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)
September
- 16 Puzzles in the Park
- 18 Madison Night Market
- 19 Mad Lit
- 21 Art in the Plaza
- 22-23 Badger Fall Invitational
- 23 Puzzles in the Park
- 27 Cheese Fair Off the Square
- 28 Art in the Plaza
- 30 Puzzles in the Park
October
- 2 October Mock Walk
- 5 Art in the Plaza
- 5-11 UW Homecoming
- 7 Puzzles in the Park
- 10 UW Homecoming Parade
- 12 Art in the Plaza
- 14 Puzzles in the Park
- 16 Madison Night Market
- 16-26 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 19 Art in the Plaza
- 21 Puzzles in the Park
- 23-26 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 26 Art in the Plaza
- 28 Puzzles in the Park
- 29 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
December
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Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- NRECA 2025 Connect Conference, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, September 23-25, 1,200 ppl
- 2025 UWEBC Business Best Practices & Emerging Technologies Conference, UW E-Business Consortium, September 30, 600 ppl
- TCB Employee Conference, Total Administrative Services Corporation, October 8-9, 300 ppl
- 2025 Biohealth Summit, BioForward Wisconsin, October 14-15, 500 ppl
- Business Day in Madison, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, October 23, 600 ppl
- 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
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
