Events in Madison, United States
Beers with Queers
Madison
Saturday, June 21, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Wine - Beer - Whiskey - Cocktails - Gin - Tasting - Classes
SATURDAY, JUNE 21: A riotous evening of stand-up comedy at The Forward Club, Breese Stevens Field's flamingo-themed soccer club bar and performance space!
With stand-up performances by all-queer cast of comedians headlined by Gwen La Roka:
Gwen La Roka is witho ..
Curd Fest XII
Madison
Saturday, September 6, 2025
1500
- 1800
Free
Eating Out - Food Events - Cooking Classes
Curd Fest XII is a FREE General Admission (GA) event for all to attend and enjoy, from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (CST).
Early Entry tickets (EE) start at just 5$. Get 90 minutes extra minutes to enjoy al of the Curds and Entertainment! (Curds NOT Included with Early Entry t ..
Comedians of the World Telling Jokes
Madison
Saturday, July 5, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
SATURDAY, July 5- Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents Comedians of the World Telling Jokes, a July 4th hangover event celebrating international voices in comedy at downtown Madison's Hotel Indigo, a former paint factory turned historic hotel.
Join ..
FASTER PUSSYCAT
Madison
Sunday, June 15, 2025
1700
- 2330
30.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
SuperSuckers
The Rumours
The Lonely Ones
Doors 5:00
Tickets $30 ADV
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert
Prices:
General Admission: USD 30.00,
GA plus Skip the Line: USD 45.00,
Reserved Table for 4 ..
8th Annual - No Fear All Fun 5K/1M
Wisconsin
Saturday, August 16, 2025
0800
- 1300
Free
Sports Events - Marathons - Games - Competitions
The No Fear All Fun 5K/1M event is an annual running/walking activity that is a fund raiser for LaFollette Boys and Girls Middle School Cross County and LaFollette Boys and Girls High School Cross County. The event is in memory of LHS Cross Country runner Michael Nei ..
Words with Nerds: REALITY TV EDITION
Madison
Thursday, June 19, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds. It's like TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
For our Pride run of Words with Nerds, three presenters will nerd out about reality TV:
Katie Ricks -- "Bad B!tches Only: A Retrospective ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up and Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, July 11, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
On May 9, Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show, featuring hilarious and saucy acts from all across the Midwest.
Followed at 9pm by Video Rewind dance night DJed by Nick Nice.
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With performances by ..
Words with Nerds: WEIRD SCIENCE EDITION
Madison
Thursday, July 17, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: it's like TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
Speakers and topics at this show include:
Sasha Rosser - "Skankiness Metrics, Fruit Bat Fellatio, and Beyond: A Peek at Weird Science tha ..
Oh, My: It's Pride!
Madison
Friday, June 13, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
On June 13, Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show, featuring hilarious and saucy acts from all across the Midwest.
Followed at 9pm by Video Rewind dance night DJed by Nick Nice.
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With performances ..
Color Me Funny: Pride Edition
Madison
Saturday, June 7, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
SATURDAY, June 7- Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents Color Me Funny: a stand-up comedy show that brings together a hilarious all-queer lineup of the Midwest's best comics at Hotel Indigo in downtown Madison, a former paint factory-turned historic hot ..
MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN: A Comedy Show
Madison
Thursday, June 5, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy brings back its hit show with a scintillating lineup of queer stand-up and drag performers as they unite to MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Crucible Madison on Thursday, June 5.
Hosted by the mega-talented and utterly outrageou ..
The Emerald Benefit- Advancing Celiac Research
Monona
Friday, May 30, 2025
1830
- 2200
50.00 USD
Charity Events - Fundraising
Join us for The Emerald Benefit—an inspiring night of purpose, flavor, and impact! Enjoy a gluten-free tasting showcase, raffles, auctions, and a talk by Dr. O’Connell. Hosted by Kimaya Soin for the Celiac Disease Foundation, with emcee Geoffrey from Celebrations Ent ..
FREE Concert in the Park: Wednesday, May 28, Mark Croft Duo
Madison
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
1800
- 2000
Free
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Join the FOOT gang on Wednesday, May 28, at 6 PM for a free concert of Americana music with expert fiddlin' by your local Madison musicians, Mark Croft and his fiddler. This is a family-friendly music event inside the historic Olin Park pavilion on the shores of Lake ..
