Shipgarten welcomes kiddos to join the St. Patrick’s Day excitement, at a festival hosted by storybook characters Merida and Peter Pan. Children can get their faces painted, play on the playground, jump around in a moon bounce, and participate in a magic show featuring Jake the Great; dogs are welcome, too (free).

As St. Patrick’s Day inches closer, several events are happening across D.C., Maryland and Virginia this month to commemorate the holiday. DC News Now

St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers.