Marcus Mumford Credit: © Mathayward | Dreamstime

All in the Family

Thursday 7

The sounds of stringed instruments and heartfelt harmonies fill a starry sky when Mumford & Sons and Friends play at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. The London pop-folk trio continues its Railroad Revival tour with its all-star “house band,” including Nathaniel Rateliff and Trombone Shorty, and a guest appearance by Vermont’s own superstar Noah Kahan.

Kings of the Road

Friday 8-Sunday 10
Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet Credit: © Shariff Che' Lah | Dreamstime

Motorheads make a pit stop at the Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet at Farr’s Field in Waterbury for some old-timey, fueled-up fun. Exhibitors don costumes matching their model’s era for a turbocharged fashion show, and a parade of vintage vehicles kicks things into overdrive. A flea market, Hot Wheels racing, awards and cash prizes push the weekend past the finish line.

In Crust We Trust

Saturday 9
Great North American Maple Pie Contest Credit: Courtesy

Baird Farm hosts the fourth annual Great North American Maple Pie Contest in North Chittenden, where local baking dreams crumb true. Celebrity judges nosh their way through samples of gooey goodness before awarding a year’s supply of maple syrup to this year’s top pastry master. Picnickers line up for a pie throwing contest and, of course, their own servings of pie and ice cream.

J Walkers

Saturday 9
“Jeffersonville Art Jam 2023” by Karen Winslow Credit: Courtesy

The Cambridge Arts Council presents the Jeffersonville Art Jam, filling the quaint mountainside village’s main drag with a bevy of local talent. The annual sidewalk showcase features gallery shows, food vendors, activities for little ones, artist demonstrations, workshops and live tunes for a day that’s picture-perfect.

Good Ol’ Chaps

Sunday 10
Beth Christian Credit: Courtesy of Elisabeth Waller

Hyperlocal arts and literature magazine Zig Zag Lit Mag beckons bookworms to a Chapbook Release Party at Tourterelle in New Haven, where an afternoon of literary love and cocktails awaits. The event marks the publication of four chapbooks — small booklets of poetry or stories ­— by Addison County writers, whose fresh work and vibrant voices take center stage.

Saddle Up

Opens Wednesday 13
“Oklahoma! in Concert” Credit: Courtesy

The wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet in Stowe, where the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Theatre team up to perform “Oklahoma! in Concert” at the von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort Concert Meadow. The Rodgers and Hammerstein cowboy musical comes to life via the virtuosity of a dazzling full orchestra, showstopping soloists and an incomparable chorus.

Will of the Wood

Opens Wednesday 13
Shakespear in the Woods Credit: Courtesy of R.a. Ranalli

Outdoor theater company Shakespeare in the Woods brings bold theatrical experimentation to eager audiences at the Equinox Golf Resort & Spa in Manchester. Two of the Bard’s lesser-known tales — Richard II and Love’s Labour’s Lost — get genderqueer makeovers through unconventional and modern reimaginings, shepherding themes of the past into the here and now.

This article appears in Aug 6-12, 2025.

Rebecca Driscoll joined Seven Days as calendar writer in 2024. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in art history and theater performance at Marymount Manhattan College and previously worked as senior coordinator for the Oscars’ library in Los Angeles.