2025 Events
March
April
- 3 - 10 Wisconsin Film Festival
- 12 - Nov 8 Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square (Saturdays)
- 23 - Nov 5 Dane County Farmer's Market on MLK (Wednesdays)
- 26 Crazylegs Classic
May
- 8 Madison Night Market
- 9 UW Commencement
June
- 7 Cars on State
- 12 Madison Night Market
- 21 Make Music Madison
- 25 Concerts on the Square
July
- 2 Concerts on the Square
- 9 Concerts on the Square
- 12-13 Art Fair on the Square
- 16 Concerts on the Square
- 17-20 Maxwell Street Days
- 23 Concerts on the Square
- 30 Concerts on the Square
August
- 9 Madison Mini Marathon
- 21 Madison Night Market
- 30-31 Taste of Madison
September
- 7 Ironman Wisconsin
- 18 Madison Night Market
October
- 16 Madison Night Market
- 16-26 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 23-26 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 29 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
- 9 Madison Marathon
- TBA Downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony
- 28-29 Downtown Madison Holiday Open House
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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
- 2025 Dairy-Aire Gymnastics Invitational, Gymfinity Children’s Activity Center, February 22-23, 4,000 ppl
- Wisconsin Carpenters Legislative Conference, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, March 17-18, 175 ppl
- Regional Sales Meeting 2025, The Cincinnati Insurance Company, March 25, 300 ppl
- Ag Day at the Capitol 2025, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, March 26, 250 ppl
- Compeer Financial RLS Team Meeting, Compeer Financial FLCA, April 1-3, 100 ppl
- 2025 PSW Educational Conference, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, April 8-9, 400 ppl
- WHA 2025 Advocacy Day, Wisconsin Hospital Association, April 9, 900 ppl
- 2025 Annual WNA APRN Forum Pharmacology & Clinical Update, Wisconsin Nurses Association, April 10-12, 350 ppl
- 2025 International Trails Summit, American Trails, April 15-17, 800 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
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