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