Middlebury Festival on the Green Music lovers prepare to boogie down at the 44th annual Middlebury Festival on the Green, a seven-day blowout featuring 16 performances. Acts on the docket include award-winning blues band Durham County Poets, powerhouse local songstress Sarah King, the Afro-Indigenous Belizean rhythms of the Garifuna Collective, joyous Puerto Rican jazz ensemble Bombajazzeando and Québécois folk trio Genticorum. Shows from No Strings Marionette and magician Tom Verner shake up the set list, and the festivities close out with a dance party in the streets, soundtracked by Vermont Jazz Ensemble.