Awesome Sauce Friday 14 Pioneering hip-hop and blues rockers G. Love Special Sauce dole out a groovy mix of laid-back beats to listeners at the Double E’s outdoor stage in Essex. Front man Garrett Dutton’s signature rap-style vocals fuse with funky acoustic guitar and harmonica riffs to deliver cult-classic ’90s hits including “Cold Beverages” and “Baby’s Got Sauce.” American Pickers Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Daniel Donato Credit: Courtesy of Jason Stoltzfus Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country bring their roadhouse twang to Jay Peak Resort’s Stateside Amphitheater and New Hampshire’s Lebanon Opera House. Far-out jam-band exploration à la the Grateful Dead collides with the outlaw-country traditions of Willie Nelson as the eponymous front man proves why Rolling Stone crowned him “Nashville’s newest guitar hero.” Running the Show Thursday 13 Jay Craven Credit: Courtesy of Matthew Keidaisch At Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, decorated Vermont director Jay Craven — known for Where the Rivers Flow North and A Stranger in the Kingdom — spills the tea on five decades’ worth of place-based filmmaking. From wrestling budget challenges to wrangling A-list talent, the hometown hero takes listeners behind the scenes of immortalizing regional history on the silver screen. Candid Pics Thursday 13 “Shawn” by Clayton Conner Credit: Courtesy Brattleboro Museum Art Center hosts an insightful panel discussion in conjunction with its ongoing “Into Light Project” exhibit, honoring individuals lost to drug addiction through photorealistic portraiture. The candid convo invites folks in recovery to share their lived experiences and answer audience members’ questions, reducing stigma and fostering understanding. All That Jazz Friday 14-Sunday 16 Credit: © Wang Song | Dreamstime No tickets, no cover charges … How many music fests can say that? The 10th edition of the Stowe Jazz Festival descends upon the quintessential mountain town, bringing free concerts and jam sessions for all. Expect syncopated sounds by local and global genre stalwarts, as well as performances running the subgenre gamut from bebop and swing to jazz manouche and Afro-Cuban. Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Sunshine and Rainbows Brass Balagan at the Queer Arts Festival Credit: Courtesy of Ben Youngbaer From forest foraging and gravel bike rides to a kaleidoscopic parade and a vendor market, Websterville’s Queer Arts Festival has it all. On Saturday, more than 90 LGBTQ+ makers set up shop at the Lodge at Millstone Hill to showcase their unique crafts and wares. The good vibrations continue on Sunday with workshops, a community sing, collaborative quilt making and a zine library. Flower Power Tuesday 18 Jakob Dylan Credit: Courtesy In case you missed it: Grammy-winning alt-rockers the Wallflowers graced the Green Mountains with a sold-out performance in Stowe last summer. For those who couldn’t nab a ticket, now’s your chance to see the Jakob Dylan-led outfit — this time, at Paramount Theatre in Rutland — perform its multiplatinum 1996 breakthrough album Bringing Down the Horse in its entirety. The post Magnificent 7: Must-See, Must-Do Events in and Around Vermont, August 12-19 appeared first on Seven Days. ...read more read less