Third Street Shamrock

(L to R) Angel Princess and Kim Sorry attend the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

A sizable crowd of partygoers pose for a group photo with the lead singer of Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

A sizable crowd of partygoers pose for a group photo with the lead singer of Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

Third Street Leprechaun Connor Green addresses the crowd with an announcement at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

(L to R) Gianna Maldari (bottom) gives a piggyback ride to Josephine Nguyen (top) while Victor Carvajal sings along with Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band violinist performs at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

A large crowd gathers on Third Street Promenade to attend the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on March 14, 2026 in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

(L to R) Gail McCann and Paula Miley clap to and sing along with the Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

June Caldwell attends the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band perform at the St. Paddy's Day Celebration on the Promenade on March 14, 2026 on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA. (Maria Lebedev | The Corsair)

On Saturday, March 14, dozens of shamrock lovers filled Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

This free event brought out locals to socialize with the community. Festivities included children's activities, a photo booth, a bar crawl and live music by the band Shamrock Sean and The Irish Cabbage Band.

Patrick O’Brian, an employee of the City of Santa Monica and the designated Third Street leprechaun, said he was thrilled by the turnout. “On St. Patrick’s Day, everybody is a little bit Irish,” he said.

Originally from Cork, Ireland, O’brian shared some of his favorite traditions he keeps during this time of year.

“In my family, every St. Patrick's Day, my father would make corned beef and cabbage, which is a traditional Irish meal. Now, the way you make corned beef is really what matters. What he would do is take a really slow cooker and put the corned beef in there and cook it all day in Guinness with big thick peppercorns,” he said. “I will be eating that on Tuesday and going to Ye Old Kings Head in Santa Monica.”

The street was packed with groups of different ages, many of whom mentioned how exciting it was to come together and celebrate this holiday.

“‘As my friend would say, ‘the world needs a reason to have fun.’ The way the world is going right now, we need some love. We need to love every culture, every person and to me this is the way of celebrating,” said Michelle Gomez, who was out barhopping with a group of loved ones.

“It might not be us, but when we all come together, it's all love, family and at the heart of it we like to get drunk.”