Party time: An event hosted by SaiGon Outcast. — Photo justgola.com

HCM CITY — A festival celebrating St Patrick’s Day will be held on March 19 at Saigon Outcast.

The “Saigon St Patrick’s Day Festival” will include traditional Irish food and drinks, face paintings, raffle prizes, a bouncy castle, and “best-dressed in green” competition.

There will be traditional music by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, an international organisation founded in Ireland in 1951 to preserve traditional Irish music and culture, and a performance of Irish dancers.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Christina Noble’s Children Foundation and Irish cultural events in Việt Nam.

The festival will be held from 3pm to 10pm at 188/1 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng Street in District 2.​ — VNS