Ellum