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WI Saddlebred Futurity Horse Show
Sep. 12th-Sep. 15th 2013
Cambridge Fall Fest
Sep. 21st 2013
Live in Concert: Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang
Sep. 21st 2013
Madison World Music Festival
Sep. 19th-Sep. 21st 2013
UW Football vs. Purdue
Sep. 21st 2013
Cambridge Farmers Market
Jun. 25th-Sep. 24th 2013
Festival of Food: Festival Premiere
Sep. 24th 2013
Festival of Food: Savory Sweet Science Taste
Sep. 25th 2013
Festival of Food: Dueling Desserts
Sep. 26th 2013
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02-09-2014
Special Event
Garden Expo
Recurring daily until February 09, 2014
1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713
Alliant Energy Center of Dane County
Fri 3-9pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Special Event
1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713
Alliant Energy Center of Dane County
Fri 3-9pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm
Special Event
Garden Expo is a midwinter oasis for people ready to venture out and dig their hands in the dirt. Now in it’s 21st year, this three-day event celebrates the latest trends in gardening and landscaping and attracts mo... more >
Greater Madison Golf Show
Recurring daily until February 09, 2014
1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713
Alliant Energy Center of Dane County
See website
Special Event
1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713
Alliant Energy Center of Dane County
See website
Special Event
One of the biggest golf events in the Midwest will be in Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the 14th Annual Greater Madison Golf Show. Over 100 exhibits for all facets of the golf industry will surely have something for every... more >
Madison Opera: The Daughter of the Regiment
Marie loves Tonio. Tonio loves Marie. Marie’s adoptive parents, the entire 21st Regiment, are a bit less happy about matters, and when her new-found aunt takes her away from both the regiment and Tonio, Marie despai... more >
Ongoing Events
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano
Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until June 01, 2014
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (Masters of Mexican Modern Art) showcases the artists who, more than any others, defined Mexican Modernism in the 1920s and 1930s: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, Leopoldo Mé... more >
Tour Frank Lloyd Wright's Unitarian Meeting House, A National Historic Landmark
August 11, 2013
900 University Bay Dr., Madison, WI 53705
10:00 and 12:00
Ongoing Events
900 University Bay Dr., Madison, WI 53705
10:00 and 12:00
Ongoing Events
The Unitarian Meeting House was completed in 1951 and was designated by the AIA as one of Frank Lloyd Wright's top 17 buildings in 1961. It had a major and lasting impact on church architecture and was designated as a Nat... more >
02-10-2014
Daily 25-mile Sightseeing Tours of Isthmus
Recurring every week day starting August 26, 2013
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
Daily, Highlights Tours of Madison, 2-Hour, 25 mile drive tours encompassing the whole of the Isthmus. We drive by all 3 lakes, features the Square, the best photo stops, Maple Bluff, Mansion Hill, the University, Frank L... more >
Youth Open Play at Keva Sports Center
Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday until April 28, 2014
8312 Forsythia St., Middleton, WI 53562
Keva Sports Center
From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Ongoing Events
8312 Forsythia St., Middleton, WI 53562
Keva Sports Center
From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Ongoing Events
Open activities and inflatable bounce castle for youth. Parent supervision required. Fee of $5 for one child, $7 for 2, $9 for 3 or more. $3 additional charge for bounce castle. more >
02-11-2014
Special Event
Birds of Paradise: Extreme, Bizarre, Extraordinary
February 11, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
The birds of paradise are some of Earth’s most exceptional, yet little known, treasures. Tim Laman made it his mission to photograph—for the first time in the wild—all 39 species of this incredibly diver... more >
John Stevens, tuba; Faculty Concert Series
February 11, 2014
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
7:30 pm
Special Event
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
7:30 pm
Special Event
Presenting Mozart's Horn Quintet, Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, and Brahms's Horn Trio. All works adapted for tuba.
