Nu'uanu and Merchant streets will be closed to traffic starting at noon tomorrow to accommodate the staging of St. Patrick's Day festivities.

The annual block party will start at 5 p.m., with live entertainment and food booths serving corned beef and cabbage, Irish steak sandwiches, fish and chips, and fresh-shucked oysters.

This will be the 20th annual celebration put on by Murphy's Bar & Grill on Merchant Street.

For each pound of corned beef sold, owner Don Murphy will contribute $1 to the Hawai'i Children's Cancer Foundation. (Last year he sold 2,500 pounds.)

For more information, call 531-0422.