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Celebrating Arthur's Day around the World - A Global Toast!
by Bridget Haggerty

It’s not just Dublin that has big plans for Arthur’s Day. From 17:59 GMT on September 24th 2009, remarkable celebrations will be happening all around the globe, with glasses being raised to Arthur Guinness in over 150 countries. From spectacular events in major cities like New York and Kuala Lumpur, to intimate affairs at your local bar or pub…wherever you are you can join the party and toast your favourite uncle. Here's just a sampling of what's on offer:

Australia
In Australia, on the 25th of September, we will be hosting a party in each major capital city in one of our many iconic Guinness venues. The party will involve a toast to Arthur at 17:59, coverage from the party in Dublin, live bands, giveaways, and other specials. This will be one party not to miss this year, so keep checking back for details of how you could be part of these invite only celebrations!

Canada
Arthurs Day will be celebrated coast to coast in Canada with a string of Black Carpet VIP Parties from Vancouver, home of the 2010 Winter Olympics, through to Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax. Plus there will be a few really big surprises for Guinness drinkers when they turn on their television this coming September. Keep checking back to this site to get more details on some of the huge events we have planned for Canada. Canada will party like never before.

Galway, Ireland
To Arthur! Kelly's bar and venue on Bridge Street is taking a novel approach to celebrating 250 years of Guinness. For Arthur's Day on 24 September, the first 50 pints of Guinness after 5.30pm will be free. Thereafter, a pint of Guinness will cost just €2.50 - less than £2 in the old money - until the early hours of Sunday.




Indonesia
Guinness Indonesia will create the Guinness journey across the world with a Bus Safari traveling to 10 of its key cities. A road show of this size and scale has never been done before in Indonesia. Games of the five continents, Guinness heritage across the world and exciting performances from Indonesia’s current top artists are just some of the items you can expect to see from the series of events. You can also expect to enjoy a perfectly served Guinness here as well. The Guinness Bus starts moving in October 2009 and will run until the end of the year.

Malaysia
Malaysia is the proud host of the Guinness 250th celebrations for the Asia Pacific region. Festivities will take place across the nation, culminating in the big bash on Arthur's Day, 25th September. This will be a uniquely Asian party where East meets West for a night of awesome performances. Join us in Kuala Lumpur as we celebrate 250 remarkable years of Guinness!

Gt. Britain & the United States
Details of specific celebrations are to be posted on the Guinness web site as soon as they're made available. Meanwhile, if you are a US resident, you can enter to win one of three Remarkable Experiences: a journey into space, a deep sea adventure or a day in a recording studio with the Black Eyed Peas. What better way to celebrate of 250 years of Guinness® than with a truly remarkable experience! For more details, please click Guinness.

The Global Toast
See and hear toasts from Guinness fans all over the world.

Happy birthday to Uncle Arthur and Slainte to you, to yours and especially to Guinness!

Source: Guinness

Photo Credit:
Main Guinness photo: Photo Bucket/Lor Manipp
Galway Photo: Galway/Travel Photo