The Fun Page

The Fun Page is where you find family-friendly events in the Madison area. You’ll also find ongoing events towards the bottom of the page. To find more “to-do” themed resources, click here. Don’t feel like leaving home? Visit the Virtual Fun Page here.

MARCH
21 Indigo Girls – Madison/Orpheum Theater
21-26 Chicago the Musical – Madison/Overture Hall
22 REO Speedwagon – La Crosse/La Crosse Center
24 Spanish Guitar (Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra performance) – Madison/Capitol Theater
24 Toto’s Gala (Dane County Humane Society benefit) – Madison/Monona Terrace
24 Cocktails in the Conservatory – Madison/Olbrich Gardens
24 Jerry Ensemble Cabaret – Prairie du Sac/River Arts Center
24-26 Open Season Sportsman’s Expo – Wisconsin Dells/Kalahari Resort
24-26 Cats – Appleton/Fox Cities PAC
25 Impractical Jokers – Milwaukee/Miller High Life Theater
25 Animal: A Farm Story (Cirque Alfonso production) – Madison/Capitol Theater
25 Flower Cycle (LunART Chamber Music Collective performance) – Madison/Oakwood Village (6205 Mineral Pt. Rd.)
25 Ben Rector – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
25 The Godfather (UW Cinematheque presentation; new 4K digital restoration) – Madison/4070 Vilas Hall
26 Steve Forbert – Madison/The Bur Oak (2262 Winnebago St.)
27 Madison School and Community Recreation Summer Program registration begins (non-Madison residents)
27 Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Milwaukee/Bradley Symphony Center
29 The Simon and Garfunkel Story – Milwaukee/Uihlein Hall Marcus Center
31 Second City – Madison/Overture Hall
31 Karla Bonoff – Stoughton/Opera House
31-4/2 Ballet Beyond (Madison Ballet performance) – Madison/MYArts Starlight Theater (1055 E. Mifflin St.)

APRIL
1-2 International Festival – Madison/Overture Center
2 Collectibles Flea Market – Madison/Barrymore Theater
3 Jerry Ensemble Cabaret – Madison/Overture Center Promenade Hall
4 Spring General Election – statewide
7 The Kid LAROI – Madison/Alliant Energy Center
8-9 Ballet Beyond (Madison Ballet performance) – Madison/MYArts Starlight Theater (1055 E. Mifflin St.)
10-11 John Mellencamp – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
13-20 Wisconsin Film Festival – Madison/various locations
13-5/28: Grumpy Old Men: The Musical – Fort Atkinson/Fireside Dinner Theater
14 Paul Reiser – Madison/Barrymore Theater
14-16 Midwest Horse Fair – Madison/Alliant Energy Center
15 Parkinson’s Half Marathon and 5K – Cottage Grove/Bakken Park
15 Phat Phunktion – Madison/Majestic Theater
19 Madagascar the Musical – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
21 Bodytraffic – Madison/Overture Hall
21-22 UW Varsity Band Spring Concert – Madison/Kohl Center
22 The Launch (Badger football open practice and Badger Kids Combine) – Madison/Camp Randall Stadium and McClain Center
22-23, 28-30 Peter Pan (Children’s Theater of Madison production) – Madison/Capitol Theater
23 Chris Botti – Madison/Orpheum Theater
23 The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
27-30 Dance Journeys (Kanopy Dance production)- Madison/Overture Center Promenade Hall
28 Blues Traveler – Wisconsin Dells/Crystal Grand Music Theater
28, 30 The Marriage of Figaro (Madison Opera production) – Madison/Overture Hall
28-30 Wisconsin Alpaca and Fiber Fest – Madison/Alliant Energy Center
29 Crazylegs Classic – Madison/downtown

