2024 Events
Ongoing
- April 14 through Nov 9 Saturday Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square
- April 24 through Nov 6 Wednesday Dane County Farmer's Market on MLK
May
- 25-26 Run Madtown
June
- 1 Cars on State
- 1 Cows on the Concourse
- 4 Lunchtime Live
- 8 Safety Saturday
- 11 Lunchtime Live
- 13 Madison Night Market
- 13 Concerts on the Rooftop
- 18 Lunchtime Live
- 20 Concerts on the Rooftop
- 21 Make Music Madison
- 25 Lunchtime Live
- 26 Concerts on the Square
- 27 Concerts on the Rooftop
July
- 3 Concerts on the Square
- 9 Lunchtime Live
- 10 Concerts on the Square
- 11 Concerts on the Rooftop
- 13-14 Art Fair on the Square
- 16 Lunchtime Live
- 17 Concerts on the Square
- 18 Concerts on the Rooftop
- 18-21 Maxwell Street Days
- 23 Lunchtime Live
- 24 Concerts on the Square
- 25 Concerts on the Rooftop
- 30 Lunchtime Live
- 31 Concerts on the Square
August
- 2 Dane Dances
- 6 Lunchtime Live
- 7 Jazz at Five
- 8 Madison Night Market
- 9 Dane Dances
- 10 Madison Mini Marathon
- 13 Lunchtime Live
- 14 Jazz at Five
- 16 Dane Dances
- 20 Lunchtime Live
- 21 Jazz at Five
- 23 Dane Dances
- 27 Lunchtime Live
- 28 Jazz at Five
- 30 Dane Dances
- 31 - Sep 1 Taste of Madison
September
October
- 14-20 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 17 Madison Night Market
- 17-24 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 30 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
- 10 Madison Marathon
- 29 - Dec 1 Downtown Madison Holiday Open House
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Seasonal Events Across Downtown
We keep a handy calendar of all seasonal activities happening in YOUR Downtown! Head here for full details.
Summer in YOUR City Programming
Downtown Madison is helping you enjoy Summer in YOUR City again in 2024 with some great programming at various spaces including Lisa Link Peace Park, 30 on the Square, and the Grove at the Top of State St. Join us for some summer fun!
(May - September)
Head here for full details of our Summer in YOUR City Programs.
Interested in performing at one of our events? Register your interest here!
Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- InterActivity 2024, Association of Children’s Museums, May 15-17, 900ppl
- 2024 Myofilament Meeting, UW Cardiovascular Research Center, May 18-21, 160ppl
- Evolang Conference 2024, UW-Madison Department of Psychology, May 18-21, 200ppl
- ACD Games Day 2024, ACD Distribution LLC, May 22-24, 550ppl
- Children & Nature Network 2024 Nature Everywhere Conference, May 28-June 1, 700ppl
- 2024 Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD), UW-Madison Dept of Communication Sciences and Disorders, May 30-June 1, 200ppl
- ASLO 2024 Summer Meeting, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, June 3-7, 900 ppl
- 2024 American Astronomical Society AAS Meeting, June 7-13, 750 ppl
- Power Line Systems Advanced Training Users Group 2024, Bentley Systems, July 9-11, 600 ppl
Community and Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- Bartell Theater events
- Campus Area Neighborhood Association
- Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc.
- Children's Theater of Madison
- Downtown Madison, Inc.
- Downtowners Social Club
- Festival Choir of Madison
- Forward Theater
- Kanopy Dance
- Liquid Madison
- Madison Symphony Orchestra
- Majestic Theater events
- Madison Ballet
- Madison Opera
- Orpheum Theater events
- Overture Center for the Arts
- Progress Center for Black Women
- Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association
- The Rigby
- UW School of Music - Hamel Music Center
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Union
- Wisconsin Union Theater
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