It wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day in Boston without the Dropkick Murphys [PHOTOS]

The Dropkick Murphys’ headlined a spree of sold-out shows for St. Patrick’s Day week in Boston. The band kicked off Wednesday night at the House of Blues, where they played through Friday, before weekend shows atAgganis Arena and Brighton Music Hall.

We stopped by the St. Patrick’s eve (Thursday) show at House of Blues, where crowd surfing bylaws be damned, it got rowdy. Check out scenes from the concert above.

All photos byDerek Kouyoumjian