Sun Prairie Memorial Day Parade 10 a.m. Kroncke to Main to S. Walker Way and VFW Ceremony 11 a.m.
Wisconsin
Monday, May 26, 2025
1000
- 1200
Free
Festivals - Fairs - Carnivals - Parades - Culture
Post 333 Parade line-up at Kroncke Drive at 9:30 with parade starting at 10 a.m. going West on Main Street to S. Walker Way and Veterans Memorial and VFW at 349 S. Walker Way with ceremony at 11 a.m. with speaker Col. Gary Pelletier, Air National Guard and rememberin ..
FREE Concert: Wednesday, May 21, The Whiskey Farm
Madison
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
1800
- 2000
Free
Social Dancing - Dance Lessons - Dance Performances
Join the FOOT gang on Wednesday, May 21, at 6 PM for a free concert of danceable country and folk music by favorite local Madison musicians, The Whiskey Farm. This is a family-friendly music event inside the historic Olin Park pavilion on the shores of Lake Monona. S ..
Comic Entanglement
Madison
Friday, May 16, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents a hilarious lineup of stand-up comedians headlined by Washington, DC comedy legend ROBERT MAC:
Robert Mac's cerebral act has been featured at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy festival ..
Words with Nerds: THE SCIENCE OF LAUGHTER EDITION
Madison
Thursday, May 15, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for a special edition of Words with Nerds featuring a special lecture on the history and science of laughter by Washington, DC comedy legend Robert Mac!
Robert Mac's cerebral act has been featured at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Montreal's Just for Laughs C ..
FREE Concert: Wednesday, May 14 with Ramblin' Kind - A Western Swing Band
Madison
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
1800
- 2000
Free
Family and Children - Activities - Outings - Events
Join the FOOT gang on Wednesday, May 14, at 6 PM for a free concert of Western swing music by your local Madison musicians, Ramblin' Kind. This is a family-friendly music event inside the historic Olin Park pavilion on the shores of Lake Monona. So bring the kids, br ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up And Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, May 9, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Theater - Opera - Ballet - Shows - Cabaret
On May 9, Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show, featuring hilarious and saucy acts from all across the Midwest.
Followed at 9pm by Video Rewind dance night DJed by Nick Nice.
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With performances by ..
SHALLOW SIDE
Madison
Friday, May 9, 2025
1830
- 0000
15.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Left of Reason
Seilies
Solar
Angels and Emperors
Doors 6:30
Tickets $15 ADV
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert
Prices:
General Admission: USD 15.00,
GA plus Skip the Line: USD 25.00,
Reserved Ta ..
FREE Concerts in Olin Park Pavilion: May 7th - Irish 'trad' with Slipjig
Madison
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
1800
- 2000
Free
Trips - Travel - Excursions
Join the toe-tappin' FOOT gang for a free concert of traditional Irish folk music by your local Madison musicians, Slipjig with Daithi Wolfe. This is a family-friendly music event inside the historic Olin Park pavilion on the shores of Lake Monona. So bring the kids, ..
WEDNESDAY 13
Madison
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
1800
- 0000
28.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
with
Stitched Up Heart
Dead Rabbits
I Ya Toya
Doors 6:00, Tickets $28 ADV (VIP M AND G available)
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert
Prices:
General Admission: USD 28.00,
GA plus Skip the Line: US ..
DAVE EAST - From the Dirt Tour
Madison
Sunday, April 27, 2025
1700
- 2330
35.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
with Support from
Suvi
Newo2 x President D
Lije
and more
DJ: Jean Le Duke
Doors 6:00, Tickets $35 ADV (M and G available)
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert
Prices:
General Admission: USD 35.00,
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Words with Nerds: THE SUBSTANCE EDITION
Madison
Friday, April 25, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: THE SUBSTANCE EDITION, a great show for information sponges who love to laugh.
Words with Nerds mixes TED Talks with stand-up by bringing together local specialists and comedians to present on a topic of their choice. Come for the la ..
Words with Nerds: FRESH MEAT EDITION
Madison
Thursday, April 17, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds. It's like TED Talks, but way funnier.
Speakers at this show include:
Charlie Kojis (winner of Madison's Funniest Comic Competition) -- "A Comedian Who Just Had a Baby Reviews Children's Literature"
Jared Porter (Comedy on State) ..