MAY
3 Clean Lakes Alliance Community Breakfast – Madison/Monona Terrace
3 Alice Cooper – Milwaukee/Miller High Life Theater
5 Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
5 John Waite – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
5 KC and the Sunshine Band – Wisconsin Dells/Crystal Grand Music Theater
6 Arts for All Wisconsin Creative Power Awards – Madison/MYArts (1055 E. Mifflin St.)
9 Chicago – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
9-21 Hamilton – Appleton/Fox Cities PAC
11 Whose Live Anyway? – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
11 Madison Night Market – Madison/State and Gilman Streets
11-14, 16-21, 23-28 Disney’s The Lion King – Madison/Overture Hall
13-14 Paw Patrol Live – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
16 Shania Twain – Madison/Kohl Center
17 Whose Live Anyway? – Dubuque/Five Flags Center
18 Dave Mason with the Outlaws – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
19 Three Dog Night – Dubuque/Five Flags Center
19-21 Syttende Mai Festival – Stoughton/various locations
20 Casting for Kids (American Family Children’s Hospital/UW Carbone Cancer Center benefit) – various locations
20 Next Generation of Dance (Kanopy Dance production) – Madison/Overture Center Promenade Hall
20 Natalie Merchant – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
20 Patti Labelle – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
23 Dave Mason w/The Outlaws – Madison/Orpheum Theater
26 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
26 Three Dog Night – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
26-28 World’s Largest Brat Fest – Madison/Willow Island
28 Janet Jackson – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater
31 Hunter Hayes – Milwaukee/Turner Hall Ballroom

JUNE
1-7/16 Legends in Concert Direct From London – Fort Atkinson/Fireside Dinner Theater
2-4 Taylor Swift – Chicago/Soldier Field
7 Barenaked Ladies with Semisonic and Del Amitri – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
8 Madison Night Market – Madison/State and Gilman Streets
10 Michael Franti and Spearhead – Yuba/Driftless Music Gardens
13-18 Tootsie – Madison/Overture Hall
15 Jackson Browne – Madison/Orpheum Theater
20 Postmodern Jukebox – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
21 Doobie Brothers – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
21 Counting Crows – Milwaukee/Miller High Life Theater
22-24 Summerfest – Milwaukee
22-25 Newsies (Capital City Theater production) – Madison/Capitol Theater
22 Eric Church with Elle King – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater
22 Cheap Trick – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
23 Colin Jost – Madison/Orpheum Theater
24 James Taylor and Sheryl Crow – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater
24 Elvis Costello – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
24 Outlaw Music Festival (w/Willie Nelson, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss) – East Troy/Alpine Valley
28 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds with Garbage – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
29 Dave Matthews Band – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater
29-7/1 Summerfest – Milwaukee
30 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
30 Madison Mallards Hippie Night – Madison/Duck Pond
30 Earth Wind and Fire – Milwaukee/Summerfest

JULY
1 Festival Foods Lights the Isthmus – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
1 Madison Mallards Wisconsin Day – Madison/Duck Pond
1 Ava Max – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
2 Madison Mallards Drone Show Night – Madison/Duck Pond
3 Madison Mallards Fireworks Night – Madison/Duck Pond
6 Lauren Daigle – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
6-8 Summerfest – Milwaukee
7 Styx – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
8 Imagine Dragons with AJR – Milwaukee/American Family Insurance Amphitheater
8-9 Art Fair on the Square – Madison/Capitol Square
12 America – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
13 Pablo Cruise with the Jimmys – Oshkosh/Leach Amphitheater
13 Darius Rucker – Dubuque/Q Casino
15-16 Menopause the Musical – Madison/Capitol Theater
20 Mavis Staples, Ziggy Marley, Trombone Shorty, and Robert Randolph – Oskhosh/Leach Amphitheter
20-9/3 Mary Poppins – Fort Atkinson/Fireside Dinner Theater
21 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
21 #IMOMSOHARD – Madison/Orpheum Theater
21 Foghat – Oshkosh/Oshkosh Arena
22 Kansas – Milwaukee/Riverside Theater
28 Jason Mraz – Madison/Breese Stevens Field
29 Ed Sheeran – Chicago/Soldier Field
30 Diana Krall – Madison/Orpheum Theater
31 Rick Springfield – Madison/Orpheum Theater

AUGUST
1-6 Six: The Musical – Madison/Overture Hall
2 RuPaul’s Drag Race – Milwaukee/Pabst Theater
3-13 Wisconsin State Fair – West Allis/State Fair Park
3 Alabama with Exile – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
5 Jeff Dunham – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
6 Tommy James – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
6 Train – Oshkosh/Leach Amphitheater
7 For King and Country – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
8 Kidz Bop – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
10 REO Speedwagon with Edwin McCain – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
11 Darius Rucker – Milwaukee/BMO Pavilion
12 Lindsey Stirling – West Allis/Wisconsin State Fair
25 Bodega at Breese Stevens – Madison/Breese Stevens Field

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



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