DON’T MISS: The Feast, food truck style; vaudeville revival; eclectic grooves; expressive eyes; street canvas

Tickets 10 a.m. Saturday, July 24; event 2-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21
CLUB MADEIRENSE S.S. SACRAMENTO

Craft Beer and Food Truck Festa

The promoters of the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament — canceled again this year because of COVID — are launching a new annual event. And, yes, it takes place at Madeira Field and involves food and music and, of course, Madeira wine. To attend the Craft Beer and Food Truck Festa in late August you must buy tickets online this week (starting Saturday) — they are limited and will not be available at the gate, organizers warn. Performers include Somethin’ Else, Morrissey Boulevard, Craig DeMelo, and Montage Bleu. You’ll still have to wait till next summer for the traditional carne d’​espeto fix, but in the meantime food truck vendors will dish out Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Italian and Mexican fare, grilled cheese, burgers, dogs and sausages, açai bowls, ice cream and more. Craft beer will be flowing from Berkley Beer Co., Fall River’s Canned Heat, Bridgewater’s Black Hat, Plymouth’s Mayflower and Second Wind, Westport’s Buzzards Bay Brewing, Norton’s Bog Iron, and Twelve Guns of Bristol, R.I. Wine lovers will have their choice from a Portuguese red or white or Madeira. The $20 ticket includes two 5-ounce beers or one 10-ounce beer and a commemorative mug.

7 p.m. Thursday, July 22 & Friday, July 23
ROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE & GARDEN MUSEUM

Vaudeville with a modern twist

A group of actors and musicians is inviting you to dig out that pinstriped suit or flapper costume gathering dust in your closet. A vaudeville show, doubling as a 1920s-themed garden party set on the lush grounds of the Rotch-Jones-Duff mansion, will revive classic sketches such as “Who’s On First” alongside originals. Burlesque, sketch comedy, live music by Moonglow, juggling, and Shakespeare are all part of this production by The Collective NB. Bring food for a picnic; beverages, including beer and wine, will be sold.

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4-7 p.m. Friday, July 23; noon-4 p.m. Saturday, July 24; by appointment Sunday, July 25
MAIATOFITZ ART GALLERY

Windows to the soul

“I am inspired by people,” says Lydia Broderick gesturing toward her vibrant abstract-realist paintings on the walls of her Kilburn Mill studio. “Which is why everyone is staring at you,” she says in a video tour of her exhibition in the MaiatoFitz Art Gallery. Indeed, panning around the exhibition it feels impossible to escape the gaze of her subjects, who can seem like they are looking right back at you from the canvas. Find additional work on Broderick’s website, including her “musician series” capturing the likes of Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, and Jimi Hendrix. The Cape Cod-based artist combines acrylics, spray paint, oils, and various other mediums to create her expressive portraits, on view and for sale through July in the South End.

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Eclectic summer soundtrack

Whatever kind of music you like, chances are there’s a show for you this week in New Bedford. Artists will be playing everything from soul to sonatas to jazz to reggae to acoustic and more in the city’s bars, clubs, mills, parks, and on its beaches, cobblestoned streets, tarmacs, and rooftops. Check our culture calendar for even more options.