MAD Events: Enjoy the performing arts, festivals, and nightlife--Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Living - Events - Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Madison is famous for its college life, but is home to diverse events year-round

Listings: Connect to online calendars and databases; show what's going on and where
- Upcoming: Collaborative event calendar; shows upcoming events of all kinds: concerts, lectures, trade shows, community events, etc. as submitted by registered users; can view by date, venue, tag, submit group, or popularity
- MusiCal: a database of music events; shows Madison-area venues, current performance dates, times, and places
- Music Pollstar: Pollstar, the Concert Hotwire for Madison; Pollstar provides music business professionals with the worldwide concert tour schedules, ticket sales results, music industry contact directories, trade news and data services
- Daily Pg: from the Isthmus; listings and reviews of local movies, music, eats, and events
- Madtown Lounge: Events section; shows upcoming events related to live music; Madtown Lounge is an entertainment website listing venues, bands, and events
- Rhythm: Madison.com's Rhythm section on entertainment and nightlife
- Movie Listings: The BigScreen Cinema Guide; guide to movies; customizable so that you can see just local selections
- MadStage: Theater and dance information for Madison and south central Wisconsin; provides schedules, listings of groups, news, and links
- Footlights: Guide to theatre in Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago
- UW Madison: Today @ The University of Wisconsin--Madison; a calendar provided by the university listing events, exhibits, and other activities on campus
- Visitors: Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau; offers calendar of events as well as visitor information
Performing: Madison is home to performing arts and cultural groups
- Opera: Madison Opera; regional opera company offering professionally-staged concert opera and music theater
- Symphony: Madison Symphony Orchestra; professional orchestra established 1926; performs September to May in Overture Hall
- WCO: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; a professional chamber orchestra
Periodic: Annual festivals, special events, and ongoing events throughout the year
- Book Fest: Wisconsin Book Festival; annual October celebration of reading, writing, and the written word; events in Madison, Milwaukee, and throughout the state; a year-round, statewide series of public programs about reading, writing, and literacy
- Brat: World's Largest Brat Fest; eat one of Wisconsin's signature foods; particpants consumed over 28 km of brats, over 85 metric tons, in a past fest
- Community: Monona Community Festival
- Dances: Dane Dances; music, dancing, and fun to help break down barriers of race
- Dairy Expo: World Dairy Expo; a dairy industry tradeshow held in Madison
- Fair: Dane County Fair; youth exhibits, barns, animals, carnival rides, live music, and entertainment
- Farmer's Mkt: Dane County Farmer's Market on the Square; an open-air food, produce, and flower market held at The Square, the area round the Capitol dome in downtown Madison on Saturdays and Wednesdays; this counter-clockwise walking ritual is one of Madison's most noted features
- Film Fest: Wisconsin Film Festival; an annual film series program by the University of Wisconsin--Madison Arts Institute
- Fireworks: Rhythm & Booms; an Independence-day celebration highlighted by fireworks in Warner Park in Madison
- Fishing: Madison Fishing Expo; fishing tackle, equipment, boats, leading manufacturers, and dealers
- Jazz @ 5: Summer weekly Jazz concert series at State Street and the Capitol Square
- Jazzfest: Capital City Jazz Fest
- Marathon: Mad City Marathon; foot race that snakes through the isthmus; also half marathon, 10 km, and 5 km races
- Polar Jam: Winter festival
- Sprints: Capitol Square Sprints; foot races throughout town
- St Pat's Parade: St. Patrick's Day parade
- Taste: Taste of Madison; an annual food festival with live music on Capitol Square
- Whad'Ya Know: Michael Feldman's public radio show; taped live in Madison as well as occasionally at some remote locations
- WisCon: Annual feminist science fiction convention held in Madison

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