Join the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, the Amherst Business Improvement District, and the Town of Amherst for a magical evening where downtown Amherst becomes a winter wonderland! In Amherst, we ring in the winter season with the Lighting of the Merry Maple. The tree illumination is only one part of the merriest downtown Amherst events on Fri. 12/5. Join us for the festivities from 3-6PM and then after, enjoy all that downtown has to offer! ☃️
Thank you to our Co-Presenting Sponsors, BankESB and Amherst College, for bringing this event to life!
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:
🚒 3-6 PM – Fire Station Open House
✂️ 3-5 PM – Crafts and games, including sensory-friendly games with Amherst Recreation
📚 3-5 PM – Crafts with the Jones Library, Storytime at 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM in the Town Hall 1st Floor Meeting Room
🐴 4 PM on – Horse-drawn carriage rides with Muddy Brook Farm (pauses during Marching Band Performance)
♫ 4 PM – Caroling throughout downtown from the UMass Treble Choir and the Amherst College Zumbyes
🎶 4:30 PM – Amherst Regional Middle School Chorus performance
🌟 5:00 PM – Tree lighting countdown
🌈5:10 PM – Amherst Community Theater performance
🎺 5:30-6 PM – UMass Minuteman Marching Band performance
🎅⛄5:30PM – Santa and Flakey the Snowfriend expected arrival via Firetruck
This event is co-organized by Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, the Amherst Business Improvement District (BID), and the Town of Amherst, and made possible thanks to the generous contributions of the Co-Presenting Sponsors, bankESB and Amherst College, as well as Supporting Sponsor UMass Amherst.
Thank you to all of the organizations participating in this year's Lighting of the Merry Maple: the Jones Library, Muddy Brook Farms, the Amherst Regional Middle School Chorus, UMass Treble Choir, Amherst College Zumbyes, Amherst Community Theater, UMass Minuteman Marching Band, the office of the Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan, the Town of Amherst's Departments of Public Works, Police, and Fire, and Amherst Recreation.
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