Music, movies and tours of the newly renovated City Hall Park are on tap for this weekend, Oct. 16-17. Burlington City Arts has the full schedule, which includes the Latin jazz sounds of 2020 Vermont Arts Council award winner Ray Vega, Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

There's more music at Nectar's and you might catch the last Higher Ground Drive-In music experience. For visual art, check out Soapbox Arts, now exhibiting "Dishes," the work of Mary Lacy, one of the Art Council’s Creation Grantees.

There's art and sculpture at the Bundy Modern in Waitsfield, until Oct. 18, and plenty more art at various galleries throughout the Mad River Valley. Montpelier has a bit of theater and even cinema. Barre's Studio Place Arts has organized an Art Stroll with downloadable map. Up toward Calais, you'll find the historic Kent Museum for outdoor sculpture and poetry. More art abounds in Waterbury Center, Stowe, Morrisville, Johnson, and St. Albans.

In Vermont’s rugged Northeast Kingdom (“the NEK” or “the Kingdom” to locals) you’ll find hidden gems like Glover’s Museum of Everyday Life, a roadside museum-in-a-barn featuring eclectic artifacts and ephemera.

The streets of St. Johnsbury are bustling with StJ Art on the Street Autumn Exhibition, a public art project featuring works from Northeast Kingdom artists. Other venues are the Fairbanks Museum and St. Johnsbury Athanaeum — check out the Athanaeum's safety video and you won't get caught forgetting your mask.

Missing the intimacy and thrill of in-person theater? The first in-person theatrical performance in the country approved by the Actors’ Equity Association since the start of the pandemic takes place in White River Junction at Northern Stage. Chandler Center for the Arts is offering outdoor theater, and the galleries are open at ArtisTree in South Pomfret.

Spanning the rolling hills of Windham and Bennington Counties, the Southern Vermont arts scene centers around the towns of Brattleboro and Bennington. On the first Friday of every month, Brattleboro holds Gallery Walk. Since the pandemic, the town has worked to make the event a safe, socially distanced night that brings together the community.

Putney has the Yellow Barn for chamber music and Beethoven walks, as well as Sandglass for outdoor theater at Sandglass, while Bennington is planning a parade.

The largest town in this creative zone is Rutland, the third largest city in Vermont. A stroll through the historic downtown district brings you to several works of art from local, national and international artists. One restaurant is cleverly offering food plus watching artists at work, at a safe distance, of course.