Rí Rá Las Vegas Celebrates Arthur’s Day Sept. 26
Pub offers guests free pint of Guinness to toast brand’s founder at 5:59 p.m.
Rí Rá Las Vegas, located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, celebrates ARTHUR’S DAY®, a worldwide toast on Thursday, Sept. 26 in honor of Arthur Guinness, creator of the Guinness® brand.
Starting at 5:30 p.m., the authentic Irish pub will offer a free pint of Guinness® to the first 100 guests who can join Rí Rá in the worldwide toast at 5:59 p.m. In addition, Rí Rá will offer $5 Guinness® drafts, Guinness® black lagers and Guinness® foreign extra stouts from 5 to 11 p.m.
The festivities continue at 8 p.m. as Rí Rá gives away engraved, commemorative ARTHUR’S DAY® Guinness® glasses to the first 50 guests who order a beer from the pub’s Victorian bar. Guinness® girls will give away various items during the celebration as well.
To cap off ARTHUR’S DAY®, The Cray & Dempsey Experience will take the stage at 8:45 p.m. The band, which has been together for the better part of 25 years, combines several genres of music, including rap, rock and Irish folk, putting its own spin on songs such as “Gin & Juice,” “Sweet Caroline” and “500 Miles.”
The Guinness® Store Las Vegas, located next to Rí Rá, will celebrate the brand’s founder by offering customers 20 percent off all 2013 limited edition collectibles, including Guinness® glassware and key rings.
Additionally, Rí Rá will raise money for HELP of Southern Nevada all week in honor of Arthur’s Day. Order off of the authentic Irish pub’s special HELP menu Sept. 23 – 29 during lunch or dinner and Rí Rá will donate 20 percent of all proceeds to the local nonprofit.
About the Guinness Store Las Vegas
With the largest selection of Guinness® merchandise located in one venue outside of Ireland, the Guinness® Store Las Vegas is a “must see” destination filled with true Irish hospitality. Visitors to the store not only have the opportunity to purchase quality Guinness ® products, they can learn about the brewing process and the depth of richness of the Guinness ® brand through visual exhibitions showcasing its legacy and the strength of its advertising.
The Guinness ® Store is open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily inside the Shoppes at Mandalay Place.
About Rí Rá Las Vegas
Crafted in the warm pub style of 19th century Ireland, Rí Rá Las Vegas is located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. The authentic Irish pub features a multitude of artifacts that were carefully restored in Wicklow, Ireland and shipped to their new home in Las Vegas. Rí Rá Las Vegas contains an authentic Victorian Shop bar that began its life in Ireland in the 1880s, a whiskey bar adorned with an original glazed jewelry cabinet from 1900, an oak floor from a whiskey distillery and an 8-foot-tall, 500-pound carved plaster statue of St. Patrick dating back to 1850. The pub hosts live entertainment seven nights a week in a music room constructed with artifacts dating back to 1890 from the Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland. On the weekends, guests can kick back at Rí Rá Live, where every Friday and Saturday at 11:30 p.m. the best bands in town take the pub’s stage. Born and raised in Dublin, Rí Rá Las Vegas owners David Kelly and Ciaran Sheehan have been close friends since they were 14-years-old. Kelly and Sheehan later partnered with Jay Luther, whom Kelly met while working for Guinness. Rí Rá Las Vegas is one of 12 pubs the trio has opened in the U.S.
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