2023 Events
Ongoing
- Weekly through Nov 11 Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square
- Weekly through Nov 1 Wednesday Dane County Farmer's Market on MLK
May
- 27-28 Run Madtown
- 30 Hmong Day Downtown
June
- 1 LIVE & Local
- 1 Concerts on the Rooftop at Monona Terrace
- 2 Live on King Street
- 3 Cars on State Classic Car Show
- 3 Cows on the Concourse
- 4 Electric Sundays
- 6 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 8 Madison Night Market
- 10 Safety Saturday on the Square
- 13 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 15 LIVE & Local
- 15 Concerts on the Rooftop at Monona Terrace
- 18 Artists Collective Presents Hip Hop Day of Stars 2
- 20 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 21 Make Music Madison
- 22 LIVE & Local
- 22 Concerts on the Rooftop at Monona Terrace
- 23 Friday Evening Classical Guitars
- 23 Live on King Street
- 24 YOUR Downtown Movie Night with Madison Parks , rain date 6/25
- 27 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 28 Concerts on the Square
- 29 LIVE & Local
- 30 Final Friday Fun
- 30 Live on King Street
July
- 2 Electric Sundays
- 5 Concerts on the Square
- 6 LIVE & Local
- 6 Concerts on the Rooftop at Monona Terrace
- 8-9 Art Fair on the Square
- 8-9 Art Fair off the Square
- 11 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 12 Concerts on the Square
- 13-16 Maxwell Street Days
- 13 LIVE & Local
- 13 Concerts on the Rooftop at Monona Terrace
- 14 Friday Evening Classical Guitars
- 14 Mad Lit Concert Series
- 15 YOUR Downtown Movie Night with Madison Parks , rain date 7/16
- 18 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 19 Concerts on the Square
- 20 LIVE & Local
- 20 Concerts on the Rooftop at Monona Terrace
- 21 Live on King Street
- 25 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 26 Concerts on the Square
- 27 LIVE & Local
- 28 Final Friday Fun
- 28 Mad Lit Concert Series
August
- 1 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 1-6 NoBull CrossFit Games
- 2 Concerts on the Square
- 3 LIVE & Local
- 4 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 6 Electric Sundays
- 8 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 10 Madison Night Market
- 11 Friday Evening Classical Guitars
- 11 Mad Lit Concert Series
- 11 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 12 Madison Mini Marathon
- 15 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 17 LIVE & Local
- 18 Mad Lit Concert Series
- 18 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 19 YOUR Downtown Movie Night with Madison Parks , rain date 8/20
- 22 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 24 LIVE & Local
- 25 Final Friday Fun
- 25 Friday Evening Classical Guitars
- 25 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 29 YOUR Lunchtime LIVE
- 31 LIVE & Local
September
- 2-3 Taste of Madison
- 8 Mad Lit Concert Series
- 10 Ironman Wisconsin
- 14 Madison Night Market
- 15 Live on King Street
- 22 Mad Lit Concert Series
- 29 Mad Lit Concert Series
October
- 2-7 UW Homecoming
- 16-22 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 19-22 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 19 Madison Night Market
- 19 Science on the Square
- 25 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
Summer in YOUR City Programming
Downtown Madison is helping you enjoy Summer in YOUR City again in 2023 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.
Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- ACD Games Day 2023, ACD Distribution, May 24-26, 550ppl
- 2023 Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD), June 1-3, 200ppl
- NACVSO Training Conference 2023, National Association of County Veterans Service Officers, June 4-8, 500ppl
- 2023 Midwest AOAC Annual Meeting, June 12-14, 200ppl
- 2023 PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference, Public Relations Society of America, June 20-23, 450ppl
- ISHR North American Section Meeting 2023, International Society for Heart Research, June 27-30, 250ppl
Community and Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- Bartell Theater events
- Children's Theater of Madison
- Festival Choir of Madison
- 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
- UW School of Music - Hamel Music Center
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Union
- Wisconsin Union Theater