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Update: According to organizers, there will be a St. Paddy’s festival in Shockoe Bottom and it has a name...

Shockoe Fest.

The event, pending all permits, will be held on Saturday, March 15.

Organizers are hoping 17th Street will be closed to traffic and there will be music in the Farmer’s Market.

It was announced earlier that Shamrock the Block, typically held in the Bottom, will be moved to the Boulevard this year. But Shockoe Bottom restaurants have banded together to throw their own event on Saturday, March 15 to keep the St. Patrick’s festivities alive in the Bottom.

“This is the first time all of the Shockoe Valley restaurant owners have come together to create this huge event where they can really highlight what Shockoe is and why people should want to come down here,” Heather Dixon, of FlipMarketing and a spokesperson for the event, said.