Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Hosts St. Patrick's Day Fest 3/13

In anticipation of the highly celebrated Irish holiday four days later, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino will host its inaugural St. Patrick's Day Festival on Saturday, March 13 at the Mandalay Bay Beach. Hotel guests, along with Las Vegas residents, will be treated to "An Evening with Everlast, the music of Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, House of Pain and La Coka Nostra, along with special guest performer B-Real of Cypress Hill." The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

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The all-day celebration will feature complimentary beach entry for all hotel guests and locals, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., along with free, live entertainment with DJs and Irish bands from noon - 5 p.m. Moorea Beach Club will be home to a beer garden while the entire beach complex will offer guests food and drink specials. The Beach is scheduled to close at 5 p.m. while the concert stage is prepared for the evening's festivities; doors will re-open at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the concert priced at $40, not including applicable service charges, go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. and will be available at the Mandalay Bay Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Mandalay Bay at (702) 632-7580 or Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also will be available for purchase at www.ticketmaster.com.

Tickets priced at $100 for an all-day pass to the beer garden and concert, or $40 for access only to the beer garden (unlimited beer), also go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. and will be available only at the Mandalay Bay Box Office.

Erik Schrody, better known as Everlast, is an Irish-American GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter/guitar player. He is well known for his solo-hit "What It's Like" and also for his position as the front-man for the early ‘90s popular rap group House of Pain. He also is part of the hip-hop group La Coka Nostra which consists of his former House of Pain cohorts Danny Boy and DJ Lethal, as well as popular rap stars Ill Bill and Slaine.

Following Everlast's first solo album, Forever Everlasting (1990), he joined DJ Lethal and Danny Boy to form House of Pain. The group's 1992 eponymous debut album later went multi-platinum and also produced the hit single "Jump Around." The album also featured Cypress Hill member B-Real on the song "Put Your Head Out." The group toured with various rap and alternative rock bands and also contributed to a movie soundtrack, Judgment Night. The group later broke up following Everlast's decision to once again pursue a solo career.

Everlast's second solo album, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, was released eight years after his solo debut and sold more than 3 million copies. The album was hailed for its blend of rap with acoustic and electric guitars and was developed by Everlast. The album's lead single, "What It's Like," proved to be his most popular and successful song.

La Coka Nostra was formed in 2006 and its first known song featured the musical group Cypress Hill's MC B-Real. Due to the popularity of the song online, the group released several more online at no charge. The group released its debut album, A Brand You Can Trust, in July 2009 and it features guest rappers including Snoop Dogg, Bun B and Immortal Technique, among others.

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