2024 Events
Ongoing
- Nov 23 - Dec 31 Shine on Madison
Head here for a full list of holiday events from our Downtown partners.
December
- 14 Holiday Carolers
- 14 Santa @ Evergleam Dreams
- 15 Cookie Walk
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21
Downtown Shopping Trolley & Holiday Carolers
2025 Events
February
- TBA Lunar New Year Downtown
- 3-8 Frozen Assets Festival
- 6-8 UW Winter Carnival at Wisconsin Union
March
Want to learn more about upcoming events and activities? Sign up for our monthly event newsletter here.
Check out our Facebook event page for more partner events!
Flock to State Programming
Downtown Madison is helping you enjoy summer on State Street with some great programming. Join us for some summer fun!
(May - October)
- Full details of our Flock to State Programs.
- Find local musicians busking on the #FlockToState pedestrian mall!
Interested in performing at one of our events? Register your interest here!
Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- 33rd Annual Employee Wellbeing Conference, Wellness Council of Wisconsin, December 10-11, 300 ppl
- Wisconsin Historical Society Annual All-Staff Conference, December 12, 250 ppl
- AGC Annual Meeting/BUILD Wisconsin Awards, AGC of Wisconsin, January 16-17, 200 ppl
- OGRAIN Conference, UW-Madison Department of Plant Pathology, January 24-25, 200 ppl
- State Government Affairs Conference 2025, Wisconsin Credit Union League, January 28, 250 ppl
Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- Bartell Theater events
- 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
- 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
For Kids & Families
