Around Amherst: Bach Festival resounded downtown By SCOTT MERZBACH Live, in-person music returned to downtown Amherst for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. On Saturday and Sunday, Bach in Amherst featured outdoor pop-up performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach as part of the 2021 University of Massachusetts Bach Festival and Symposium. Performances will be Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Town Common, and Ann Tweedy, marketing director for the Amherst Business Improvement District, said the performances follow from the Bach in the Subwa...