Your festival event guide for the Madison, Wisconsin Area, including Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Rock, and Sauk Counties.
Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page for Madison, Wisconsin and the greater area. Once area festivals are confirmed on the main Wisconsin Festival Guide, they are copied over to this page to make it easier to plan your weekend festival adventures. Please keep in mind that you should not see area festivals that have been canceled or have not yet been confirmed.
Other areas of Wisconsin with Festival Schedule Pages include Eau Claire and Milwaukee.
Festivals listed here include music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, town festivals, church festivals, cultural festivals and more, but they do not include craft shows, machinery shows, bazaars, county fairs and some other events.
“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.
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2023 Madison Festival Schedule
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MARCH
3/4 – Ice Breaker and Beer and Seltzer Festival – New Glarus
3/10 – Baraboo Brew Ha Ha – Baraboo
3/25 – Bloody Mary Fest at Doundrins Distilling – Cottage Grove
APRIL
MAY
5/13 – Baraboo Spring Fair on the Square – Baraboo
5/13 – Uncork Me Wisconsin – Madison
5/19-5/21 – Syttende Mai Festival (Norwegian Heritage) – Stoughton
5/20 – Distill America – Madison
5/21 – Deerfield Market Expo: A Spring Thing – Deerfield
5/21 – WORTstock – Madison
5/26-5/28 – World’s Largest Brat Fest – Madison
JUNE
6/2-6/4 – Verona Hometown Days – Verona
6/2-6/4 – Festa Italia – Fitchburg
6/3 – Dragon Art Fair – DeForest
6/3 – Music Festival at Schumacher Farm Park – Waunakee
6/8-6/11 – Mount Horeb Summer Frolic – Mount Horeb
6/9-6/10 – Polkafest – New Glarus
6/10 – Beer, Bacon and Cheese – New Glarus
6/10-6/11 – Marquette Waterfront Festival – Madison
6/15-6/18 – Cottage Grove Firemen’s Festival – Cottage Grove
6/17 – ArtJune – Baraboo
6/24 – Blues, Brews and Food Truck Festival – New Glarus
6/24 – Big Top Parade and Circus Celebration – Baraboo
6/24 – Town and Country Days – Lake Mills
6/24-6/25 – Spring Green Art Fair – Spring Green
6/30-7/1 – Fire on the River – Sauk City
JULY
7/3-7/4 – Monona Community Festival – Monona
7/4 – Independence Day on the Rock – Janesville
7/4 – WaunaBoom – Waunakee
7/7-7/9 – Monticello Homecoming – Monticello
7/8-7/9 – Art Fair Off the Square – Madison
7/8-7/9 – Art Fair On the Square – Madison
7/13-7/16 – La Fête De Marquette – Madison – My Review
7/14-7/16 – Edgerton Tobacco Heritage Days – Edgerton
7/15 – Edgerton Clay Day: Art and Pottery Festival – Edgerton
7/15 – Lager Than Life Beer Festival – Beloit
7/15 – Lake Mills Arts Festival – Lake Mills
7/15-7/16 – Mount Horeb Art Fair – Mount Horeb
7/22-7/23 – Midwest Fire Fest – Cambridge
7/27-7/30 – Waunafest – Waunakee
AUGUST
8/4-8/5 – Sugar Maple Music Festival – Madison
8/5 – New Glarus Fire Department Fire Fest – New Glarus
8/5-8/6 – Tallman Arts Festival – Janesville
8/12 – Great Taste of the Midwest – Madison
8/16-8/20 – Sweet Corn Festival – Sun Prairie
8/18-8/20 – Badger Steam and Gas Engine Club Show – Baraboo
8/19 – Africa Fest – Madison
8/25-8/27 – Orton Park Festival – Madison
8/25-8/27 – Middleton Good Neighbor Festival – Middleton
SEPTEMBER
9/2-9/3 – Taste of Madison – Madison
9/8-9/9 – Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest II – Madison
9/8-9/9 – Chilimania – Edgerton
9/9 – Thirsty Troll Brew Fest – Mount Horeb
9/9 – Heritage Fest at Schumacher Farm Park – Waunakee
9/15-9/17 – Gemuetlichkeit Days – Jefferson
9/15-9/17 – Wauktoberfest – Waunakee
9/16-9/17 – The Willy Street Fair – Madison
9/17 – Beloit Autorama – Beloit
9/17 – Deerfield Apple Festival – Deerfield
9/21-9/24 – New Glarus Oktoberfest – New Glarus
9/30 – Lions Chili Fest – Deerfield
9/30-10/1 – Mount Horeb Fall Village Market – Mount Horeb
OCTOBER
10/1 – Fall Festival of Color – Lake Mills
10/6 – Verona Fall Fest – Verona
10/7 – Autumnfest – Brodhead
10/7 – Baraboo Fall Fair on the Square – Baraboo
10/19-10/22 – Wisconsin Book Festival – Madison
NOVEMBER
11/11-11/12 – Winter Art Fair Off the Square – Madison
11/24-11/26 – Henry Vilas Zoo Lights I – Madison
DECEMBER
12/1-12/2 – A Classic Christmas in Lake Mills – Lake Mills
12/1-12/3 – New Glarus Christkindli Market – New Glarus
12/1-12/3 – Henry Vilas Zoo Lights II – Madison
12/1-12/3 – Janesville’s Jolly Jingle – Janesville
12/8-12/10 – Henry Vilas Zoo Lights III – Madison
12/15-12/17 – Henry Vilas Zoo Lights IV – Madison
12/18-12/24 (Closed 12/24) – Henry Vilas Zoo Lights V – Madison
12/25-12/30 (Closed 12/25) – Henry Vilas Zoo Lights VI – Madison