All Ages

Magical new reads await you at Flourish & Blotts (AKA the Friends of the DAPL Book Sale). Both book sale rooms will be open, and volunteers will be on hand to help you restock your book shelves.

It's hard to beat these prices:
$1 per hardcover
$0.50 per paperback
$2 per bag of children's books
$0.25 per CD
$2 per DVD
$3 per Blu-Ray
Plus lots of great deals on toys, gadgets, and more.

Registration: Register!

Presented by Sassy Cow Creamery 

Sassy Cow Creamery, located nine miles east of the library,  is coming to visit! Have you ever wondered how milk makes it way from the cows on the farm to your house? Montana from Sassy Cow Creamery joins us to talk about the various dairy products a local farmstead can produce and how they are made. There will be samples to try! Please sign up to reserve your spot.  

Our Traveling Story Walk is back! A list of the parks it will be at is below. The book this summer is Ocean! Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty. 

• June 20 - July 2: Sunfish Pond
• July 4-16: Dahl Park
• July 18-30: Liberty Land Park
• August 1-14: Western Green Park

Harry Potter’s birthday celebration continues on his actual birthday. Tonks, lead singer for Tonks & the Aurors, will be rocking the Library with original music inspired by Harry Potter and his adventures. 

Start planning your costumes and honing your quidditch skills for our 20^th annual Harry Potter Birthday party! Join us outdoors for science experiments, tea leaf reading, quidditch games, magical crafts, tasty treats, a book sale, and much more at stations around the Library. Rain date July 31. 

The Yahara River Chorus is a local chapter of Sweet Adelines International and they have competed at all levels of competition. 

They earned the right to compete at the highest level in 2013 in Honolulu, Hawaii, taking "4th Place Small Chorus in the World", and obviously, they all are very proud of that accomplishment. 

Their Director, Jennifer Johnson, and her Mom and Grandma, Linda Johnson and Harriet Steventon, were all DeForest residents.  Linda started the chorus back in 1984 and they will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024.

Master entertainer, Bobby Way, will close out the 2022 summer concert series on July 26 with a rollicking good time. Based in Milwaukee, he promises to dish up a tasteful blend of music, entertainment and comedy.

Bobby accompanies himself on guitar, trumpet and sax aided by state of the art computer driven keyboards to give you a "full band" experience.  He provides an infectious, crowd-pleasing feast of entertainment that will have you asking for more.

Audience members should get ready to kick up their heels with Hoot ‘n Annie, a vocal centric string band, on July 19. Be prepared to enjoy a hootenanny– essentially a folk song party–packed with songs that are fun to sing in harmony backed by fiddle, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, cello and guitar.

Tony Rocker will have Market Street rocking when he returns to the Library’s summer concert series July 12. Born in Milwaukee, Tony was greatly influenced by Elvis, Sam Cooke, and Dion, among others.

He has brought Elvis’ music to life for more than 20 years, working diligently to master the King’s mannerisms, hand gestures, vocals, and dance moves. Tony strives to present authentic performances, wearing exact replicas of Elvis’ jumpsuits and singing in the same keys.

He has performed in Haiti, Jamaica, San Diego, Memphis, and Branson, as well as many other locations.

Members of the UW-Madison Marching Band will march back to the Library to provide their annual kick-off to Concerts on Market Street on Tuesday, July 5.

Bucky Badger and the band members will have the audience up, singing and dancing, to the sounds of an extended 5th-quarter performance.

• Audience members are encouraged to bring chairs for the concerts; a limited amount of grassy space is available for blankets.
• Cub Scout Pack 35 will be selling refreshments, including popcorn and rootbeer floats.

Rain location: Library