2023 N Myrtle Beach St. Patrick's Day & Festival

The annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade will be held Saturday, March 11, 2023, on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach. 

This one-day event is a fan-favorite festival that has been celebrating all things Irish for more than 30 years! The event kicks off with a parade along Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach at 9 a.m. Featuring more than 100 entries, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in North Myrtle Beach is the biggest on the Grand Strand. The parade route will start on Ocean Boulevard and end at Ye Olde Kings Hwy. Spectators arrive early, so it is recommended that you set up your “viewing station” by 8:30 a.m. to secure your view of the festivities. WPDE personalities, Ed Piotrowski and Jennifer Abney, will be announcing the parade at the Community Stage located at Main Street and N. Oak Drive. For those that can’t make the parade in person, it will be broadcast LIVE on CW21.

The parade is followed by a family-friendly street festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., complete with local vendors, live entertainment, kids’ activities, and more. Expect Irish Pipe Bands, Irish Dancers, and many more live performances. Three stages provide endless entertainment throughout the day with live bands, a shepherd’s pie eating contest, a leprechaun contest, and traditional Irish music. Over 120 vendors will display their crafts.  Food vendors and Main Street businesses will have a variety of Irish treats and festival food favorites for everyone to enjoy.  Keep an eye out for all the street entertainers and leprechauns that scurry around this festival.  Bring the “wee” ones to enjoy the children’s area that is chocked full of rides and games for all ages.

For more information, please click here. 

Sensory Friendly Ripley's Aquarium - Myrtle Beach

House lights up and music and sound effects down. Noise-canceling headphones are available at guest services.

CAN card rates: Adults: $15, Children 6-11: $12, and Children 3-5: $7.

Be sure to get your special Selfie Scavenger Hunt sheet from the Guest Services desk. You get a prize when you turn it in!

For more information, contact Champion Autism Network (CAN) here. 

4th Annual iHeart Media Murrells Inlet Golf Tournament

A Golf Tournament You Won't Want To Miss!

Join iHeart Media and Murrells Inlet 2020 on March 11th at the Wachesaw East Golf Club for the 4th Annual iHeart Media Golf Tournament Benefiting Murrells Inlet 2020.

Registration begins at 8 am and shotgun starts at 9 am. Teams are filling up FAST! Different level sponsorships are available as well as teams! Get yours in today!!! Food and drinks provided, fun auction items, and more!

For more information, email [email protected], or click here. 

Ripley's Breakfast With A Mermaid!

Have you ever wanted to meet a mermaid? Now is your chance! Join us for Breakfast with a Mermaid!

Enjoy the Aquarium before it opens to the public, eat a delicious hot breakfast, and meet a real, live mermaid! Snap a shell-fie with a mermaid and bring home your complimentary photo plus a special mermaid craft! Fuel up with eggs, bacon, pancakes, fresh fruit, orange juice, and coffee.

EVENT TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

BREAKFAST BUFFET: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

YOUR TICKET INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

• Hot breakfast of eggs, bacon, pancakes, fresh fruit, orange juice, and coffee starting at 8:00 a.m.
• Special mermaid craft
• Mermaid story time
• Meet and greet with a mermaid
• Souvenir photo with a mermaid*
• Aquarium admission following the event
• *One souvenir photo per paid adult ticket.

We have limited seating and availability. Please remember that cancellations, refunds, or date changes must be made 72 hours before the event date. Children ages 17 and under must be accompanied by a participating paid adult.

For tickets or for more information, call 843.916.0888 ext 3238, or click here. 

Ripley's Aquarium Fin & Tonic Cocktail Class - St. Patty's Edition

Craft delicious drinks and savor tasty tapas at our next Fin & Tonic cocktail class!

Led by a Cape Fear Distillery expert, you will create three sea-riously amazing cocktails using their award-winning Solera Whiskey - a perfect complement to the oceanic wonders at Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach.

Dress in your best St. Patty’s attire and test your knowledge of St. Patty’s themed trivia for a chance to win prizes while learning the mixology of your craft cocktails. Snack on decadent tapas made by Chef Joe, Owner of Taylor Made Catering, and end the night on a sweet note with delightful dessert bites!

• Aquarium admission
• Two-ounce pours of liquor, plus the complementary mixes, liqueurs, and garnishes to make a serving of three delicious cocktails*
• Tapas
• Petite desserts

Tapas

• Goat Cheese and Fig Crostini
• Wild Mushroom and Bacon Jam Phyllo Cups
• Smoked Potato Bisque Shooters with Fried Leeks
• Miniature Corned Beef Reuben with House Pickled Okra Garnish
• Vegetarian Hand Pie with Potato, Cabbage, and Onion

Petite Desserts

• Warm Myer Lemon Tarts with House Made Bumbleberry Sauce
• Poached Pear and Ginger Tart
• Dark Chocolate and Cherry Tart

For tickets or more information, please click here. 

FOOD SAFETY, DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that the consumption of undercooked or raw food could potentially affect your health. The customers that consume foods thus prepared at our establishment assume any and all liability for potential health hazards. Our menu includes peanuts, nuts, peanut oil, shrimp, shellfish, and other items that are known to cause allergic reactions in certain individuals. If you let us know of your condition, we will do our best to accommodate your needs, but please understand that we cannot guarantee the absolute absence of said allergens. By eating voluntarily at our Ripley’s Aquarium Fin & Tonic event, you accept the medical-legal implications of consuming said allergens.

Ripley’s is licensed by the State of South Carolina to sell food and alcoholic beverages: If alcoholic beverages are to be served on Ripley’s premises, the alcoholic beverage license requires that only Ripley’s employees (i.e., servers and bartenders) dispense alcoholic beverages. The alcoholic beverage license requires us to: Request proper identification, i.e., photo identification, of any person of questionable age; Refuse alcoholic beverage service if the person is either underage or proper identification cannot be produced; Refuse alcoholic beverage service to any person, who at the employee’s discretion, appears intoxicated. Due to DHEC regulations, the Client understands and agrees that all food provided by Ripley’s cannot leave the premises.