The second Shamrock Shakedown commences tomorrow night. Jamieson Productions and the Marciniack Brothers are filling the Dnipro Ukranian Center with lights, video projections and DJs. Music talent from various East Coast cities, NYC, Toronto, Pittsburgh to name a few, along with our Buffalo favorites will be performing late into the night with multi-genres and four different rooms for you to dance and bounce around to.

"It's celebrating and offering a safe place to do it," Carl Jamieson says about the Shakedown. In the scene since age 16, Jamieson throws the Shakedown not only to celebrate his personal joy for the Irish tradition, but to bring both music and culture together while also giving attendees a safer place to do it. Yes, the Buffalo St. Patty's Day parade is an absolute blast but realistically, it's a madhouse. Moving to Buffalo from Syracuse, I wasn't sure what I was in for. The first parade I went to I apparently walked directly through a fight right outside of the Arby's on the corner of Allen and Delaware, this according to the post-parade recount telling of what happened. Jamieson also looks to the Shakedown as a means of springtime celebration. Regardless of the fact that the weather is basically going through the mood swings of an angsty teenager, spring should be on the way.

Tickets will be sold at the door and in advance, I recommend the latter. Not only does it make your life easier but it saves you $5. Which buys you a beer. Or maybe a taco, if that suits your fancy more.

Nuair atá an cat amuigh bíonn na luch ag damhsa. See y'all Saturday.