Good morning, Southside! 🌴
Quieter weekend than usual around here, so this week leans on the odd stuff and the football. The Jaguars are back Friday night, there is a Pilates class happening inside a country bar, and if the beach is your plan, scroll down first because there is a red tide alert worth reading.
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Here's what's worth leaving the house for 👇
🤠 Country-themed Pilates at a country bar, with a vendor market after
🏈 Jags vs Panthers on a downtown rooftop, free shot every touchdown
🤍 An all-white day party in Baymeadows
📿 A two-day bead show out at UNF
🐕 A free Sunday with the dog at an outdoor food hall on Gate Pkwy
Let's get to it. -S
🌟 This Week's Pick
SADDLE UP SCULPT 2.0
A little country, a lot of core. JESTET Pilates is running mat classes inside Kickers Country Bar on Saturday morning, which is a sentence I did not expect to write. Two class times, a yoga cool-down after, complimentary drinks, a local vendor market, and giveaways. All ages, and honestly the most Jacksonville thing on this week's list.
Kickers Country Bar, 14333 Beach Blvd Ste 33 · Sat Aug 22, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (classes at 9:00 and 10:15) · See ticket link
🗓️ All Weekend Long
Fri-Sat · 📿 Jacksonville Bead Show
Two full days of gemstones, freshwater pearls, vintage beads, charms and supplies from juried exhibitors. Air conditioned, easy to browse, and a good one if you make things or live with someone who does. Promo code Beaders takes $2 off.
Details: Adam W. Herbert University Center, 12000 Alumni Dr (UNF) · Fri & Sat, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Cost: See ticket link
See More: Link
🎉 This Weekend
Fri · 🏈 ROOFTOP ROAR: Jags vs Panthers
Preseason football on a rooftop downtown, with themed cocktails and a free teal shot every time the Jaguars find the end zone. Doors at 4, 21 and up. (Downtown, worth the drive.)
Details: SIP Rooftop & Cocktail Bar, 323 E Bay St · Fri Aug 21, doors 4:00 PM · 21+
Cost: See ticket link
See More: Link
Fri · 🎸 Roadie Album Release Show
A local band putting out a record and playing it start to finish, with 1blackfrend and Lauren Woodall opening. All ages, which is rare for a Friday night show. (Murray Hill, worth the hop.)
Details: The Walrus, 948 Edgewood Ave S · Fri Aug 21, 7:30-11:00 PM · All ages
Cost: See ticket link
See More: Link
Sat · 🤍 Social Saturdaze All White Day Party 📍Baymeadows
DJ Bean on the decks and a live set from The Groove Coalition, and the dress code is exactly what it sounds like. Starts at 5 and runs to 11, so it's a day party that turns into a night out without you having to move the car.
Details: Babylon Restaurant & Lounge, 8650 Baymeadows Rd · Sat Aug 22, 5:00-11:00 PM
Cost: See ticket link
See More: Link
Sat · 🎧 Will Clarke at Decca Live
House and techno from a name that usually plays much bigger rooms than this one. Late start, 18 and up, downtown on Bay Street.
Details: Decca Live, 323 E Bay St · Sat Aug 22, 10:00 PM-3:00 AM · 18+
Cost: See ticket link
See More: Link
Sun · 🐕 The Block Jax 📍Gate Pkwy
Nothing ticketed on the calendar Sunday, so here's the standing answer instead. The Block is an outdoor food hall just north of IKEA with a dog park, a playground, lawn games, and a life-size chess set, and you can walk in for free and only pay if you eat. Open until 8.
Details: 7520 Quarter Mill Dr · Sun Aug 23, 11:00 AM-8:00 PM · All ages, dogs welcome
Cost: Free to walk in
See More: Link
📰 In Case You Missed It
A few Jacksonville things worth knowing, minus the doom-scroll:
🌊 A second red tide alert is up in Duval County. Two alerts in under a week, this one near Kingsley Plantation. If the beach is the weekend plan, worth a look before you load the car. (First Coast News)
🐟 There's a new artificial reef off Jacksonville, the first of its kind sunk here in years. Good news if you fish or dive, and a genuinely cool thing to have offshore. (Jacksonville Today)
🌭 The Jaguars announced a new value menu for the season. Stadium food that doesn't require a second mortgage. Relevant timing with preseason underway. (First Coast News)
💚 "Angel on Earth". A Jacksonville Beach man tracked down and thanked the woman who kept him alive after a heart attack. Quietly the best thing that happened here this week. (First Coast News)
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That's the weekend, Southside. It's a slower one, which is its own kind of good. Go do one thing off this list, then reply and tell me how it went.
See you next Thursday,
-S
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