2026 Events
Ongoing
- Saturdays Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square
- Wednesdays Dane County Farmer's Market on MLK
August
- 14 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 18 Madison Moves
- 19 Jazz at Five
- 20 Madison Night Market
- 21 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
- 22 Black on State
- 22 Downtown Movies in the Park
- 24 Wisconsin Priemier Trivia
- 26 Lunchtime Live at Olin Terrace
- 26 Jazz at Five
- 28 Dane Dances at Monona Terrace
September
- 2 Jazz at Five
- 5-6 Taste of Madison
- 12 Ironkids Fun Run
- 13 Ironman Wisconsin
- 17 Madison Night Market
- 28 - Oct 3 UW Madison Homecoming
October
- 2 UW Homecoming Parade
- 10-11 Friends of the Madison Library Book Sale
- 15-25 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 15-18 Wisconsin Book Festival
- 15 Madison Night Market
- 28 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
- 7-8 Winter Art Fair off the Square
- 15 Madison Marathon
- TBA Shine on Madison
- 27-29 Downtown Madison Holiday Open House
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Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- 2026 OWAA Annual Conference, Outdoor Writers Association of America, August 22-24, 300 ppl
- Annual Great Lakes Region General Sales Meeting, SYSCO Food Services of Baraboo, August 28, 400 ppl
- Clinical Embryologists Summit Conference, UW -Madison Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 28-29, 100 ppl
- Ironman Wisconsin, World Triathlon Corporation, September 10-13, 5,000 ppl
- 2026 Annual Conference, WI Section of the American Water Works Association, September 16-18, 500 ppl
- 2026 WRA Annual Convention, Wisconsin Realtors Association, September 22-24, 600 ppl
- 2026 AETA & CETA/ACTE Joint Annual Conference, American Embryo Transfer Association, September 24-26, 450 ppl
- 2026 UWEBC, UW E-Business Consortium, October 6, 600 ppl
- TCB Employee Conference, Total Administrative Services Corporation, October 13-14, 225 ppl
- 2026 AAVLD/USAHA Annual Meeting, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and United States Animal Health Association, October 15-21, 1,300 ppl
Partner Calendars
- Monona Terrace Community
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- American Ghost Walks
- 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
- Mad City Ghost Walks
- 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
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum
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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