To submit events for this calendar, visit the Town website’s calendar page and click “Submit an Event”. Only events designated for the “Downtown Amherst Events” calendar will appear here. Thanks for making downtown Amherst a place where there’s a lot going on!
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Sun 19th May 11:00 am 1:00 pm | A special blend of Acoustic Swing Music drawn from the traditions of Gypsy Jazz, Cowboy Swing, French Musette, Big Band and New Orleans Jazz. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5104  Black Sheep Deli |
Tue 21st May 9:00 am 8:00 pm | The Rotary Club of Amherst has been bringing the fair to the town common in May for many years. Aside from organizing and sponsoring the event they also run a large food tent offering fair favorites like Hamburgs, Hot Dogs, Sausages, French Fries and Ice cold drinks. All net proceeds go to aid the Rotary Club of Amherst's giving program. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5899 Town Common |
Tue 21st May 7:00 pm 8:30 pm | Join us for an evening of reading and conversation as the authors lead the audience on an exploration of fiction, memoir, and writing by women. Books will be available for purchase/signing. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=6211 Woodbury Room |
Wed 22nd May 9:00 am 8:00 pm | The Rotary Club of Amherst has been bringing the fair to the town common in May for many years. Aside from organizing and sponsoring the event they also run a large food tent offering fair favorites like Hamburgs, Hot Dogs, Sausages, French Fries and Ice cold drinks. All net proceeds go to aid the Rotary Club of Amherst's giving program. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5900 Town Common |
Thu 23rd May 9:00 am 8:00 pm | The Rotary Club of Amherst has been bringing the fair to the town common in May for many years. Aside from organizing and sponsoring the event they also run a large food tent offering fair favorites like Hamburgs, Hot Dogs, Sausages, French Fries and Ice cold drinks. All net proceeds go to aid the Rotary Club of Amherst's giving program. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5901 Town Common |
Thu 23rd May 4:00 pm 6:00 pm | Join us in celebrating the publication of a new book, Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science, by Dorion Sagan. Sagan is author & editor of numerous books, including Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future, Biospheres : Metamorphosis of Planet Earth; & most recently, Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=6250 Amherst Books |
Thu 23rd May 6:30 pm 9:00 pm | The Black Sheep |
Thu 23rd May 7:00 pm 8:30 pm | Local author and columnist Bruce Watson discusses his new e-biography on Jon Stewart, with insights, personal details, clips from “The Daily Show”, and rants on Stewart and satire. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=6212 Woodbury Room |
Fri 24th May 9:00 am 8:00 pm | The Rotary Club of Amherst has been bringing the fair to the town common in May for many years. Aside from organizing and sponsoring the event they also run a large food tent offering fair favorites like Hamburgs, Hot Dogs, Sausages, French Fries and Ice cold drinks. All net proceeds go to aid the Rotary Club of Amherst's giving program. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5902 Town Common |
Fri 24th May 6:00 pm 7:45 pm | ***Stop by before your movie.*** Occasional Guest Performers No Cover Jazz Standards and Bossa Nova for all ages, 0 - 106 www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5158 Black Sheep Deli |
Sat 25th May 9:00 am 8:00 pm | The Rotary Club of Amherst has been bringing the fair to the town common in May for many years. Aside from organizing and sponsoring the event they also run a large food tent offering fair favorites like Hamburgs, Hot Dogs, Sausages, French Fries and Ice cold drinks. All net proceeds go to aid the Rotary Club of Amherst's giving program. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5903 Town Common |
Sat 25th May 2:00 pm 5:00 pm | We’ve got some interesting tastings coming up this month and hope you can make a few. With one eye on the season and the other on some new wine arrivals we’re excited about, we’re out to make Saturday afternoons a bit more exciting for all concerned. In addition to some wonderful wines we slice fresh baked baguettes from our friends at the Henion Bakery and prepare special tasting sheets with information on what we’re opening. All of this compliments of Amherst Wines. Hope to see you. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5496 |
