FRESH EIRE

If St. Patrick’s Day is too far off for you, check out The Great Irish Fair, self-billed as the “largest Irish fair in the world.” Stock up on Aran sweaters, Donegal tweed caps and Celtic crafts and jewelry, while being entertained by Irish step dancing, bagpipe bands and popular Irish music from the New York Showband and Pat Roper. $10; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., today and tomorrow; Dreier Offerman Park, entrance at Shore Parkway between Cropsey and Bay Parkway, Brooklyn; (718) 266-1234.

MUGS AND PUGS

Take your darling doggie for an early morning walk today and get wired on some free java during Coffee Bark in Prospect Park. Let the pup run wild with his canine pals, while you kick back and enjoy your caffeine fix, along with some muffins and biscuits. 6:45 to 9 a.m.; Long Meadow near the Picnic House; (718) 768-9056.

BOOGIE NIGHT

It’ll be a riot of movement tomorrow night at the Evening Stars Music and Dance Festival: Downtown Dance in Battery Park. Six dance troupes will perform various styles, including hip-hop, modern and folk. It ain’t all fancy footwork, though – also performing are the New York Goofs, New Age vaudevillians with a gift for physical comedy. 7-9 p.m., Battery Park at State and Pearl Street; (212) 219-9401.