Tales of Vicious Mockery: A Live RPG Comedy Show
Madison
Friday, April 4, 2025
2030
- 2200
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Tales of Vicious Mockery: A Live RPG Comedy Show! This special event is a heavily improvised game of Dungeons and Dragons featuring comedians as the players and crowd interactions actively shaping the game. Audience members participate by naming character ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, March 20, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds. It's like TED Talks, but way funnier.
Speakers and topics at this show include:
Will Isenberg (Comedy on State) - "Redesigning LinkedIn So It Doesn't Suck"
David Donnick (Roast Battle Chicago) - "Ghosted and Guarded: The Languag ..
Free Diagnostic ACT for 10th Graders
Waunakee
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
0800
- 1200
Free
Education - Courses - Career Training Events
Each spring, Galin Education partners with libraries (including the Waunakee Library) and community centers across the area to host a "Diagnostic ACT® Day." While high school juniors are in school taking an official ACT® as part of Wisconsin’s state-wide testing init ..
AUTUMN REVERIE and EMBERS RISE
Madison
Sunday, March 9, 2025
1700
- 2300
10.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
with Special Guests
Apex Aura
Abaddon's End
Where is the Key
Doors 5:00
Tickets $10 ADV
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
URL:
Facebook: https://go.evvnt.com/2910737-2?pid=2874
Category: Live Music | Concert
Prices:
Gene ..
Nevertheless, She Laughed
Madison
Saturday, March 8, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents a hilarious lineup of stand-up comedians on International Women's Day.
With headliner SONAL AGGARWAL:
A former international street performer turned emcee, Sonal Aggarwal has brought her talents to Chicago as ..
The Comedy Roast of Luigi Mangione
Wisconsin
Friday, March 7, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for the comedy roast (or toast?) of alleged assassin and confirmed heartthrob Luigi Mangione.
Featuring stand-up, roasts, and info-tainment by a charismatic cast of characters including Marie Antoinette, New York City mayor Eric Adams, Luigi the Mario Bro ..
Concordia University Wisconsin
Sun Prairie
Friday, March 7, 2025
1900
- 2100
Free
Classical Music - Orchestra - Traditional Music Events
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble receives invitations from around the continental US to perform at LCMS Lutheran congregations, assisting with worship services, performing music education clinics for school youth and assisting in local charitable causes.
Category: Live ..
Words with Nerds: BLACK HISTORY MONTH EDITION
Madison
Friday, February 28, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: BLACK HISTORY MONTH EDITION, a great show for information sponges who love to laugh.
Words with Nerds mixes TED Talks with stand-up by bringing together local specialists and comedians to present on a topic of their choice. Come for t ..
Change My Mind: A Comedy Debate Show
Madison
Friday, February 21, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Change My Mind, a comedy debate show where nothing makes sense and no one knows what they're talking about. Delectable dinner options available at the venue!
Comedian debaters face off to present their cases, roast battle style to a panel of comedian j ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, February 20, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: it's like TED Talks, but way funnier. Hosted by New Yorker cartoonist and comedian Will Santino!
Speakers at this show include:
Will Santino (The New Yorker) - "The Logical Order of God's Decrees, the Synod of Dort, or Salvation Th ..
LUV STRUCK
Madison
Saturday, February 15, 2025
2000
- 0100
10.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Discookitten
DJ Mercury
FNU
Mooch
Tian
Xwit
Doors 8:00
Tickets $10 ADV
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert ..
The Birds and the BS
Madison
Friday, February 14, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
This Valentine's Day, Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents The Birds and the BS: a show that's part live podcast, part sex ed, and part stand-up comedy. Stand-up comics serve as panelists for this info-tainment spectacle as professional sex therapist A ..
A Valentine's Affair 2025: Love Scenes From Shakespeare
Madison
Thursday, February 13, 2025
1930
- 2100
25.00 USD
Theater - Opera - Ballet - Shows - Cabaret
Thrill to the adventures of the lovesick Jailer's Daughter, the perils of Isabella, and the amorous Cleopatra before wrapping up with a tale of lost love re-found... with pancakes!
Madison's unique Valentine's Day tradition continues with the seventh installment o ..
Ask an Asshole!
