This time, the concert was outside in a blocked-off, tented area in the street in front of the bar. While Blaggards was playing, at about 2pm, there were approximately 80 people in the outside area alone. Most people were Sitting at tables in the back or standing around in front of the stage watching the band. Both the drink and food bars were crowded. Many people were dancing with green beer in hand, and there was even a beer-chugging contest that occurred during a break in the music.
Overall, the atmosphere was very different from anything we've seen before. Many people were drinking or already drunk, a few people had brought their dogs, most everyone was wearing green, and people were easily talking to perfect strangers. It was as if the holiday gave people an excuse to be less reserved. Free stuff like t-shirts and beaded necklaces were being handed out continuously, with people swarming over the new, green additions to their wardrobes. Many people left shortly after Blaggards left at 3pm.
We came back at 9pm, to find that the bar, mostly inside, had become very crowded. Total, there were about 250 people, with only 60 or so in the outside area. At this point in time, a different band was playing outside with a more traditional Irish sound that most people seemed to be bored with. The outside bar was more crowded than the area in front of the stage, and the only people paying attention to the band were those that had been dancing wildly earlier in the day, and which were still dancing wildly, albeit with more spilling of their drinks.
It would have been interesting to see if other bars or concerts were like this on St. Patrick's Day, or how concerts at this bar fare on other holidays.
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