APRIL 17 Madison School and Community Recreation and Madison Parks Hiring Fair – Madison/Madison Parks Office (330 E. Lakeside St.) 17 Opening of the Terrace Party – Madison/Memorial Union Terrace 17-21 What the Constitution Means to Me (Forward Theater production) – Madison/Playhouse at Overture Center 18 Todd Rundgren – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 18 Tom’s Elton Tribute (Elton John tribute) – Barrymore Theater 18-26 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Fort Atkinson/Fireside Dinner Theater 19 Badger Volleyball Spring Game vs. Illinois-Chicago – Madison/UW Field House 19 Tim McGraw – Milwaukee/Fiserv Forum 19 Virtuoso Violin (Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra presentation) – Madison/Capitol Theater 19-20 UW Varsity Band Concert – Madison/Kohl Center 19-21 Midwest Horse Fair – Madison/Alliant Energy Center 19-21 ConFluence: A Prelude (Kanopy Dance production) – Madison/Overture Center Promenade Hall 19-26 EarthFest – Madison/UW Campus 19-5/12 The Hunt (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County event) – various locations 20 Work Play Earth Day – Baraboo/Devil’s Lake State Park 20 Earth Day Fair – Madison/Northstreet (557 North St.) 20 Madison Softball Name Unveiling Party – Madison/Orpheum Theater 20 The Battle for Madison (Forward Madison FC vs. Badger men’s soccer) – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 20 Mark Normand – Madison/Capitol Theater 20 Earth Day Celebration – Madison/Hoyt Park 20-21 Midwest Vintage Flea – Madison/Garver Feed Mill 20-22 Troll Town Scavenger Hunts (Remake Learning Days event) – Mt. Horeb/Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society 20-28 Remake Learning Days – statewide 21 Kathy Griffin – Madison/Capitol Theater 22 Earth Day Tree Planting – Poynette/MacKenzie Center 22 Touch a Truck (Remake Learning Days event) – Monona/Public Library 23 Suzanne Vega – Madison/Barrymore Theater 23 Fred Armisen – Milwaukee/Turner Hall Ballroom 23 Inside Secrets of the Whales (Changemaker Speaker Series) – Madison/Capitol Theater 24 Dane County Farmers’ Market (Wednesday outdoor market opening day) – Madison/MLK Blvd. 24 Fred Armisen – Madison/Barrymore Theater 24 Shakespeare in the Park – Madison/Rennebohm Park 24-26 The Kite Runner – Madison/Capitol Theater 25 Super Freak: The Rick James Story – Milwaukee/Miller High Life Theater 25 Free Family Fun Night (Remake Learning Days event) – Madison/Children’s Museum 25-26 Charlie Berens – Madison/Orpheum Theater 26 Tori Kelly – Madison/The Sylvee 26 BoDeans – Stoughton/Opera House 26 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 26, 28 Candide (Madison Opera production) – Madison/Overture Hall 27 Crazylegs Classic – Madison/downtown 27 Dash for Down Syndrome (GiGi’s Playhouse event) – Monona/Winnequah Park 27 Loverboy – Baraboo/Ho Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells 27-28 Kevin Hart – Milwaukee/Miller High Life Theater 27-28 Great Midwest Alpaca Festival and Wisconsin Alpaca and Fiber Fest – Madison/Alliant Energy Center 28 MJ Live: The Michael Jackson Tribute – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater (rescheduled date) 30 Jim Breuer – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
MAY 2 David Foster and Katharine McPhee – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 3 Exploring the Paranormal – Brodhead/Public Library 3 Judy Collins – Rockford/Coronado Performing Arts Center 3 Toast: The Ultimate Bread Experience (tribute show) – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 4 Spring Showcase (Central Midwest Ballet Academy performance) – Prairie du Sac/River Arts Center 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 The Diary of Anne Frank (Children’s Theater of Madison production) – Madison/Playhouse at Overture Center 5 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (movie screening with Alan Ruck) – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 9 Madison Night Market – Madison/State and Gilman Streets 10 Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue – Rockford/Coronado Performing Arts Center 11 Uncork Me Wisconsin – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 11 Just Dance! (Madison Area Concert Handbells performance) – Madison/Bethany United Methodist Church (3910 Mineral Point Rd.) 11 Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour – Madison/Barrymore Theater 11 Menopause the Musical 2 – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 11 Karla Bonoff – Mineral Point/Opera House 12 Just Dance! (Madison Area Concert Handbells performance) – Monona/St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church (5700 Pheasant Hill Rd.) 14 Portugal the Man – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater 15 Portugal the Man – Madison/The Sylvee 17 Willie Nelson and Family – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 17-19 World Euchre Championship – New Glarus/New Glarus Fest Haus 17-19 Syttende Mai – Stoughton/various locations 18 Madison Makers Spring Market – Madison/various locations 18 Logan’s Heart and Smiles Golf Outing Fundraiser – Cottage Grove/The Oaks 18 Family Night on Lake Mendota – Madison/Memorial Union 18 Side by Side (Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra performance) – Madison/Hamel Music Center (740 University Ave.) 18 Tri 4 Schools Waunakee Kids Triathlon – Waunakee/Waunakee High School 18 Makers Market Sun Prairie – Sun Prairie/Angell Park 18 The Decemberists – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater 18-19 Janesville Renaissance Faire – Janesville/Traxler Park 19 A Taste of Ireland – Madison/Capitol Theater 22 Saxon w/Uriah Heep – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 23 Classic Seger (Bob Seger tribute) – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 24-26 World’s Largest Brat Fest – Madison/Willow Island 24 Village People – Madison/Brat Fest 25 Quiet Riot – Madison/Brat Fest 25 Marshall Tucker Band w/Jefferson Starship – Baraboo/Ho Chunk Gaming 30-7/14 Nunsense – Fort Atkinson/Fireside Dinner Theater 31 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 31-6/2 Verona Hometown Days – Verona/Hometown USA Festival Park
JUNE 1 Chicago – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater 1 Phat Phunktion and Mama Digdown’s Brass Band – Milwaukee/Vivarium 1-2 Festa Italia – Fitchburg/McKee Farms Park 2 Chicago – Madison/Overture Hall 6 Michael Franti and Spearhead – Madison/The Sylvee 6-9 Mt. Horeb Summer Frolic – Mt. Horeb/Grundahl Park 7 Train – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 7 Donny Osmond – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater 8 Donny Osmond – Appleton/Fox Cities PAC 8 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 8-9 Marquette Waterfront Festival – Madison/Yahara Place Park 11-16 Tina: The Tina Turner Musical – Madison/Overture Hall 13 Madison Night Market – Madison/State and Gilman Streets 13 For King and Country – Oshkosh/Sunnyview Expo Center 13 Pete Davidson – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater 14 Kevin James – Rockford/Coronado Performing Arts Center 14-15 Monroe Balloon and Blues Festival – Monroe/Green County Fairgrounds 15 Loop the Lake (Clean Lakes Alliance event) – Madison/Olbrich Park 15 Family Night on Lake Mendota – Madison/Memorial Union 15 Magic 98 Family Day at Little Amerricka – Marshall/Little Amerricka 16 Tower of Power – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 17 Joe Jackson – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 20-22, 27-29, 7/4-6 Summerfest – Milwaukee/Henry Maier Festival Park 20 Three Dog Night – Milwaukee/Summerfest 20 Gin Blossoms – Milwaukee/Summerfest 20 Better Than Ezra – Milwaukee/Summerfest 20 Little River Band – Milwaukee/Summerfest 20 Mindi Abair – Milwaukee/Summerfest 21 Second City: Comedian Rhapsody – Madison/Overture Hall 21 Motley Crue – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater 21-22 They Might Be Giants – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 21-22 Dave Matthews Band – East Troy/Alpine Valley 21-23 Oregon Summerfest – Oregon/Fireman’s Park 22 Goo Goo Dolls – Milwaukee/Summerfest 23 They Might Be Giants – Madison/Barrymore Theater 25 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Madison/Barrymore Theater 25 Olbrich After Hours (concert series opening night) – Madison/Olbrich Gardens 26 Concerts on the Square (season opener) – Madison/Capitol Square 28 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 29 Keith Urban – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater 29 The Church – Milwaukee/Summerfest 29 Brews, Blues, and Food Truck Festival – New Glarus/Village Park
