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South End Weekends: Decoupage, b.good Festival

Find out what's happening right here in the South End this weekend.

Every weekend, the South End has a lot of different events to offer. 

Here are a few of your best bests for this weekend.

Do you have something going on? 

Post it to our events calendar to share it with your neighbors. 

Friday, August 2:

Free Fun Fridays
Thanks to the Highland Foundation's "Free Fun Fridays" program in Boston, you and the family can go to Franklin Park Zoo, the Boston Children's Museum, and the Arnold Arboretum today for free! Click on each one for more details. 

Saturday, August 3: 

Volunteer Meeting and Canvass Kick Off for Annissa Essaibi George
Annissa Essaibi George Campaign Headquarters
832 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester
10 a.m.
FREE

Looking to get involved in a candidate's campaign? Annissa Essaibi George, a candidate for Boston City Council At-Large, is holding a volunteer orientation and canvassing event on Saturday morning. See here for more details

Decoupage Workshop
Jennifer Sherr Designs
59 Wareham St., South End
10:30 a.m.

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Decoupage is the art of decorating an object by using special papers. In this one day workshop , you will learn tradition decoupage techniques as well as more sophisticated approaches to design. 

Sunday, August 4:

b.good Family BBQ Festival 
SoWa
500 Harrison Ave.
Tickets: $20 in advance

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Love burgers, music and BBQ? It's all colliding in the South End this weekend with b.good's Boston family BBQ. Meet up in SoWa on Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. to see a performance by local-to-Boston bands Have China Fox, Big Party Orchestra, and The Life Electric, b.good food including burgers, chicken sandwiches, grilled corn and salad and ice cream, beer from Harpoon Brewery, face-painting and other games. See here for more information. 


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