Good morning, Lancaster County. The work week starts a little softer when there's a free concert in the park waiting at the end of it — and that's exactly what tonight has. Grab your coffee; here's what's worth your time this week.

In today's Lancaster Local:

A whole library's worth of books, sorted by hand — and today they're half off

If you've ever wondered how many books fit under one roof, the Friends of Lancaster Public Library have an answer: more than 250,000. Every June they haul the whole collection into F&M's Alumni Sports & Fitness Center for the Big Book Sale — paperbacks, hardbacks, plus crates of vinyl records, sheet music, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs — and a volunteer crew spends days sorting, boxing, and shelving it all so you can browse it like a bookstore.

The prices are almost a dare to walk out empty-handed: paperbacks start at 50 cents, hardbacks at $2, and admission is free. Whatever you spend goes straight back to Lancaster Public Library — the programs, the shelves, the lights.

Here's the part worth circling: the sale wraps up today, and Monday is half-price day, running 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. So that $2 hardback is now a dollar, and the bag you fill costs about what a single new paperback would. It's the kind of community machine that only works because a lot of neighbors quietly show up to run it — and the payoff is a county that keeps reading.

👉 Learn more → https://lancasterpubliclibrary.org/big-book-sale/

Events

Eight ways to get out of the house this week, from a free concert tonight to a town's big birthday on Saturday.

🎶 Columbia Lions Music in the Park: Ghost Light Radio Show — Locust Street Park, 550 Locust St, Columbia. Tonight, 6:30 p.m. Free. The Columbia Lions' free summer concert series rolls on with an all-ages evening outdoors — bring a chair or a blanket and settle in. (Storms are in tonight's forecast, so pack an umbrella just in case.) More info →

🥬 Lititz Farmers Market — Lititz Springs Park, 24 N Broad St, Lititz. Thursday, 3:30–7 p.m. Free to browse. Local growers, bakers, and makers fill the park every Thursday with produce, eggs, flowers, and fresh bread, plus live music and rotating food trucks. An easy after-work stroll with a bag to fill. More info →

⚾ Lancaster Stormers vs. Gastonia Ghost Peppers — Penn Medicine Park, 650 N Prince St, Lancaster. Friday, 6:45 p.m. first pitch. Atlantic League baseball under the downtown lights, where the seats are close and the night is easy. A fun, affordable Friday with the family. Get tickets →

🪕 Salt Hill at Hillside Spirits Co. — 333 N State St, Ephrata. Friday, 8 p.m. Live music at the Ephrata distillery with the band Salt Hill — a crowd-pleasing mix of favorites, handcrafted cocktails, and food. A relaxed downtown night out. More info →

🪑 63rd Annual Antiques Show — Warwick Middle School, 401 Maple St, Lititz. Friday 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.–2 p.m. $10 at the door, $9 in advance. Lancaster County's oldest antiques show and the Lititz Historical Foundation's biggest fundraiser — 50 dealers with stoneware, textiles, early lighting, farm pieces, and Pennsylvania folk art. Food on site. Get tickets →

🌉 Riverfest Weekend — Columbia River Park & downtown, 41 Walnut St, Columbia. Friday through Sunday. Mix of free and ticketed. Riverfest marks the Civil War burning of the Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge — the stand that turned Confederate troops back three days before Gettysburg. Expect river boat tours, an Outdoor Rec Expo (Saturday 9 a.m.–1 p.m.), the Bridge Burner Run & Paddle Challenge, and Sunday-night bridge-pier lighting with riverfront watch parties. More info →

🎆 Stars, Stripes & Joy: Mount Joy's 175th — Grandview Park, 300 Orchard Rd, Mount Joy. Saturday, 5:30–9:30 p.m. Free. Mount Joy throws itself a 175th-birthday party — food trucks, family games, live music from The Kracker Beez and Phredd, town history on display, the grand opening of the new Borough Building, and the town's first-ever drone show at 9:30 p.m. More info →

🎸 Main Street Cruisers at Masonic Village — Masonic Village, Elizabethtown. Next Tuesday, June 30, 6:30 p.m. A high-energy run through favorite hits from the '50s to the '80s, out on the Masonic Village grounds — an easy summer-evening concert to close out the month. More info →

Monday, June 22 — Warm and a little dramatic: a high near 82° with showers and thunderstorms rolling through, so keep an umbrella close if you're headed to tonight's concert. Things settle into the 60s after dark.

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