Free Mardi Gras event in Dedham Square! Saturday, Feb. 22 beginning at 4 p.m. Books! Beer! BBQ! and a Band!!
4pm: New Orleans-style book party at The Blue Bunny with Brett Milano, author of "300 Songs for 300 Years: Songs that Have Immortalized New Orleans" with a local craft beer sampling by Anne Francis/Boston Beerventures and small taste samplings by Blue Ribbon BBQ.
5:30pm: Second line parade from The Blue Bunny to Blue Ribbon BBQ with the Hot Tamale Brass Band
5:45pm: Blue Ribbon BBQ - Mardi Gras Party! Hot Tamale Brass Band playing LIVE! Plus... make a Mardi Gras Mask with April of the Boston General Store!