Your first weekend with The Southside Brief is here 🌴

Good morning, Southside! 🌴

Welcome to issue #1. Here's the whole idea: Jacksonville is more fun than it gets credit for, and nobody should need three tabs and a group text to find something worth doing on a Saturday. Every Thursday morning, I'll send you the best of the weekend, starting on our side of the river and reaching across the city when something's worth the drive, in about two minutes of reading.

Quick favor first if you haven’t already: hit reply with your zip code. It helps me steer each week's picks toward what's happening closest to you, and it tells Gmail we're someone you actually want to hear from, so we land in your inbox instead of the Promotions pile. Two seconds, big help, and I read every one (so say “Hi!” while you’re at it! 😊

Here's what's worth leaving the house for this weekend 👇

Let's get to it. -S

Jax Sports Car Museum Dealership Showcase 📍Baymeadows
Saturday, the Jacksonville Sports Car Museum on Baymeadows turns into a full showcase floor: rare cars, dealership showpieces, and the kind of metal you normally only see in magazines. Bring the kids, bring the car nut in your life, or just go gawk. It's daytime, it's right here on the Southside, and it's the most fun you can have without leaving the neighborhood.
Jacksonville Sports Car Museum (Baymeadows) · Sat July 25 · Tickets via Eventbrite

Fri · 🎶 POP'S HOUSE Worship with Gabriel Storm & Friends
An all-ages worship-music night at the Murray Hill Theatre to open the weekend on a lighter note. Faith-forward and family-friendly. (Westside, worth the hop if it's your thing.)

Sat · 🧘 Free Yoga at Balis Park 📍San Marco
Start Saturday the good way: free community yoga in Balis Park, right in the heart of San Marco Square. Roll out a mat, then walk over for coffee. No experience, no cost, no excuse.

Sat · 🌞 Social Saturdaze: Sundress & Sneakers Day Party 📍Baymeadows
A grown-and-sunny daytime party on Baymeadows Rd: sundresses, sneakers, and drinks in the sunshine before the night even starts. The move if you'd rather be home by dark.

Sat · 👗 AGP Pearls 5th Annual Fashion Show 📍San Marco
A local fashion showcase hitting its fifth year: runway looks, local designers, and a dressed-up night out without the downtown parking. Proof the Southside has its own scene.

Sat · 🟢 Shrek Rave @ Decca Live
Yes, really. A full-on Shrek-themed rave: ogre costumes encouraged, swamp anthems all night, the most gloriously ridiculous thing on this list. If you need a story for Monday, this is it. (Downtown-ish, but c'mon.)

Quiet Sunday this week, so sleep in, hit brunch in San Marco, or catch anything you missed Saturday.

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That's the weekend, Southside. Go do one thing off this list, then reply and tell me how it went.

See you next Thursday,
-S

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