Sun 26th May 9:00 am 8:00 pm | The Rotary Club of Amherst has been bringing the fair to the town common in May for many years. Aside from organizing and sponsoring the event they also run a large food tent offering fair favorites like Hamburgs, Hot Dogs, Sausages, French Fries and Ice cold drinks. All net proceeds go to aid the Rotary Club of Amherst's giving program. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5904 Town Common |
Sun 26th May 11:00 am 1:00 pm | A special blend of Acoustic Swing Music drawn from the traditions of Gypsy Jazz, Cowboy Swing, French Musette, Big Band and New Orleans Jazz. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5105 Black Sheep Deli |
Mon 27th May 2:00 pm 11:59 pm | Hear stories of old Amherst from Bob Drinkwater. This is a great event for kids! The event is free and open to the public. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=6289 West Cemetery |
Thu 30th May 6:30 pm 9:00 pm | The Black Sheep |
Fri 31st May midnight 6:00 pm | A Festival of Arts & Cultures from Around the World. We feature guest artisans, handmade products benefiting the livelihoods of artisans, projects in their communities, and fair trade. Shop unique art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. All ages welcome. For more dates, locations, special features and performance schedules visit our website at bazaar.cs.org www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5906 |
Fri 31st May 6:00 pm 7:45 pm | ***Stop by before your movie.*** Occasional Guest Performers No Cover Jazz Standards and Bossa Nova for all ages, 0 - 106 www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5159 Black Sheep Deli |
Fri 31st May 8:00 pm 9:00 pm | Enjoy an evening of local poetry, short stories, and other literary works. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5422 Rao's Coffee |
Sat 1st Jun 1:00 pm 3:00 pm | James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments. It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes. It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5215 Amherst Cinema |
Sat 1st Jun 7:00 pm 8:30 pm | Each month a special guest performer is featured. Come to tell a story, sing a song, or just to listen. Presented by the Pioneer Valley Folklore Society, hosted by Paul Kaplan. www.amherstma.gov/calendar.aspx?EID=5434 Nacul Center |
Valentine’s Day
During the week of Valentine’s Day, there are a lot of reasons to make downtown Amherst your destination, from romantic dinners at our variety of restaurants, to sales and specials at our retail stores, to a number of special events. In addition to everything that’s already going on, the BID is handing out chocolates on Saturday 2/9 and Valentine’s Day itself, Thursday 2/14. We’re also giving away gift certificate bundles for downtown through a raffle on Facebook and the radio. Stay tuned for more information.
Great things to do downtown for Valentine’s Day:
- Go out to a romantic dinner (especially somewhere with a Valentine’s Day special like Bertucci’s or High Horse)
- Get a gift for someone at one of the shops downtown (especially somewhere with a special, like Blue Marble)
- Go out to a movie at Amherst Cinema (especially the Valentine’s Day showing of Casablanca)
For more about what’s going on downtown for Valentine’s Day, click here.
Celebrate Amherst Block Party
Celebrate Amherst Block Party
On September 13th, Amherst held its first ever Celebrate Amherst Block Party. From 6-10pm on a Thursday evening, a primary stretch of downtown was closed off to traffic and opened up to fun.
The highlights of the event were two stages with bands and DJs, food from downtown Amherst’s fantastic array of restaurants, and entertainment of all sorts for people of all sorts. Students and non-students alike came downtown to have a good time and experience Amherst in a whole new way.
The Block Party was a huge success, thanks to all the businesses and community organizations that participated, to the fantastic assistance of the co-sponsors, and to all of the people who came out and made it a great evening! The next Celebrate Amherst Block Party will occur on Thursday, September 12, 2013, with a rain date of the following Thursday, 9/19.
2012 Co-sponsors
Co-sponsors of the 1st Annual Celebrate Amherst Block Party were the Town of Amherst, The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst College, Peter Pan Bus, Hampshire College, the Amherst Public Schools, the Jones Library, WRSI-93.9 – The River, Danny Kates and Mark Zacek of the MassMutual Financial Group, Muddy Brook Farm, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and MercyHouse.
