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Shamrock Shuffle
Is the biggest themed St. Patrick's dayparty in WisconsinIt brings thousands and thousands of people to Milwaukee each year, on March 4th.

Where it's located
The Shamrock shuffle is located on a couple different streets in Milwaukee, usually it is Brady street, Water street, North Ave. and Third street. You get to decide which street you would like to celebrate St. Patrick’s day on, and enjoy a huge get-together with close friends and family. If you purchase your tickets online at Link label, you usually get a discounted price. This is a very popular event for college students. Marquette University, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Milwaukee school of engineering students all participate and come together as one on this day.

What to wear
There are many different outfits people usually go out and buy for this specific day, you are able to buy a shamrock shuffle shirt through the main website Link label, otherwise people just wear green. This is an event where you get to express your love for St. Patrick’s day by wearing all green. There are also many places you can go and buy necklaces, hats, eye stickers and glitter including Walgreens & Target, to help get you in the spirit for this day. You do have to be 21 years old to participate in this event, ( the legal drinking age ) You also have to bring your license to each bar to show that you are the legal age limit.

Supports a charity
The Shamrock Shuffle does support the Special Olympics with a 4k run each year. By signing up for this run, you don’t only get to have a great time but you also are supporting a cause. This event really gets people to come out and do something to better themselves and others. Rain or shine or even snow, this event is always held each year.

History
"On a wintery day in 2010, Michael Sampson decided to create a pub crawl event. He teamed up with NEWaukee and Milwaukeedrinks.com to create the Shamrock Stumble Pub Crawl on North Avenue.  The event proved to be successful as 1,529 attendees showed up for the inaugural event." and in "2011 NEWaukee and Milwaukeedrinks.com, now Art Milwaukee decided to take the event down to Water Street and called it the “Shamrock Shindig”."Michael Sampson Events wanted to keep it on North Avenue and decided to run the “North Avenue Stumble Pub Crawl”. "Michael Sampson Events and the North Avenue bars worked hard to make the event successful and doubled their numbers from the previous year and had 3,021 attendees on North Avenue wearing the popular green “Teach Me How to Stumble” T-Shirts. The event donated $1,500 to the City of Appleton for a K9 unit in memory of Ryan Fieck." Stated author of Shamrock Shuffles media website.

The main reasons that everyone should try and go to Shamrock Shuffle at least one time in their life is because of the great:

and the overall experience. This day is a huge day in Milwaukee and really shows how one big city can come together and celebrate St. Patrick’s day, you are able to bar hop to all of the different bars on the street that you signed up for and are able to meet new people as you go. The food you can eat is usually hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, cheese curds, french fries and many other food options to clench your hunger after a long day of walking around and drinking all of the beer, wine and mixed drinks you could ever imagine. The atmosphere is amazing and you really get to see everyone’s excitement and spirit when walking around the streets of Milwaukee.
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 * 2) drinks
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