)Nearly always drawing a full-house, BMS performances have included New York City's Luminescent Orchestrii with "music to make you dance, kiss, and scream," honey-throated indie rocker Syd Straw, NYC's jazz chanteuse Morely, Brazztree's traditional Eastern and Western folk-influenced compositions, gypsy jazz with Ameranouche, Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa with hot Afro-Cuban rhythms and joyful jazz, the unique “global jazz” sound of The Paul Austerlitz Group, bluesman Corey Harris, and internationally acclaimed jazz singer Tessa Souter, among many others.Undoubtedly one of VAE's most popular events is its annual North Bennington Halloween Parade.