Contra Dance, Canaan Farmers Hall, U.S. Route 2. Beginner lessons, 7:30 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. Music with Sassafras Stomp, calling by Dugan Murphy. No partners necessary, all dances taught. Admission cost $7 per person, $20 family maximum; 399-8454 or [email protected].

WATERVILLE — Auditions for the Waterville Opera House production of “Fiddler on the Roof” are set for Sunday and Tuesday in the Dance Studio, 93 Main St., 3rd floor.

Billy Libby & Friends, 6:30 p.m., Lithgow Public Library. Free; 626-2415 or lithgow.lib.me.us.

When it comes to awards, the five-piece bluegrass band from upstate New York called The Gibson Brothers has had its share. From the 2010 album, “Ring the Bell,” came the International Bluegrass Music Awards Song of the Year and Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year for the title cut. The following year the group’s 10th album, “Help My Brother” (which held the top position on the Bluegrass Unlimited Album chart for eight months), won the 2011 IBMA Album of the Year Award and the band was named the 2011 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year (the first time a brother duet has won this award). Last year, The Gibson Brothers took home the 2012 Entertainer of the Year Award at the 23rd annual IBMA in Nashville. That same night they also won the Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year Award for “Singing As We Rise.” Now, they have a new album — “They Called It Music” — and will bring their music to the Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds (www.blisteredfingers.com) on Saturday, Aug. 24. In setting up a phone interview, I discovered that Leigh Gibson (brother to Eric Gibson) was just a few miles south of me, on the road between Harrison and my old hometown of Bridgton, where his wife’s family has lived for a long time. Talk about a small world!

Works by Don Thayer, Washburn & Johnson Fine Art Gallery, 155 Front St. through Saturday, Sept. 21. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; 578-1905.

WINTHROP — The 26th Annual Winthrop Sidewalk Art Festival will be held (rain or shine) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, in the downtown area.

The Flying Lewinsky Brothers, 8-11 p.m., The Liberal Cup.

If you’ve ever been to Baltasar Kormakur’s fictional Tres Cruces, Texas, you’ll know how true this is, and you will probably have missed the best doughnuts in the whole state — not the best movie, just the best doughnuts.

“Blue Jasmine” Woody Allen takes a break from comedy in his annual offering, this time focusing on a New York woman (Cate Blanchett) who must move to San Francisco after a serious life crisis. 98 minutes (PG-13)