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Shamrockin' Run New Orleans (Guinness Challenge 5K)

Its Guinness Challenge 5K makes runners stop at each kilometer to drink a 6-ounce Guinness, with cases of Guinness for the fastest drinkers.

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Food and drink · New Orleans, LA

Shamrockin' Run New Orleans (Guinness Challenge 5K) is a food and drink fun run in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a verified date of March 7, 2027.

ConfirmedFamily friendly
When
Sun, Mar 7, 2027
Start Half 7:15 a.m.; 10K/5K/Guinness 7:30 a.m.
Early-March Sunday
Where
The Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar
7900 Lakeshore Dr
New Orleans, LA 70124 · Orleans Parish
Directions
Entry
Guinness Challenge $50 early (2027)
Register
Organized by
Guinness Challenge held for 12th time in 2026

What to expect

  • beer every kilometer
  • 21+ challenge
  • closed lakefront course
  • leprechaun kids run

2026 Season completed

Sunday, March 8, 2026

  • Sun, Mar 8, 2026

2027 Confirmed

Sunday, March 7, 2027

  • Sun, Mar 7, 2027

Checked Sun, Oct 4, 2026 against the official source.

About the run

A St. Patrick's-season half marathon, 10K and 5K on a closed Lakeshore Drive course hosted from the Blue Crab Restaurant, plus the beer-stop challenge and a Leprechaun Kids Fun Run.

The run

Distances
Half marathon, 10K, 5K, Guinness Challenge 5K, Kids 1 mile
Occasion
St. Patrick's Day
Season
Spring
Swag
Case of Guinness for top challenge finishers

Nearby

Sources

Details checked against the race’s own pages on Sun, Oct 4, 2026.