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DIGABLE PLANETS WITH E-BLOCK

JAY PEAK • JULY 26

Digable Planets, the Grammy-winning trio behind the iconic 1993 hit“ Rebirth of Slick( Cool Like Dat),” bring their jazz-infused hip-hop to Jay Peak’ s Summer Music Series. Known for blending complex rhymes with jazz samples, the group’ s albums Reachin’( A New Refutation of Time and Space) and Blowout Comb have influenced generations of hip-hop artists, jazz musicians, and Afrofuturists. After reuniting in 2015, Digable Planets have captivated audiences with their high-energy live performances, proving that their music remains as fresh and influential as ever. For more details, visit: jaypeakresort. com

SUMMER SOLSTICE SESSIONS

JAY PEAK • JUNE 21

Come celebrate the week of Summer Solstice with a Vermont Signature Event for the ages that will help blend that elusive line between winter and summer— live music, skiing, riding, skateboarding, and good times! The folks at Jay Peak are stockpiling and saving snow to set up a late spring terrain park( serviced by the moving carpet) next to the Stateside Amphitheater. A portion of ticket sales will be donated to Montgomery Smiles Production Company, a non-profit based in Montgomery, VT. jaypeakresort. com

FALL

FESTIVALS

NEWFANE HERITAGE FESTIVAL

NEWFANE, VT • OCTOBER 11 & 12, 10AM TO 4PM

Every October for the last 53 years, locals and visitors alike have enjoyed the Newfane Heritage Festival, which showcases a juried selection of artists and craftspeople, as well as delicious food, a Super Raffle, and live entertainment! Colorful fall foliage on the village streets and surrounding hillsides and the smell of homemade apple pie and crisp greet the several thousand visitors who attend this signature Southeastern Vermont event. The Festival is entirely volunteer run and is deeply rooted in the Newfane Congregational Church and the local community. Come explore this beautiful part of New England during the peak of fall foliage season! For more, visit: sites. google. com / view / newfane-heritage-festival

VT PUMPKIN CHUCKIN’ FESTIVAL STOWE, VT • SEPTEMBER 28

VT SHEEP & WOOL FESTIVAL

Voted USA Today’ s best fall festival in the nation, the Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin’ Festival, celebrates the sport of chuckin’ pumpkins for distance, using a do-it-yourself constructed trebuchet, which is a gravity-powered catapult. The event is a cross between a Soap Box Derby competition involving amateur building skills and a shot put contest. This is a great opportunity for kids and adults to design and build something and engage in some family-friendly competition. Food & craft vendors, live music, and a chili cook-off competition are also part of the fun throughout the day! Proceeds will benefit the Clarina Howard Nichols Center. For more, visit: vtpumpkinchuckin. blogspot. com

TUNBRIDGE, VT • OCTOBER 4 & 5

The Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival is an annual event showcasing natural fibers and the fiber arts while educating and entertaining the public and providing a venue for small farms and fiber producers to promote their businesses. The Festival features a variety of vendors, as well as fiber arts classes, a fleece show and sale, and live music. In addition to all that, there are herding and shearing demos where you’ ll get to see the cute sheep in action getting their spa treatments! For all the details, visit: vtsheepandwoolfest. com

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