2026 Events
March
- 7 International Festival at Overture
- 14 Shamrock Shuffle
- 15 St. Patricks Day Parade
- 19-21 WIAA Boy's Basketball Tournament
- 28 - April 5 UW Spring Break
April
- 11 - Nov 14 Dane County Farmer's Market
- 17-18 UW Varisty Band Concert
- 25 Crazylegs Classic
May
June
July
- 1 Concerts on the Square
- 8 Concerts on the Square
- 11-12 Art Fair on the Square
- 11-12 Art Fair off the Square
- 15 Concerts on the Square
- 16-19 Maxwell Street Days
- 22 Concerts on the Square
- 29 Concerts on the Square
August
September
October
- 15-25 Wisconsin Science Festival
- 15-18 Wisconsin Book Festival
- TBA Madison Night Market
- 28 Downtown Madison Family Halloween
November
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Upcoming Conferences and Conventions
Monona Terrace Conferences & Conventions
- 2026 World Championship Cheese Contest, Wisconsin Cheese Association, March 3-5, 600 ppl
- WI Carpenters Legislative Conference, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, March 18-19, 185 ppl
- IL Days, Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers, March 25, 150 ppl
- ACCA 2026 Cancer Center Administrators Forum, Association of Cancer Center Administrators, April 11-14, 450 ppl
- 2026 PSW Educational Conference, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, April 21-22, 400 ppl
- 2026 WASN Spring Conference, Wisconsin Association of School Nurses, April 27-29, 360 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
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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