Try your luck with these shows

St. Patrick’s Day might fall on a Tuesday this year, but that’s no excuse to skip out on the celebrations. Looking through the weekend’s live music listings, Saturday night seems to be the best time to go out, drink some green beer and listen to music in honor of your Irish brethren.

Both Irish pubs in the downtown area – the venerable O’Doherty’s and newcomer Knockaderry (in the former Sidebar near the county courthouse) – will be open Saturday morning for a long day of Irish-style merriment.

Here are a few other downtown-area venues hosting concerts (Irish or otherwise) that you should consider during your St. Patty’s pub crawl.

• Baby Bar, 827 W. First Ave. Concerts at the Baby Bar don’t typically start until 10 p.m. or later (and they’re free), making it ideal for a final stop of the evening. Saturday’s show will feature Philadelphia indie rockers DRGN King, Spokane’s Loomer and Coeur d’Alene’s Sorority.

• The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. Get out your green plaid for one of the hippest concerts of the evening. Described on Facebook as “stomp-grass,” the Bellingham five-piece Polecat doesn’t specialize in Irish music, but their rustic Americana sound does have some fiddle in it. They’ll be performing with Spokane’s own Folkinception at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 on the day of the show.

• The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington St. If you’re looking for some traditional Irish tunes to ring in St. Patrick’s Day, you really can’t do any better than Floating Crowbar. The local quartet will be opening for Soul Proprietor, the Spokane R&B and funk outfit that’s scheduled to play three song-packed sets. The music starts at 8 p.m.; cover is $10. (If that show’s too late for you, Floating Crowbar will also be playing at 3 p.m. at Hills’ Restaurant and Lounge, 401 W. Main Ave.)

• The Pin, 412 W. Sprague Ave. The Pin is starting its celebration early: Kéilidh Shillelagh and the ElektroKelts start things off at 2 p.m. – head over when you’ve had enough of the parade – performing traditional Irish songs with a punk rock edge. 21 and older; cover is $7.

• The Viking Bar and Grill, 1221 N. Stevens St. The Viking’s Pitch-a-Tent Party is now an annual tradition, a mini music festival in the bar’s parking lot that starts at 5 p.m. The bands slated to perform include the Nixon Rodeo, Beyond Today, Death by Pirates, the Vine That Ate the South and Drop Off. And if you’re in the mood to turn your day drinking into a contest, there will also be a beer pong competition with a $100 prize. Cover is $8 after 3 p.m.; the pong competition has a $10 buy-in per team.

• Zola, 22 W. Main Ave. Sometimes you just want to hear songs you already know by heart, especially after one too many Guinness. Karma’s Circle fits that bill, and their set lists include plenty of classic rock. The music starts at 9 p.m.

And if you’re closer to Coeur d’Alene, fear not: There are options for you. Kelly’s Irish Pub, 726 N. 4th St., will have music by Arvid Lundin and the Deep Roots starting at 6 p.m., and O’Shay’s Irish Pub, 313 Coeur d’Alene Lake Dr., is scheduled to have a flock of bagpipers come through at 6:30 and 7 p.m.