Guest artists - David Perry, Sally Chisholm, Parry Karp, and Martha Fischer more >
Ongoing Events
Daily 25-mile Sightseeing Tours of Isthmus
Recurring every week day starting August 26, 2013
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
Daily, Highlights Tours of Madison, 2-Hour, 25 mile drive tours encompassing the whole of the Isthmus. We drive by all 3 lakes, features the Square, the best photo stops, Maple Bluff, Mansion Hill, the University, Frank L... more >
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano
Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until June 01, 2014
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (Masters of Mexican Modern Art) showcases the artists who, more than any others, defined Mexican Modernism in the 1920s and 1930s: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, Leopoldo Mé... more >
Youth Open Play at Keva Sports Center
Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday until April 28, 2014
8312 Forsythia St., Middleton, WI 53562
Keva Sports Center
From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Ongoing Events
8312 Forsythia St., Middleton, WI 53562
Keva Sports Center
From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Ongoing Events
Open activities and inflatable bounce castle for youth. Parent supervision required. Fee of $5 for one child, $7 for 2, $9 for 3 or more. $3 additional charge for bounce castle. more >
02-12-2014
Special Event
Daniel Grabois, horn; Faculty Concert Series
February 12, 2014
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
7:30 pm
Special Event
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
7:30 pm
Special Event
Performing works by UW composers John Stevens, Laura Schwendinger (premiere), and Les Thimmig. more >
Ongoing Events
Daily 25-mile Sightseeing Tours of Isthmus
Recurring every week day starting August 26, 2013
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
Daily, Highlights Tours of Madison, 2-Hour, 25 mile drive tours encompassing the whole of the Isthmus. We drive by all 3 lakes, features the Square, the best photo stops, Maple Bluff, Mansion Hill, the University, Frank L... more >
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano
Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until June 01, 2014
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (Masters of Mexican Modern Art) showcases the artists who, more than any others, defined Mexican Modernism in the 1920s and 1930s: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, Leopoldo Mé... more >
02-13-2014
Special Event
UW Black Music Ensemble
February 13, 2014
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
8:30 pm
Special Event
Mosse Humanities Bldg., Madison, WI 53706
UW-Madison School of Music
8:30 pm
Special Event
An eclectic group of student musicians exploring the repertoire of black composers directed by Professor Richard Davis. more >
Ongoing Events
Daily 25-mile Sightseeing Tours of Isthmus
Recurring every week day starting August 26, 2013
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
Daily, Highlights Tours of Madison, 2-Hour, 25 mile drive tours encompassing the whole of the Isthmus. We drive by all 3 lakes, features the Square, the best photo stops, Maple Bluff, Mansion Hill, the University, Frank L... more >
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano
Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until June 01, 2014
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (Masters of Mexican Modern Art) showcases the artists who, more than any others, defined Mexican Modernism in the 1920s and 1930s: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, Leopoldo Mé... more >
Youth Open Play at Keva Sports Center
Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday until April 28, 2014
8312 Forsythia St., Middleton, WI 53562
Keva Sports Center
From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Ongoing Events
8312 Forsythia St., Middleton, WI 53562
Keva Sports Center
From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Ongoing Events
Open activities and inflatable bounce castle for youth. Parent supervision required. Fee of $5 for one child, $7 for 2, $9 for 3 or more. $3 additional charge for bounce castle. more >
02-14-2014
Special Event
Kanopy Dance Company: Puppet Master
Recurring daily until February 16, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Special Event
Follow the tormented Mohawk Man who falls into a bizarre asylum journey of altered reality under the spell of the Puppet Master’s world. Feel the decibel drive of heavy metal cello rock as dancers in Dr. Who-esque... more >
Kanopy Dance Presents PuppetMaster Heavy Metal Dance
February 14, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:30 PM
Special Event
Feb 14-16
Overture Center for the Arts
Performances Presented by
WJJO-FM
Follow the tormented Mohawk Man who falls into a bizarre asylum journey of altered reality under the spell of the Puppet Master’s world. F... more >
Madison Symphony Orchestra--Tine Thing Helseth plays Haydn and Arutiunian
Recurring daily until February 16, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
7:30 p.m. (14th), 8:00 p.m. (15th), 2:30 p.m. (16th)
Special Event
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
7:30 p.m. (14th), 8:00 p.m. (15th), 2:30 p.m. (16th)
Special Event
Tine (pronounced Tina) Thing Helseth is making a sensation in the music world, not only in solo performances and CDs, but with Tenthing, her all-woman brass ensemble. Gramophone Magazine praises her "...soulful appr... more >
Ongoing Events
Daily 25-mile Sightseeing Tours of Isthmus
Recurring every week day starting August 26, 2013
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
1 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
9:30 Weekdays, 1:30 weekends, or by app't
Ongoing Events
Daily, Highlights Tours of Madison, 2-Hour, 25 mile drive tours encompassing the whole of the Isthmus. We drive by all 3 lakes, features the Square, the best photo stops, Maple Bluff, Mansion Hill, the University, Frank L... more >
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano
Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday until June 01, 2014
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
227 State St., Madison, WI 53703
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ongoing Events
Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (Masters of Mexican Modern Art) showcases the artists who, more than any others, defined Mexican Modernism in the 1920s and 1930s: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Frida Kahlo, Leopoldo Mé... more >
02-15-2014
Special Event
Kanopy Dance Company presents PuppetMaster Heavy Metal Dance
February 15, 2014
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
201 State St., Madison, WI 53703-2214
Overture Center for the Arts
Starting: 7:00 PM
Special Event
Feb 14-16
Overture Center for the Arts
Performances Presented by
WJJO-FM
Follow the tormented Mohawk Man who falls into a bizarre asylum journey of altered reality under the spell of the Puppet Master’s world. F... more >
