2026 Events
Ongoing
- Saturdays Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square
- Wednesdays Dane County Farmer's Market on MLK
July
- 27 Wisconsin Priemier Trivia
- 28 Lakeside Kids at Monona Terrace
- 29 Lunchtime Live at Olin Terrace
- 29 Concerts on the Square
August
- 4 Madison Moves
- 5 Jazz at Five
- 7 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 8 Madison Mini-Marathon
- 9 Ride the Drive
- 12 Jazz at Five
- 14 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 18 Madison Moves
- 19 Jazz at Five
- 20 Madison Night Market
- 21 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 22 Downtown Movies in the Park
- 24 Wisconsin Priemier Trivia
- 26 Lunchtime Live at Olin Terrace
- 26 Jazz at Five
- 28 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
September
October
- 10-11 Friends of the Madison Library Book Sale
- 15-25 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 15-18 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 15 Madison Night Market
- 28 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
- 7-8 Winter Art Fair off the Square
- 15 Madison Marathon
- TBA Shine on Madison
- 27-29 Downtown Madison Holiday Open House
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Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- 2026 AMI Conference, Association of Medical Illustrators, July 29-August 1, 450 ppl
- AMS 2026 Conferences WAF/NWP/AtRad/CloudPhy/MntnMet, American Meteorological Society, August 3-7, 750 ppl
- 2026 OWAA Annual Conference, Outdoor Writers Association of America, August 22-24, 300 ppl
- Annual Great Lakes Region General Sales Meeting, SYSCO Food Services of Baraboo, August 28, 400 ppl
- Clinical Embryologists Summit Conference, UW -Madison Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 28-29, 100 ppl
- Ironman Wisconsin, World Triathlon Corporation, September 10-13, 5,000 ppl
- 2026 Annual Conference, WI Section of the American Water Works Association, September 16-18, 500 ppl
Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- American Ghost Walks
- Bartell Theater events
- Carnelian Art Gallery
- Children's Theater of Madison
- Downtown Madison, Inc.
- Downtowners Social Club
- Festival Choir of Madison
- Forward Theater
- Kanopy Dance
- Liquid Madison
- Mad City Ghost Walks
- Madison Symphony Orchestra
- Majestic Theater events
- Madison Ballet
- Madison Opera
- Orpheum Theater events
- Overture Center for the Arts
- The Rigby
- UW School of Music - Hamel Music Center
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Union
- Wisconsin Union Theater
Nonprofit Community Calendars
- American Red Cross Blood Drives
- Campus Area Neighborhood Association
- Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc.
- Combat Blindness International
- Progress Center for Black Women
- Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association
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