Party Pros McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to Hold Two Days of Festivities


Let the amateurs celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. It takes party pros like McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon to make the date everyone is Irish into a two-day bacchanal.


Beginning at noon on Saturday, March 15, McFadden’s welcomes Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly for a FREE three-hour-long show with autograph sessions before and after the ear-bleeding performance, along with a live broadcast by Vegas’ hit alt-radio station, Area 107.9. Enjoy $4 green Bud Lights and $5 Bare Knuckle Stout all day and stick around until 7 p.m., when Vegas favorite Jeremy Cornwell and his band take to the stage for a three-hour set. After they wrap, the party keeps going until the wee hour of 4 a.m. Sunday, you had better recover because the party gets going again on Monday with a $10 Beer, Breakfast and Bloodies from 7 to 9 a.m. Everyone in McFadden’s before noon gets in free, with cover being just $20 afterward. Except for redheads, that is, who enjoy free admission from 3 to 7 p.m. But for those with less crimson-colored locks, $20 is a small price to pay for live broadcasts from alt-rock station X-treme 107.5, green beer specials, leprechauns, bagpipers and Irish dancers from “Lord of the Dance” and stilt-walkers.


Don’t get too carried away because at 9:30 p.m. is the Make Your Own Green Bikini Contest, where ladies show off their creations (made from any green material they want) to the audience and compete for $500.


McFadden’s 7,000-square-foot-plus tavern at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino is Sin City’s newest pub-hub for crowds seeking out an unpretentious party bar where both men and women roll up their sleeves and have a great time. Already famous on the East Coast and in the Midwest, McFadden’s Vegas outpost boasts two rooms (including a 150-person private party room with its own island bar), nearly 20 high-definition plasma TVs, a dance floor and a breathtakingly long 100-foot mahogany bar perfect for dancing on. Along with a full bar featuring dozens of favorite draught beers and 90-ounce fishbowl cocktails, customers can tuck into McFadden’s Almost Famous Boneless Buffalo Wings, Irish Stew, and of course, Shepherd’s Pie topped with air-whipped potatoes, from Chef Brian Rathbun’s kitchen.


Open seven days a week, from 11 a.m. until the Erin goes bragh, McFadden’s beauteous Lucky Charms and jovial Ministers of Hospitality ensure everyone has fun, whether they’re there to watch the game, get their drink on with the dueling pianos and DJ Soup Can, or celebrate happy occasions and bachelorette parties.


Built in 1977 by an Irishman named Steve McFadden near Times Square on 42nd and 2nd, McFadden’s has grown to 11 locations across the country, including Boston; Pittsburgh; Chicago; Columbus; Washington, D.C.; Nashville; Worcester; and Philadelphia. The success is no surprise, thanks to Steve’s mission of providing a place for family and friends to gather and celebrate good times while enjoying great food and drinks. He even used his own family’s Irish recipe Shepherd’s Pie on the menu. When you combine that kind of unaffected love with great draught beer and a party atmosphere, it’s no wonder that McFadden’s has hosted millions of good times, bachelorette parties and sports nights.


McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon is open 11 a.m. to 4 a.m., seven days a week, inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89103. For more information, call 702-777-2463 or visit www.McFaddensSaloon.com.


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