A 40 Year Tradition
Duncan MacRae of Yesterday’s Restaurant & Tavern, Steve Gibson of Peddler Steak House, Chuck Pettit of the Columbia Jaycees and Tony Latella of PYA Monarch sat down in a booth at Yesterday’s Restaurant & Tavern, had a few beers and devised a plan to increase the visibility of Five Points’ businesses on St. Patrick’s Day when most people were leaving town for Savannah. The Annual St. Pat’s in Five Points emerged forming a family fun-filled festival benefiting children’s charities in the Midlands.
St. Pat’s in Five Points welcomes approximately 45,000 of a myriad of demographic attendees – children, families, college students and senior citizens – annually and has a $7+ million economic impact on the City of Columbia and Richland County. More than 35% of attendees travel to Columbia for the festival and come from over 2,000 zip codes and over thirty countries.
St. Pat’s in Five Points also affords the Five Points Association the opportunity to give back to the community that has been its biggest supporter. The FPA will continue the tradition of contributing a portion of money made during the festival to the volunteer groups who help us stage this event. In the festival’s forty-year history, the FPA has donated approximately $1M to local Midlands’ charities including City Year Columbia, Pawmetto Lifeline, Junior Woman’s Club of Columbia, MLK Neighborhood Association, USO of South Carolina, Special Olympics of SC, SC Pride, Sustainable Midlands, United Way of the Midlands, Vietnam Veterans of America – Chapter 303 and many, many more!
7:30am Get to the Green 5K/10K and 1-Mile Family Fun Run
9am Festival Gates Open
10am St. Pat's Parade
11am - 6pm Pot O' Gold Playland
12pm - 7pm National, Regional, & Local Bands on multiple stages
Ticket Disclaimers:
- - St. Pat’s in Five Points is a rain or shine event, so all tickets are non-refundable.
- - Animals are prohibited within the festival perimeter. This festival follows ADA regulations on service animals and does not recognize emotional support, therapy, comfort or companion animals.
- - All tickets will be sold digitally – all major credit cards accepted - this year and are not available in paper form.
- -Tickets can be purchased with cash or credit at the gate on the day of the festival.