JULY 4 AJR w/Carly Rae Jepsen – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater 4 Comedy Bang! Bang! – Madison/Barrymore Theater 5 Maroon 5 – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater 6 Amy Grant – Milwaukee/Summerfest 6 Extreme – Milwaukee/Summerfest 6 BoDeans – Milwaukee/Summerfest 6 Sister Hazel – Milwaukee/Summerfest 11-14 La Fete de Marquette – Madison/McPike Park 12 Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers – Madison/Orpheum Theater 12 Justin Willman – Madison/Capitol Theater 13-14 Art Fair on the Square – Madison/Capitol Square 13-14 Art Fair off the Square – Madison/MLK Boulevard and Olin Terrace 18 Chris Botti – Madison/Orpheum Theater 18-9/1 Roald Dahl’s Matilda: The Musical – Fort Atkinson/Fireside Dinner Theater 25 Christian Yelich’s Charity Concert (w/Scotty McCreery, Charlie Berens, DJ Shawna) – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 26 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field 26 Santana with Counting Crows – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater
AUGUST 1-11 Wisconsin State Fair – West Allis/State Fair Park 2 TLC with Jordin Sparks – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 2 John Fogerty with George Thorogood and the Destroyers – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater 3 Yung Gravy with Nicky Youre – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 3 Barry Manilow – Milwaukee/Fiserv Forum 4 Family Night on Lake Mendota – Madison/Memorial Union 6 Kidz Bop Live – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 8 Charlie Berens – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 9 Lauren Daigle – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 9 Journey with the Script and Vertical Horizon – Arcadia/Ashley for the Arts (Memorial Park) 10 Foreigner with Melissa Etheridge – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 10 Hootie and the Blowfish with Collective Soul and Edwin McCain – East Troy/Alpine Valley Music Theater 11 Happy Together Tour – West Allis/State Fair Main Stage 11 Ride the Drive – Madison/various parks and streets 15 Heart – Milwaukee/Fiserv Forum 17 Paula Poundstone – Madison/Barrymore Theater 18 Bored Teachers Comedy Tour – Madison/Barrymore Theater 22-24 Fresh Coast Jazz Festival – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater 23-25 Orton Park Festival – Madison/Orton Park 25 Family Night on Lake Mendota – Madison/Memorial Union
ONGOING American Players Theatre– Spring Green Badger Sports (schedules for all sports) – Madison/various locations Badger Talks Live – virtual event with UW-Madison Dream Bank – Madison/downtown Forward Madison FC – Madison/Breese Stevens Field History Sandwiched In – Madison/Wisconsin Historical Museum Kids in the Rotunda – Madison/Overture Center Mad City Ski Team – Madison/Law Park Madison Capitols – Middleton/Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice Arena Madison Children’s Museum – Madison/Capitol Square Madison Mallards – Madison/Duck Pond Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Events – Madison/MMoCA Madison Public Library Events and Classes – Madison/various locations MSCR Art Cart – Madison/various locations MSCR (Madison School & Community Recreation) Events – Madison/various locations Monona Terrace Current Exhibits – Madison/Monona Terrace Monona Terrace Health and Wellness Programs – Madison/Monona Terrace Olbrich Gardens – Madison Overture Center– Madison Saturday Science – Madison/Discovery Bldg. (330 N. Orchard) UW Space Place – Madison/2300 S. Park St. Walking and Bike Tours (Madison Trust for Historic Preservation) – Madison/various locations WIAA Sports (high school sports schedules, tournament information, etc.) – statewide and year-round