Friday

Brown Bag Concert Series, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Heritage Park, Slidell.

Totally Toastmasters, noon, Capital One Bank, fourth floor, 3840 Louisiana Highway 22, Mandeville. Increase your confidence by improving your public speaking skill. All speaking levels welcome. Light lunch provided. No need to RSVP. For more information, contact Tiffanie Lyon at tlyon@lyonsalesinstitute.com. Columbia Street Block Party, 6:30-9:30 p.m., downtown Covington. The parties are open to the public and free.

Marvels of the Marsh, 5 p.m., Fontainebleau State Park. Participants will walk along the Sugar Mill Nature Trail to the Alligator Marsh Boardwalk to examine the uniqueness of the brackish marsh. Participants can collect fish and other marine life with a scoop net, which will be identified by the site ranger and then released. For more information, call 624-4130.

Karaoke with Ross, 8 p.m. to midnight, American Legion Post 185, 1680 St. Ann Place. No cover charge. For more information, call 643-9317.

Slidell Duplicate Bridge Club, 7:30 p.m., Midtown Mall, 1346 Corporate Square, Slidell. For more information, call 649-5484.

Mall walkers, 8 a.m., North Shore Square Mall, Slidell. For more information, call 649-8695.

Tammany Twirlers advanced dancing, 7:30 p.m., Clubhouse, 35386 Home Estate Drive, Slidell. For more information, call Faye Cloud at 285-4111.

Saturday

Camellia City Market, 8 a.m. to noon, 333 Erlanger St., Slidell.

Mandeville Trailhead Community Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 675 Lafitte St., featuring everything handmade or home-grown.

Covington Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Covington City Hall, rain or shine.

Mall walkers, 8 a.m., North Shore Square Mall, Slidell. For more information, call 649-8695.

Tammany Twirlers square and round dancing, 7:30 p.m., Clubhouse, 35386 Home Estate Drive, Slidell. For more information, call Faye Cloud at 285-4111.

Moving Forward support group, 10 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 1320 Gause Blvd. W., Slidell. The group is facilitated by Louisiana Spirit crisis counselors. For more information, call 630-9818.

Sunday

Don Vappie Student Concert, 4-6 p.m., Dew Drop Jazz Hall, 400 block of Lamarque St., Mandeville. For more information, call 624-9604.

Nature: A Closer Look, 9 a.m., Fontainebleau State Park. Participants will hike with the site ranger along the Sugar Mill Nature Trail for a look at the natural world. For more information, call 624-4130.

Primitive Woodworking, 11 a.m. to 3p.m., Fontainebleau State Park. This demonstration program features the use of a froe for splitting wood and the use of a shaving horse and drawknives to make wooden objects such as spoons and tool handles. For more information call 624-4130.