2025 Events
Ongoing
- Until Nov 8 Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square (Saturdays)
- Until Nov 5 Dane County Farmer's Market on MLK (Wednesdays)
October
- 16-26 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 21 Puzzles in the Park
- 23-26 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 26 Art in the Plaza
- 28 Puzzles in the Park
- 28 Downtowners Social Club presents: “Into the Mystic”
- 29 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
- 7 MMoCA Fall Gallery Night
- 9 Madison Marathon
- 10 U.S. Marine Corps 250th Birthday Celebration
- 22 Downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony
- 22-Dec 24 Shine on Madison
- 28-30 Downtown Madison Holiday Open House
- 29 A Charlie Brown Christmas with Strings
December
See a list of holiday events from our partners here.
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Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- Business Day in Madison, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, October 23, 600 ppl
- Wisconsin Transportation & Innovation Expo , October 28
- Wisconsin State Music Conference, Wisconsin Music Educators Association, October 29-31, 1,300 ppl
- Trek Retail Founder’s Summit, Trek Bicycle Corporation, November 3-5, 325 ppl
- Madison Marathon Expo, Madison Festivals, Inc., November 7-8, 4,000 ppl
- WHEDA Conference 2025, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, November 12-13, 700 ppl
- Protospiel Madison 2025, The Game Crafter, November 14-16, 200 ppl
- AFMIC 2025 Sales Leadership Conference, American Family Mutual Insurance Company, November 17-21, 200 ppl
- 34th Annual Employee Wellbeing Conference, Wellness Council of Wisconsin, December 2-3, 300 ppl
Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- 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
- 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