Madison
Friday, February 7, 2025
2000
- 2130
Free
Comedy Shows - Events
Welcome to Ask an Asshole, where comedians "solve" all your problems in 10 minutes or less! Submit your burning questions before the show; then, they'll be projected on a screen for stand-up comics to tackle in front of a live audience.
Use the form below to submi ..
MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN: A Comedy Show
Madison
Thursday, February 6, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy brings back its hit show with a scintillating lineup of queer stand-up and drag performers as they unite to MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Crucible Madison on Thursday, February 6.
Hosted by the mega-talented and utterly outra ..
WIFIS FUNERAL
Madison
Saturday, February 1, 2025
1800
- 2330
20.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Wifisfuneral
Dubb Saq
Sk Splash
Droogz
Cxsey
Blake Basic
BlueJacket x Devin Griffin
Reces Aura x Reverse Playback
Doors at 6 PM
Tickets $20 Adv
$50 M and G
18 + (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ With ID to drink
Category: Live Music | Concert
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Kimchi Fried Comedy
Madison
Friday, January 31, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Korean-American comedian and producer Josh Glen cooks up a custom cocktail of comics at Breese Stevens Field's flamingo-themed Forward Club bar space. Instead of the mustard, mayonnaise, and marmalade often found in stand-up comedy showcases, Kimchi Fried Comedy feat ..
THE SH!TSHOW: A Chaotic Stand-Up Comedy Show
Madison
Friday, January 24, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Hot Ones meets stand-up as comedians improvise while eating spicy peppers. Headlined by TORY WARD:
From the Pacific Northwest and now residing in Chicago, Tory Ward combines her amiable, light hearted personality with sardonic humor creating an experience that is si ..
QUEENS OF CHAOS - WOMEN OF WISCONSIN ROCK and METAL
Madison
Friday, January 17, 2025
1830
- 0000
12.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Dreamhouse
Lilac and Lotus
Zeal
Trash Pandas
Othertones
Doors at 6:00
Tickets $12 ADV
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert
Artists: Dreamhouse, Lilac and Lotus, ZEAL, Trash Pandas, Othertones ..
Words with Nerds: 200th SHOW EDITION
Madison
Thursday, January 16, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for this special edition of Words with Nerds celebrating Cheshire Cat Comedy's 200th show! It's like TED Talks, but way funnier.
Speakers and topics at this show include:
David Fisher (winner of Madison's Funniest Comic Competition) -- "The Secret Patte ..
MEDICINE PLACE
Madison
Saturday, January 11, 2025
2000
- 0100
20.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
with
Skeemuh
Brainable
Obzenth
Brat
Presented by Obzenth x Scout Sound
Doors at 8 PM
Tickets $20 ADV
18+ (or w/parent or guardian) to attend, 21+ w/ID for alcohol
Category: Live Music | Concert
Artists: Medicine Place, Skeemuh, Brainable, Obzenth, Brat ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up And Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, January 10, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
On January 10th, Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show featuring hilarious and saucy acts from all across the Midwest.
Followed at 9pm by Video Rewind dance night DJed by Nick Nice.
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With performa ..
NYE Bash
Madison
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
2000
- 0200
25.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Salty and Mikrodot
with Support from
SirSteez
Spunback
Free Food
Courier
Category: Live Music | Concert
Prices:
General Admission: USD 30.00,
GA Early Bird: USD 25.00,
General Admission and Skip the Line: USD 40.00,
Reserved Table (4 GA + Skip the Li ..
UpNext - HipHop Edition Volume 4
Madison
Friday, December 20, 2024
1900
- 0030
12.00 USD
Music - Concerts - Bands - Lessons
Upcoming Acts from 608 and Beyond
Obscure
Kingblvke
608 Micah
Yung Camo
Big Savo
SB Steve
Mill tha Rapper
Gem Leone
Derek John
Spell Red
Doors 7:00
Tickets $12 ADV
Category: Live Music | Concert ..
Words with Nerds: HOLIDAY EDITION
Madison
Thursday, December 19, 2024
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Words with Nerds: HOLIDAY EDITION features comedians Deanna Ortiz (winner of the Chicago Reader's "Best Stand-Up in Chicago"), Sam Rocha (Laugh Factory: Chicago headliner), and Sasha Rosser (winner of Madison Magazine's "Best Comedian") presenting funny TED Talks at ..