Concerts & Events in Madison, Wisconsin

What’s on in Madison

100 upcoming events are listed in Madison, 18 of them in the next 7 days and 66 within 30 days. That includes 54 concerts, 19 sports events and 27 theatre shows.

The venues with the most upcoming dates are Kohl Center (16), The Sylvee - WI (15) and Overture Hall At Overture Center for the Arts (13). Next up: Madison Symphony Orchestra on Oct 18 at Overture Hall At Overture Center for the Arts (from $44); Indigo Girls on Oct 20 at Overture Hall At Overture Center for the Arts (from $86); Judah and The Lion on Oct 20 at The Sylvee - WI (from $68).

Genres in the current concert listings include Classical, Folk, K-Pop and Metal.

Madison's live calendar runs through Kohl Center (the University of Wisconsin's 17,287-seat arena that hosts Badgers basketball and the city's primary touring concerts), Camp Randall Stadium (Badgers football's 80,321-capacity home — one of the loudest crowds in college football), the Overture Center for theatrical and orchestra programming, and a deep mid-tier club scene including The Sylvee, Majestic Theatre, and the Orpheum Theater. The "Jump Around" tradition at Camp Randall between the third and fourth quarter (where 80,000 fans literally jump in unison to House of Pain's 1992 single) is one of the most distinctive moments in college sports. Madison's location 75 miles west of Milwaukee makes it part of the Wisconsin tour routing — most arena and theatre tours route through both cities. The Wisconsin State Capitol downtown anchors a walkable concentration of restaurants, theatres, and clubs that gives the city an unusual mid-size-market density of nightlife and arts programming.

Next up in Madison

• Madison Symphony Orchestra — Oct 18, Overture Hall At Overture Center for the Arts (from $44)
• Indigo Girls — Oct 20, Overture Hall At Overture Center for the Arts (from $86)
• Judah and The Lion — Oct 20, The Sylvee - WI (from $68)
• Tank and the Bangas — Oct 20, Majestic Theatre Madison (from $49)

Venues with the most upcoming dates

• Kohl Center — 16 dates
• The Sylvee - WI — 15 dates
• Overture Hall At Overture Center for the Arts — 13 dates
• Majestic Theatre Madison — 11 dates
• Orpheum Theatre - Madison — 11 dates