Morganton, NC – “Let the Shenanigans Commence”, it’s a St. Patrick’s Day FAB Crawl where everybody’s Irish for the day! Wear your green and your lucky smile and plan to have a FABulous day in Downtown Morganton, Saturday, March 16th! Look for the shamrocks as you crawl your way through 25 businesses spread throughout downtown, all offering a bit of good ole Irish fun. Chef’s specials, green beer, music, and more await all FAB Crawlers. And don’t forget to pick up your punch card at your first stop!

How do you participate? Each business will provide “crawlers” a punch card to get “punched” at each business visited. Visit participating businesses and enter for a chance to win some great prizes! Three lucky winners will receive awesome prize packages full of goodies from the participating FAB Crawl businesses. There’s an opportunity for you to win after visiting 10+ Businesses, 15+ Businesses, and 20+ businesses. There is no cost to participate in the event. Prize package commensurate with number of businesses visited.

For some additional fun, Leprechauns will be walking around from 11 till 1:00pm spreading a bit of Irish Charm while the Ridgeline Trolley will run the hours of 5:00pm to 8:00pm so you can hop on and off between stops.

May the Luck of The Irish Be With You!

Here is the list of participating businesses and their shenanigans:
Adventure Bound Books – Open 11am to 4pm followed by Poetry Night at The Grind Café from 5:30-7:00pm
Art and Soul
Breathe Yoga and Wellness – Offering 6 class packages for first-time customers for $36.00 AND 3 private yoga or pilates sessions for $150, which can be split between 2 people
Brown Mountain Bottleworks – Irish beers and special tap lineup plus live music from Sorella Jack from 7:30-10pm
Burke Arts Council
Catawba Brewing Co. – Enjoy green beer, white wine and cider. Releasing Irish Red Beer. Have fun with jenga, corn hole and other patio games. Then from 8:00-11:00pm there will be live music from the Gotcha Groove Band ($5 cover starting at 8:00pm)
Fonta Flora Brewery – Irish Table Beer release
Green Eggs and Jam
Gregory Jewelers – Featuring Celtic Designer Jewelry
Hamilton Williams Gallery
Hot Box Vintage
Main Street Jams
Mindful Touch Massage & Wellness – Offering $10 off coupons to crawlers that stop by between 11:00am and 4:30pm
Morganton General Store – Shop with 8 local craft vendors in the store and enjoy a Key Lime Scone from Swede’s Café
Overmountain Cycles – Join in for a 5:00pm bicycle ride around town. Best dressed rider and bike wins a prize!
Reece Winery
She’s Gone Country
SideTracked Brewery
Sketch Art Space – Artisan Market open from 10:00am to 2:00pm featuring handmade jewelry, oil paintings, and handmade paper flowers!
The Grind Café – Featuring Poetry Night with Adventure Bound Books from 5:30-7:00pm
The Natural Olive – Enjoy their drink special: Green Sangria! With live music by The Michael Hefner Experience
The Nook – Live music at 8:00pm from The Asound, Waft and Fantomex
Toasted and Rolled – Offering a special menu including green cake pops, clover shaped green cookies, lucky charms ice-cream and mint chocolate chip ice-cream
Treat – Menu offering Fish and Chips and a featuring cocktail called the Four Leaf Clover
West Union Art Studio
Yianni’s Restaurant

For more information or to download a map for the event, visit www.downtownmorganton.com or call 828-438-5280.