by FYIVT

Peak foliage has mostly packed up and gone home, which means the leaf-peepers have too. What’s left is a weekend stacked with things that happen indoors, after dark, or both: a soul legend in Rutland, séances in a historic house, and a festival of people making noise with circuit boards. Eleven counties, three days. Get moving.

Friday, October 23

The Trouble with Harry Live Screenplay Reading takes over the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro from 7 to 9:30 p.m. It’s part of the Hollywood, VT series from On Goldfish Pond Creative and Latchis Arts, and it’s a “largely unrehearsed” reading of the Hitchcock script, actors holding pages while a narrator reads the scene directions. Tom Bodett and Willy Appelman are among the Vermont-connected cast. Unrehearsed Hitchcock is either a disaster or the best night of the month, and you want to be there either way. iBrattleboro

The Showman hits Spruce Peak Arts in Stowe at 7 p.m., billed as an evening celebrating the great frontmen. Tickets run $24.26 to $26.40, which is cheap for anything at the base of a ski resort. Spruce Peak Arts

Moonlight Magic keeps downtown Montpelier open late, 5 to 9 p.m. It’s the right excuse to walk downtown in the dark and finally pick up whatever you’ve been eyeing in a shop window since August. Montpelier Alive

Comedian Bob Marley plays the Paramount Theatre in Rutland at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:30). No, not that one. This one’s from Maine, has put out more than 20 comedy albums, and holds a Guinness World Record for a 40-hour standup set. Tickets are $40 and $45 plus fees. Paramount Theatre

Two Tents opens at the Haskell Opera House in Derby Line at 7 p.m. It’s a fundraiser for the Haskell, and the premise is simple enough: a couple’s camping trip goes sideways when the wife’s ex shows up. The theater calls it “a perfect mix of nostalgia and comedy.” It also runs Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 2, with more shows next weekend. Tickets are sold through the theater’s online link. Memphre Theatre

Lake Region Fall Modern Band Concert fills the Orleans Municipal Building at 7 p.m., with a free community meal starting at 5:30. Suggested donation is $5. A free supper plus a room full of kids who’ve been practicing for weeks is about as Northeast Kingdom as a Friday night gets. The Barton Chronicle

Saturday, October 24

Day of the Morgan runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, a day celebrating Vermont’s state animal. Admission is $10 for adults, $8.50 for seniors, military, and UVM ID holders, $7 for ages 5 to 17, and free for kids 4 and under. UVM Morgan Horse Farm

Fall Foliage Wagon Ride heads out at 11 a.m. at Merck Forest and Farmland Center in Rupert. Whatever color’s left on the hills, you’ll see it better from a wagon than from a parking lot. Merck Forest

Circuits in the Woods turns downtown Brattleboro into an electronic music festival from 1 to 11:30 p.m., spread across four spots on Main Street: Turn It Up!, Tavernier Chocolates, Marigold, and The Wonky Press. There are more than 20 performances, workshops, and demos, from hip-hop to ambient to experimental improv, plus a “Synth Petting Zoo,” which is exactly what it sounds like. Advance passes are $40; day passes at the venues are cash, sliding scale, and “no-one will be turned away due to lack of funds.” iBrattleboro

Spirits of Rokeby: The Impending Crisis runs from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, with groups going in at 5, 5:45, 7, 7:45, and 8:30. (It runs Friday night too.) You start with a drink and a short talk on Victorian Spiritualism, then actors lead you through the historic home, recreating séances drawn from Rokeby’s own records. It’s $25, or $20 for members. Best Halloween-season ticket in the state that doesn’t involve a guy in a hockey mask. Addison County Chamber

Abenaki Campfire with Chief Don Stevens gathers at Shelburne Farms from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Chief Stevens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation shares stories, drumming, songs, and culture around a fall fire. It’s $5 a person, every person in your group needs a ticket, registration is required, and it’s recommended for ages 6 and up with an adult. Shelburne Farms

Stash Wyslouch plays the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph at 7 p.m. Wyslouch plays traditional bluegrass, originals, and reworked folk and Americana, the kind of player who can get from thrash metal to old-time in one set without anyone getting hurt. Admission is pay-what-you-wish, $20 to $40. Chandler Center for the Arts

Sunday, October 25

Sunday Sessions: Chicky Stoltz brings live music to Lawson’s Finest Taproom in Waitsfield from 3 to 6 p.m. A good beer and a few songs on a Sunday afternoon. Not a hard sell. Lawson’s Finest Liquids

Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio plays at 3 p.m. at South Church Hall in St. Johnsbury for the NEK Classical Series. Piano, violin, and cello, with Fauré, Shostakovich’s first piano trio, and Dvořák’s F minor trio on the program. The New York Times called them “three strong voices, locked in sequence.” Tickets are $20, $16 for seniors, and $6 for students. Catamount Arts

Mavis Staples plays the Paramount Theatre in Rutland at 7 p.m. (doors at 6). She’s the last surviving member of the Staple Singers and has worked with everyone from Dylan to Prince. Tickets are $55 to $85 plus tax and fees. When a legend books a room the size of the Paramount, you buy the ticket. Paramount Theatre

Strangers: Live with Roy Wood Jr. comes to Woodstock Town Hall Theatre at 7 p.m., presented by Pentangle Arts. The Daily Show alum, now hosting CNN’s Have I Got News For You, does standup and interviews locals and audience members, so the room becomes the material. The show is being recorded, so sit up straight. Tickets are $30. Woodstock Area Chamber

Eleven counties, one weekend, and the leaf traffic is finally gone. Go take the roads back.