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Thu Nov 5 to Wed Nov 11, America/Chicago time · 140 events · 16 ongoing events

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Thu Nov 5

"We Stand on Their Shoulders": A History of Wisconsin Women and Voting Waunakee Public Library, 201 N. Madison St., Waunakee, WI, 53597, United States ArtsEducation via WHS Upcoming Events
Sewing Circle Bayview Community Center, 103 La Mariposa Lane, Madison, WI, 53715, United States Arts via Bayview Foundation
Knitting 101 Studio G, Memorial Union Arts via today.wisc.edu
Adult Arts & Crafts Bayview Community Center, 103 La Mariposa Lane, Madison, WI, 53715, United States ArtsCommunity via Bayview Foundation
FREE FAMILY Fun Night @ Children's Museum Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton St., Madison, 53703, United States ArtsFamilyFree via Madtown Life
DAMA Open Studio DAMA Mural Shop ArtsFamilyFree via No rules
Michelle Grabner Tandem Press ArtsFreeLiterary via No rules
Bring Your Own Canvas Communication ArtsFree via No rules
Sierra Club Post Election Celebration Arts via No rules
The Photography Exhibition 2026 Reception Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts Arts via today.wisc.edu
Armored Combat/Rapier Practice UW Stock Pavilion ArtsSports via No rules
Open Jam Main Street Music, Brooklyn ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
Javier Red, Hanah Jon Taylor, Yosef Ben Israel and Adam Katz Cafe Coda ArtsComedy via No rules
Drumming with Current Arts + Literature Laboratory ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
DJ Thierry Ennui Lola's Hi/Lo Lounge ArtsMusic via No rules
Chris Elinchev reception PhotoMidwest Arts via No rules
Madison Area Jugglers UW Library Mall Arts via No rules
Into Whooperland: A Photographer's Journey with Whooping Cranes Arts via No rules
Club Kid UW Cinematheque Arts via No rules
Mad City Story Slam Mother Fool's Coffeehouse ArtsComedy via No rules
DJ Millbot Cardinal Bar ArtsMusic via No rules
Sea Shanty Sing with Andreas Transø Awildan Distilling, Sun Prairie ArtsMusic via No rules
Dragonsocks & Queen of the Universe Broom Street Theater ArtsTheater via No rules
The Moors Bartell Theatre ArtsComedyTheater via No rules
SOLD OUT: Die Spitz Majestic Theatre ArtsComedy via No rules
Sharks 4 Sale, Aeropax, Blush The Rigby ArtsMusic via No rules
The Bends, The Braymores High Noon Saloon ArtsMusic via No rules
Amy Speace Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson ArtsMusic via No rules
Richard Shaten Greenbush Bar ArtsMusic via No rules
Andrea Gibson: Love Letter From the Afterlife Barrymore Theatre ArtsLiteraryMusicTheater via No rules
Taras Nahirniak Ivory Room ArtsMusic via No rules
DJ Frecuencia Infinita Sotto ArtsMusic via No rules

