MARCH 16, 2024

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SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH
10AM – 4PM

Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with cojones at Virginia City’s Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry! This 33-year tradition is seriously nuts with cooks competing for the tastiest testy, historic saloons battling it out for the best beverage, a costume contest, parade, live Irish music, and a whole lot of green. This is the largest and most authentic Irish celebration in all of Northern Nevada with an unrivaled Saint Patrick’s Day atmosphere. Put on your green, grab your testes tastings, explore legendary saloons and shops, and commemorate the Irish roots of the Comstock.

THE TESTES TASTINGS

Do you like your land oysters spicy, mild, on a roll, in a soup, fried, boiled, or barbecued? When you purchase testes tastings, you get a menu to customize your testical festival tasting experience! The center of town is filled with cooks serving up their most innovative, unique, and delicious recipes. They’re competing for a sack of prizes including best Rocky Mountain Oyster in the West and your vote for the coveted People’s Choice Award.

THE ATMOSPHERE

The Saint Patrick’s Day atmosphere is unlike any other in Northern Nevada! The street is shut down in the middle of town for the festivities, there’s shamrocks painted on the boardwalks, the merchants and saloons of Virginia City are decked out in green, Irish music is playing, there’s a parade in the center of the event, and the crowds are dressed up in green. Come in your best Irish flair for your chance to win a prize!

THE ST. PATRICK MADE ME DO IT SALOON CRAWL

Balls aren’t the only thing on the menu at the Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry. The historic saloons and merchants of Virginia City are whipping out their most delectable Irish-themed drinks and sweet treats for the St. Patrick Made Me Do It Saloon Crawl! They’re battling it out for your vote for best cocktail, luckiest stop, and best sweet treat.

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NORTHERN NEVADA’S LARGEST SAINT PATRICK’S DAY EVENT