There are better ways to spend St. Patrick's Day than sitting at home in front of a big-ass bowl of Lucky Charms. Plan your ultimate Irish wake with the Weekly Volcano's guide to St. Paddy's events.

Doyle's St. Patrick's Day

The biggest green gala in Tacoma. Doyle's boasts four days of live music, an outdoor tent, a trip to Dublin raffle, and the Big Ginger¬" 20-ounce glass filled with Jameson and ginger ale. Popular Celtic band Ockham Razor will tonight.
[Doyle's Public House, 8 p.m., 208 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.PINT]

St. Patrick's Daze

O-Malley's Irish Pub has cleared a spot for Murphy's Limo BBQ & Catering for its four-day St. Patrick's Daze. Suzanne & Seamus and Billy Farmer start at 4 p.m. The Dockyard Derby Dames roller derby chicks, er, roll in and that means someone's green beer will hit the floor. Two dollar corned beef and cabbage, too.
[O-Malley's Irish Pub, 4 p.m., $2 cover, 2403 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.627.9403]

Paddy Coyne's St Patrick's Day Celebration

The downtown Tacoma Irish pub celebrates with a big bash today with traditional Irish grub and music by Dan Possumato.
[Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub, 3 p.m., 815 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.6963]

Mooncoyne

No, not something the kids at Club Impact aim at Paddy Coyne's, Mooncoyne is a traditional Irish band that will set up in the corner of The Spar Monday. The Old Town Tacoma popular watering hole will serve traditional Irish stew and corned beef and cabbage.
[The Spar, 8 p.m., small cover charge, 2121 N 30th St., Tacoma, 253.627.8215]

Swing!

Olympia's newest wine bar, Swing, celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Appalachian/Irish music by Vince Brown on banjo.
[Swing, 6-8 p.m., no cover, 825 Columbia St., Olympia, 360.357.9464]

Green Beer Bowl

The Bridge Night Club inside the Emerald Queen Casino will cross over into Shamrockville when Star 101.5 is in the Green House (oh, no you didn't just write that!). Curt will spin dance tunes and hand out cash prizes during the Green Beer Bowl.
[Emerald Queen Casino, 9 p.m., no cover, 2024 E. 29th St., Tacoma, 253.594.7777]

St. Patrick's Day Bash

Live music from U277, the U2 tribute band. Call it ââ?¬Å?shamrock ââ?¬Ë?nââ?¬â?¢ rollââ?¬Â? (rimshot, please).
[Station 56, 9 p.m., 5602 S. Washington, Tacoma, 253.474.2639]

Stew and pizza

The Cloverleaf adds an Irish stew to its popular pizza menu Monday and welcomes the musical stylings of rocking 9-Pound Hammer. Green beer is a given.
[The Cloverleaf, 8 p.m., 4630 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.606.2700]

PLUS

Charlie's Bar & Grill Olympia. St. Patrick's Day Metal Madness, with Ether, Highlight Bomb 9 pm. NC.
Club Vertigo Tacoma. St. Patrick's Day Party, with Forty Four Ten, FTW Tattoo 8 pm.
The Fan Club Lakewood. St. Patrick's Day, with The Tacoma Scots Pipers 6:30 pm.
Mandolin Cafe© Tacoma. The McKasson's St. Patrick's Day Celebration, AA, 7 pm. $15.
Maggie O-Toole's Lakewood. St. Paddy's Day, with Stabbingback, Peratus, Psycho 78, Lurid, Filthy 8 pm.
Oh! Gallagher's Lakewood. St. Patrick's Day Bash, with The Guilty Pleasures, The Funky Monkey 104.9 6 pm.
Olympic Club Centralia. St. Patrick's Day Celebration, with Fiddlehead, The Lew Jones Act, Irish dancers, AA, 4:30 pm. NC.
Summit Pub Puyallup. St. Patrick's Day Party, with Mechanism, Final Wish, Mercury Rising, Helles, The Kind 8 pm.
The Swiss Downtown Tacoma. St. Patrick's Day Bash, with Kry 9 pm. $8.