St. Patrick’s Day is Thursday, and if you’re still undecided about how to spend it, The Sacramento Press has just the list for you. Whether you’re looking to stick to your New Year’s resolution of losing weight by running a half-marathon, or donate to a good cause, or eat some traditional corned beef and cabbage, you’re sure to find something to get you in the Irish spirit below.

15th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival
Saturday, March 12
Old Sacramento
Festival at noon
Parade at 1 p.m.

The parade will start at Second and L streets and has more than 60 entries with about 1,000 participants.

“It’s very family-oriented in Old Sacramento,” said Nancy Mallory, the parade’s coordinator. “It’s about an eight-block route, and there’s pre-parade entertainment at Front and K (streets).

“In this year’s parade, we have 75 Irish dancers, 80 baton twirlers, four different pipe and drum bands, 30 roller skaters from Sac City Rollers and 45 female football players,” Mallory said.

Seventh Shamrock'n Half Marathon
Saturday, March 12
First wave leaves at 7:45 a.m. from Raley Field
The seventh Shamrockn’half marathon put on by Fleet Feet Sports
Free to attend and watch the bands

“There’s 5,500 runners,” said Kim Parrino, Fleet Feet’s event manager. “It’s the largest half marathon in Sacramento.”

“It’s a brand-new course this year,” Parrino said. “In previous years, half was in West Sacramento and half in Midtown, but West Sac is under construction this year, so the majority of the course is in Sacramento.”

There will be 14 live bands along the course. The stage locations can be viewed here.

The race is sold out.

St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl
Saturday, March 12
Crawl begins at 2 p.m. at River City Saloon
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The St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl by 5hundy Social Club will start at the River City Saloon and end at Shenanigans.

“We walk from bar to bar with a gigantic group of people. Fun part about it is it is a social club, you meet so many new people, it is fun,” said Jason Meyer, 34, founder of the 5hundy Social Club.

It started in 2005 with about 40 people, and over the years it has grown to 500 people scattered in various bars, said Meyer.

Meyer said he calls the bars in advance so they are prepared for the huge number of people. They also sell green T-shirts in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day.

The most typical drink for this event is usually a Bud light or a light beer if you plan on finishing, Meyer said.

“It is a big mob of friendly people. I have a big group of friends I go with, and I don’t end up with them at the end of the night – I am sitting and chitchatting with a bunch of people I just meet, and that is what I look forward to the most.”

The pub crawl’s route is: River City Saloon, Vega's Night Club, Back Door Lounge, O'Mally's Irish Pub, River City Brewery, Cosmo Café, Vallejo's, The Elixir Bar, Shady Lady Saloon, R15, Zebra Club, Press Club, Alley Katz, Capitol Dawg, The Depot, de Vere's Irish Pub, Capitol Garage, Gallagher's Irish Pub, Pyramid Brewery and Shenanigans.

St. Baldricks Fundraiser
Monday, March 14
5 - 8 p.m.
de Vere’s Irish Pub
1521 L St.

The annual St. Baldrick’s celebration is hosted by Robyn Raphael,CEO of Keaton Raphael Memorial.

St. Baldrick’s serves to raise childhood cancer awareness by raising money through donations and having people shave their hair off.

“It is lots of hair-raising fun. Hair will be flying all over, and people are having fun – very lively atmosphere,” Raphael said.

“Last year we shaved 210 heads. Sixty were females. We raised over $90,000 in one day. This year, I am hoping for the same turnout as last year, and the goal is to raise $150,000,” said Henry de Vere White, co-owner of de Vere’s Irish Pub.

There is no fee, and you do not have to shave your head to attend. There will be various vendors, beer and a donation basket among the festivities.

Gallagher’s Irish Pub
Thursday, March 17
All day, restaurant opens at 10:30 a.m.
1201 K St.

Gallagher's will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with two special dishes: Guinness braised lamb shank, and corned beef and cabbage served with cold cannon potatoes.

Kwai Romian, 35, has been a server at Gallagher’s for 10 years and said he is excited for St. Patrick’s Day.

“I look forward to corned beef and cabbage,” Romain said. “The ambiance is great. We are expecting anywhere from 500 to 1,100 people to come through all day, and we ordered six to 10 cases of cabbage for this day ”

The restaurant will open at 10:30 a.m. and close around 1:30 a.m. Lunch starts at 11 a.m., Dinner at 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and a mini menu will be served until it closes. For lunch, a person should expect to spend around $18.00, and for dinner about $26.00.

ArtBeast’s St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Thursday, March 17
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ArtBeast
2226 K St.
Children up to age 7
$8

“Some of the projects we’re going to be doing are making salad spinner rainbows, shamrock sun catchers, a hunt-for-gold table, and some St. Patrick’s Day Play-Doh,” said Erin Tinney, ArtBeast’s assistant director.

St. Patrick’s Day with de Vere’s
Thursday, March 17
10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
de Vere’s Irish Pub at 16th and L streets
Cesar Chavez park 10th and J streets
$10 after 2 p.m.

According to Simon de Vere White, co-owner of de Vere’s, their event last year attracted too many people, and as a result, this year they are having two events.

“We had a great turnout last year. We’ve outgrown the street,” de Vere White said. “We decided to partner with the Downtown Sacramento Partnership and do it at Cesar Chavez park.”

The park event will have at least seven local restaurateurs serving food and enough beer for everyone. De Vere White said there will be traditional Irish dancers and music.

The festivities include a free trip to Ireland giveaway raffle by signing up for de Vere’s Pub Club.

The pub event will have corned beef and hash and music and dancing.

“The pub event will be a little bit more traditional Irish,” de Vere White said. “We’ll have Irish dancers, bagpipers and a couple Irish bands playing.”

Both events are $10 after 2 p.m., and tickets can be purchased online at . Part of the proceeds from ticket sales are going to Maryhouse and Loaves & Fishes.

St. Patrick’s Day School-Age program
Thursday, March 17
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
McKinley Library
601 Alhambra Blvd.

Bridget Bagne, is a youth service librarian at Mckinley Library. She is hosting the event.

“It is open to all school-age children and their families,” she said. “We are going to be making green and gold crafts and playing Irish music, celebrating the holiday and the Irish culture.”

She said she is expecting about 50 people at the event, which will be taking place in rooms B and C in the Clunie building.

“Whenever I plan craft programs, I look forward to kids’ creative direction,” she said. “It is all about individual expression.”

For more information, call 264-2920.

Zephyr McIntyre also contributed to this article.