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
July
- 26 Police in the Park
- 26 Mad Lit
- 27 Are you Ready for a Wisconsin Adventure?
- 27 Movie in the Park
- 28 Electric Sundays
- 30 Lunch Time Live
- 31 Concerts on the Square
August
- 2 Dane Dances
- 2 Mad Lit
- 6 Lunch Time Live
- 7 Wellness Wednesdays
- 7 Jazz at Five
- 8 Madison Night Market
- 9 Dane Dances
- 10 Madison Mini Marathon
- 11 Ride the Drive
- 12 Kids on State
- 13 Lunch Time Live
- 14 Jazz at Five
- 16 Dane Dances
- 16 Mad Lit
- 20 Lunch Time Live
- 21 Jazz at Five
- 23 Dane Dances
- 24 Forward Madison Football Club Watch Party
- 24 Movie in the Park
- 25 Electric Sundays
- 26 Kids on State
- 27 Lunch Time Live
- 28 Jazz at Five
- 30 Dane Dances
- 30 Police in the Park
- 31 - Sep 1 Taste of Madison
September
- 3 LOVEzONE LIVE
- 4 Wellness Wednesdays
- 4 Jazz at Five
- 8 Ironman Wisconsin
- 12 Madison Night Market
- 13 Mad Lit
- 27 Police in the Park
October
- 1 LOVEzONE LIVE
- 2 Wellness Wednesdays
- 4 Forward Madison Football Club Watch Party
- 14-20 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 17 Madison Night Market
- 17-24 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 20-26 UW Homecoming
- 25 UW Homecoming Parade
- 30 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
- 30 Movie in the Park
November
- 10 Madison Marathon
- 29 - Dec 1 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 - September)
Head here for full details of our Flock to State Programs.
Interested in performing at one of our events? Register your interest here!
Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- Solution Tree 2024 Professional Learning Community Institute, July 24-26, 1,500 ppl
- Alliant Power SD Meeting, August 1-2, 75 ppl
- American Society of Biomechanics Annual Conference, August 5-8, 900 ppl
- American Family Insurance Leadership Meeting, August 27-28, 1,950 ppl
- Ironman Wisconsin 2024, September 5-9, 5,000 ppl
- WI Section of the American Water Works Association 2024 Annual Conference, September 11-13, 350 ppl
- Exact Sciences Corporation, September 16-19, 500 ppl
Community and Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- Bartell Theater events
- Campus Area Neighborhood Association
- Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc.
- 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
- Progress Center for Black Women
- Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association
- The Rigby
- UW School of Music - Hamel Music Center
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Union
- Wisconsin Union Theater