Name: Harpoon Mac & Cheers Challenge
Start: 2020-03-05T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-03-05T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Harpoon Brewery

We're kicking off Harpoon St. Patrick's Festival weekend with our third annual Harpoon Mac & Cheers Challenge!

Bring your friends and head down to the brewery for the biggest Mac & Cheese party in Boston. On Thursday, March 5th, we'll have a heated tent outside filled with Boston's best restaurants competing for the title of Boston's Best Mac & Cheese. The best part? You're the judge and will get to put your taste-buds to the test by trying each recipe and choosing your favorite. Each recipe will be crafted using cheese from our friends and Vermont neighbors at Vermont Farmstead Cheese. Tickets are $40 and include mac & cheese samples from every participating restaurant, a souvenir cup, and one drink token. A cash bar will be available throughout the event.

Tickets are $40 and include:

- 2oz samples of Boston's best mac & cheese recipes

- A souvenir cup

- 1 drink token

Thursday, March 5th

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Boston, MA

Party like St. Patrick

Clear your calendar, Harpoon St. Patrick's Festival weekend is 4 days full of great food, great beer, and great times. So bring your friends and celebrate with us 1 day, 2 days, or be a true Friend of Harpoon and attend all 4!

All events are outdoors in tented area.

TICKET INFO:

all events 21+ ONLY!

proper id required

The Harpoon Mac & Cheers Challenge

$40 presold ticket

on sale February 8th!

Includes 2 oz samples of Boston's best mac & cheese recipes, a souvenir cup, and 1 beer ticket. You need a ticket in advance for this event. Cash bar.

Friday - Harpoon St. Patrick's Festival

General Admission $25 - pay at the door!

Includes souvenir cup and 1 beer ticket.

Saturday - Harpoon St Patrick's Fest

General Admission $25 - pay at the door!

Includes souvenir cup and 1 beer ticket.

Early Access Pass - sold out!

Early Access doors: 12-1pm

Sunday - Shamrock Splash

Day of registration - $25

Click here for more information

Venue Info:

Schedule

Thursday

The Harpoon Mac & Cheers Challenge

March 8th

Presold Tickets Only

Doors open: 6:00pm

Doors close: 8:30pm

Friday

Harpoon St. Patrick's Day Fest

March 9th

General Admission

Doors open: 5:30pm

Doors close: 9:30pm

Saturday

Harpoon St. Patrick's Day Fest

March 10th

General Admission

Doors open: 1:00pm

Doors close: 5:30pm

Sunday

Shamrock Splash

March 11th 10am

Sample

Enjoy 2 oz samples of Boston's best mac & cheese recipes. You get 1 sample from each booth.

RESTAURANTS

Some of Boston's best restaurants competing for the title of Boston's best mac & cheese. Click button below for list of participating restaurants!

Vote

Our panelist of judges aren't the only ones who get a say. Vote for the People's Choice winner and crown the victor.

VT Farmstead Cheese

Each restaurant will get to choose what kind of cheese to use, made by our friends at Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company.

Participating Restaurant List

VOTE

Help us pick Boston's Best Mac & Cheese! You're the judge. Restaurants will be competing for the title of Boston's Best Mac & Cheese and the attendees (that's you!) will be voting to crown the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

RESTAURANTS

Some of Boston's best restaurants will be competing for the title of Boston's Best Mac & Cheese including:

110 Grill
The Bacon Truck
Banners Kitchen & Tap
Blackstrap BBQ
Boston Burger Company
Chubby Chickpea
Commonwealth
Corner Pub Boston
The Dining Car
Harry's
Lansdowne Pub
Legal Test Kitchen
Loretta's
Lucky's
Papa Grande
Pastoral
The Smoke Shop BBQ
Tavern in the Square Allston
Tony C's
Trina's
Union Straw
Wahlburgers Fenway

WHAT'S ON TAP?

We'll have an assortment of Harpoon beers available for you to pair with your Mac & Cheese!

New this year, we'll also have UFO, Clown Shoes Beer, City Roots Craft Cider, and Arctic Summer Hard Seltzer available. Just like the abundance of Mac & Cheese recipes, there will be something for everyone!

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Early Access Pass

Get in before everyone else with an Early Access Pass! Early Access Pass doors open from 12-1pm. Make sure to buy your Early Access Pass in advance.

Bands, Bands, Bands

Come dance the jig and enjoy a variety of bands playing everything from Celtic rock to modern favorites.

General Admission Info

General Admission tickets are NOT sold in advance. Come the day of, pay at the door to join the fun!

Tour the Brewery

Sign-up to take a tour of the Harpoon brewery for FREE! Includes a tasting in our original tasting room.

Join us for a weekend of friendly banter, live music, flowing taps, and thousands of other beer loving folks loving the heck out of life under heated tents at our Boston brewery!

EARLY ACCESS INFORMATION

Get into the festival with an Early Access Pass!: $30 (includes one beer ticket) or $42 (includes 3 beer tickets). Your pass will allow you to enter the festival an hour early, before doors open to the general public. Make sure to buy your Early Access Pass in advance and check out the early access door schedule below:

Friday March 8th Early Access:

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Saturday March 9th Early Access:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

PAY AT THE DOOR

Come the day of, simply pay $25 at the door to join the fun! When you pay at the door, your admission includes your first beer and a souvenir cup.

Friday March 8th Pay at the Door:

6:30pm - 11:00pm (Doors close at 9:30pm)

Saturday March 9th Pay at the Door:

1:00pm - 7:00pm (Doors close at 5:30pm)

BANDS, BANDS, BANDS

Don't miss seeing your favorite band play live! Check out the band schedule below:

Friday March 8th

5:30 – 6:30 PM Kier Byrnes & Friends

7:00 – 7:30 PM Colum Cille Pipes & Drums (Bagpipes & all)

7:30 – 7:45 PM Ceremonial Keg Tapping

8:00 – 8:45 PM Joshua Tree

9:15 – 10:15 PM 7 Day Weekend

Saturday March 9th

12:00 – 12:45 PM The Pourmen

1:00 – 1:45 PM Dicey Riley with Zoe Darrow Celtic Rock Band

2:00 – 3:00 PM “Howl at the Moon” Dueling Piano Show

3:30 – 4:00 PM Colum Cille Pipes & Drums (Bagpipes & all)

4:15 – 5:15 PM Pop Disaster

5:30 – 6:30 PM Rick Express

GET EARLY ACCESS PASSES

Come plunge, pledge, and enjoy some refreshing pints of Harpoon beer to support our beaches with Save the Harbor Save the Bay!

TICKET DETAILS

$20 Registration Donation includes two Harpoon beers, post-splash meal, Harpoon koozie, and a chance to win a round-trip JetBlue flight.

6:00pm

Doors open

8:00pm

Last chance for judging

8:30pm

Doors Close

Friday Band Schedule

Saturday Band Schedule

What's on Tap at st pats Fest?

Harpoon

IPA

Harpoon

The Craic

Harpoon

Irish Stout

Harpoon

Craft Cider

Harpoon

Flannel Friday

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Shamrock Splash

General info

Come plunge, pledge, and enjoy some great company, a refreshing pint of Harpoon Beer, and a burger to support our beaches with Save the Bay!

Ticket Details

$20 Registration Donation includes:
Beer from Harpoon Brewery
Post-Splash Meal
Harpoon Koozie
A chance to win a round-trip JetBlue flight

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HARPOON ST. PATRICK's FESTIVAL

Join us on the Friday and Saturday after Mac & Cheers for friendly banter, live music, flowing taps, and thousands of other beer loving folks loving the heck out of life under heated tents at our Boston brewery!

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