Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 9am, we welcome Cryptic Script.
Cryptic Script (formerly Tite2Nite - G.Rae & T.Paul) made their first public debut in 2018 as “…
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*In Lakeview Library
Check out our lineup of amazing performers this year! RAIN or SHINE: If it's nice weather, we'll be jamming outside on the sidewalk all day long. If it's poor weather (too hot, too wet, too windy…
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Community Room
Square-foot gardening has been around since the 1970’s. Mel Bartholomew wrote the original square-foot gardening book and now has a new version out which is just as popular as the first one. This…
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Youth Program Room
READ and PLAY together with children 5 & under in English & Spanish! Engaging with books, songs and playful experiences all help children develop communication skills, patience,…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 10am, we welcome the Front Porch String Band.
The Front Porch String Band is a group of ukulele musicians and vocalists who play a…
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Community Rooms A and B Combined
Check out our lineup of amazing performers this year! RAIN or SHINE: Due to heat & humidity, we'll be inside in the Community Room!
10-10:45am: Tapestry
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Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined
Join us for a special edition of Growing Voices music class to celebrate Make Music Madison! This is an interactive music class where kids ages birth-5 can sing, play instruments, dance and have…
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Community Room
Linda Mintener is a graduate for Indiana School of Music and has maintained a private flute teaching studio for many years. She is a member of the Madison Flute Club where she often can be seen…
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![A civilian man interviewing a veteran, a picture of a book titled "1000 Words: Stories from the VA’s My Life, My Story Project"](/sites/www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025-06/1000wordsweb.jpg?itok=DiNYF4Gb "A civilian man interviewing a veteran, a picture of a book titled "1000 Words: Stories from the VA’s My Life, My Story Project"")
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Meeting Room 302
Join us for a conversation on the healing effect of telling one's story and how stories can help humanize medical care.
Since 2013, writers from the VA's My Life, My Story…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 11am, we welcome Still Jaded after All These Years.
Still Jaded after All These Years features guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals…
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Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined
Come for Growing Voices in partnership with Make Music Madison and stay after to allow your little one the chance to explore different musical instruments. Everyone will get a chance to rotate…
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Community Room
17.2m (aka Scott Fradkin) has been making strange sounds with his computer for over a decade. Finding software that let him create sounds and sequence them using code piqued his interest in…
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Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined
Mister Jim has performed over 2,000 concerts for children since 1987. His original tunes, discovered gems and audience participation combine for delightful entertainment for the young and the…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At noon, we welcome Paul Theisen.
Paul Theisen plays guitar and a looper/pedals to make live multipart arrangements of songs. He…
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*Offsite
Stop by, say "Hi" to Library staff at the Library's table during the 23rd Annual Juneteenth event at Penn Park (2101 Fisher Street). Pick up your WE READ bag and get a library card while enjoying…
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Community Room
Anthony Faris is a Lebanese-American experimental guitarist and composer.
Make Music Madison is a free, citywide day of music every June 21. We are part of…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 1pm, we welcome Winds of Southern Wisconsin.
Winds of Southern Wisconsin is an early music group, playing Renaissance and Baroque…
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Community Rooms A and B and Kitchen Combined
Tsuzamen means together! Our combo plays a vibrant mix of original and roots music grounded in klezmer. Call it “klezgrass.” Or call it “klezmericana.” By whatever name, our music uplifts, reaches…
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Meeting Room 115
Come join the book club for a lively, thoughtful discussion of "Furiously Happy" by Jenny Lawson. Everyone is welcome to our public group. Please find our books for the club next to the Reference…
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Blue Room 128
The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing…
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 2pm, we welcome Mad City Ukes.
Mad City Ukes is a vibrant community of about 30 ukulele players whose singing and strumming quickly…
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Blue Room 128
The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing…
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![The five members of Grand Aul Day holding their traditional Irish instruments, in front of a sign board reading "Grand Aul Day/Irish Music"](/sites/www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2025-05/Grand%2520Aul%2520Day.jpg?itok=Szx5SWRu "The five members of Grand Aul Day holding their traditional Irish instruments, in front of a sign board reading "Grand Aul Day/Irish Music"")
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Meeting Rooms A and B Combined
Join us for Make Music Madison 2025 at Sequoya Library! At 3pm, we welcome Grand Aul Day.
Grand Aul Day is a five piece band based in Madison, WI, who play Celtic music.
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Community Room
Blasfemme is Madison’s beast from the east (coast) performing blasphemous and fabulous acousti-punk ✨glitter-core ✨original music about queer defiance and solidarity in the late-stage capitalist…
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Blue Room 128
The Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offers free, one-to-one writing support for community members at library branches throughout the city. Our friendly, experienced writing…