President Barack Obama will speak on Library Mall Tuesday to kick off his Moving America Forward tour in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections, according to the Democratic National Committee.
The rally will be free to the public. The site will open at 3:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 4:45 p.m.
""The president is extremely excited,"" Derrick Plummer, regional press secretary for the DNC, said. ""It's going to be a great start to the last five weeks of this very important campaign.""
Singer-songwriter Ben Harper will also appear at the rally and perform for the crowd, according to Plummer.
""Young people have been critical to the movement that elected President Obama in 2008, and from health reform to credit card and student loan reform young people benefited from the change President Obama and Democrats have brought to the country,"" DNC Chairman Tim Kaine said in a statement.
The event will mark the president's sixth visit to the state since assuming office in 2009.
""It shows how important Wisconsin is to the president and to the Democratic party,"" Plummer said.
President Obama will be the first sitting president to appear at UW-Madison since President Harry Truman's visit to campus in 1950.
