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
October
- 14-20 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 17 Madison Night Market
- 17-24 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 19 Rock Out at Boulders
- 20 Smell Your Sorority Scent
- 20-26 UW Homecoming
- 22 Birthday Day @ The Soap Opera
- 24 Online Raffle @ The Soap Opera
- 25 UW Homecoming Parade
- 30 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
- 30 Movie in the Park
November
- 10 Madison Marathon
- 23 Downtown Madison Holiday Lighting Ceremony
- 23 - Dec 31 Shine on Madison
- 29 - Dec 1 Downtown Madison Holiday Open House
Want to learn more about upcoming events and activities? Sign up for our monthly event newsletter here.
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
- Business Day in Madison, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Inc., October 17, 600 ppl
- 2024 Wisconsin State Music Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, October 23-25, 1,300 ppl
- Biohealth Summit 2024, BioForward Wisconsin, October 28-29, 500 ppl
- Audit 2024 Conference, Wisconsin Department of Revenue, October 29-30, 375 ppl
- Protospiel Madison 2024, The Game Crafter, November 1-3, 200 ppl
- 2024 Madison Marathon Expo, Madison Festivals, Inc., November 8-9, 4,000 ppl
- WHEDA Conference 2024, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, November 18-19, 700 ppl
- All Colleague Conference 2024, UW-Madison Division of Extension, November 20-21, 750 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
- World Sight Day - Majestic Theater
- Progress Center for Black Women
- Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association