Fri Nov 6

Textile Art Market Textile Arts Center ArtsFreeMarket via No rules
MDEV 26 Alliant Energy Center Arts via No rules
The Photography Exhibition 2026 Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts Arts via today.wisc.edu
Pullcord: Sculpture Area Exhibition Gallery 7, Mosse Humanities Building Arts via today.wisc.edu
Sustain Dane Summit Monona Terrace ArtsCommunityEducationNetworking via No rules
Fall Craft Fair Middleton Senior Center ArtsFree via No rules
Dolly Parton Imagination Library Black Earth Children's Museum ArtsFamily via No rules
New Beginnings Neighborhood House Arts via No rules
What does Soil Health have to do with Wetlands Anyway? Arts via No rules
Stages of the Path Kadampa Meditation Center Madison Arts via No rules
Hiu Sing Fan + Cameron Akioka First Unitarian Society ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
Cafecito y Caminata Warner Park Community Recreation Center Arts via No rules
The Origins of Western Marxism & the Colonial Question UW Social Sciences Building Arts via No rules
PhotoMidwest Nature Group reception UW Arboretum Visitor Center Arts via No rules
UW Resistance Music Ensemble UW Memorial Union - Der Rathskeller ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
Number One at Tandem Press: Sam Gilliam & William Weege reception Tandem Press Arts via No rules
Rachael Hunter, R-Lo reception Carnelian Art Gallery Arts via No rules
Wetland Community Gathering at The Spirit Room Arts via No rules
Día de los Muertos Madison Enterprise Center-Common Wealth Gallery Arts via No rules
Feestet Skip's After Market ArtsFestivalFood via No rules
Gallery Night Arts via No rules
Dane Arts Calendar & Poster Reception Aubergine Arts via No rules
Nick Matthews The Mill, Paoli ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
Dairyland Dancers Garver Feed Mill Arts via No rules
WCBVI Gallery Night Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired Arts via No rules
Four Directions | One Community reception Edgewood University-The Stream Arts via No rules
ALL 10th Anniversary Retrospective reception Arts + Literature Laboratory Arts via No rules
DJ Chuck Money Lola's Hi/Lo Lounge ArtsMusic via No rules
Ced Ba'etch' Park Hotel-The Post ArtsMusic via No rules
Adult Camp Pawprint Dane County Humane Society Arts via No rules
Johnny Chimes Louisianne's, Etc., Middleton ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
"Recollection" curator tour Chazen Museum of Art Arts via No rules
Elizabeth Mary Fairway Lounge, Fitchburg Arts via No rules
Friday Night Zoom Sewing Arts via Mad Mod
English Conversation Time Christ Presbyterian Church Arts via No rules
Let There Be Light UW Cinematheque Arts via No rules
Forward Madison FC Watch Party Breese Stevens Field Arts via No rules
Jeffrey James, Cassidy Lund Cargo Coffee-East Washington ArtsFree via No rules
SunDance One Social Food Hall ArtsComedy via No rules
Wage War, We Came as Romans, Varials, Cane Hill The Sylvee ArtsMusic via No rules
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Arts via No rules
Tony John & the Flatland Stringband Hop Garden, Belleville ArtsMusic via No rules
Louka & Co. UW Memorial Union - Der Rathskeller ArtsFreeMusic via No rules
Sharp Dressed Men VFW Post 7591-Cottage Grove Road ArtsMusic via No rules
Open Jam Imaginary Tea, Waunakee ArtsMusic via No rules
The Nature of True Friendship The Crossing Arts via No rules
Girls Night Out Crucible Arts via No rules
Ex Libris Central Library ArtsCommunityDrinkFood via No rules
Gerri DiMaggio Trio Cafe Coda ArtsMusic via No rules
The Honey Pies Lakeside Street Coffee House ArtsComedy via No rules
Healing Ourselves and Others: Receiving the Empowering Blessings of Medicine Buddha Kadampa Meditation Center Madison Arts via No rules
Sista Sensi & the Buds Cafe Coda ArtsMusic via No rules
Bright Victory UW Cinematheque Arts via No rules
Dragonsocks & Queen of the Universe Broom Street Theater ArtsTheater via No rules
Michael Bell Wil-Mar Center ArtsMusic via No rules
Sharona & Ray Ray KurNiki's, Pine Bluff Arts via No rules
Adem Tesfaye Yahara Bay Distillers, Fitchburg ArtsDrinkMusic via No rules
La Cenerentola UW Music Hall ArtsMusicTheater via No rules
Lizzy & the Triggermen Stoughton Opera House ArtsMusic via No rules
DJ Kelly Aiglon Lola's Hi/Lo Lounge Arts via Comedy
Andy Schneider, Adam Nelson, Jim Ripp Ivory Room Arts via Comedy
Back to the Scene DJs The Red Zone/The Annex Arts via Comedy
DJ Choko Loco Come Back In Arts via Comedy
DJ Michael Stavros The Rigby Arts via Comedy
DJ Sneaky Gator Cafe Coda Arts via Comedy

Sat Nov 7

Fall Craft Fair Middleton Senior Center ArtsFree via No rules
Young Entrepreneur Craft Fair Middleton Public Library, 7425 Hubbard Avenue, Middleton, WI, 53562, United States ArtsNetworking via Visit Middleton
Cool School Cafe Coda Arts via Comedy
Stan Godfriaux, Rand Moore, John Widdicombe Seven Acre Dairy Company, Paoli Arts via Comedy
Healing Ourselves and Others: Receiving the Empowering Blessings of Medicine Buddha Kadampa Meditation Center Madison Arts via No rules
Sing a Song Madison Youth Arts Arts via Comedy
Hearthside Dinners Wade House, W7965 State Hwy 23, Greenbush, WI, 53026, United States ArtsEducationFood via WHS Upcoming Events
Golden DJs Majestic Theatre Arts via Comedy
Nellie Hop Garden Brewing & Tap Room, Evansville Arts via Comedy
Craft & Entertain: Hand Built Clay Charcuterie Boards Center Ground Studios, 504 E Main St, Mt. Horeb, WI, 53572, United States ArtsEducation via Our Lives
How-to Fest Middleton Public Library, 7425 Hubbard Avenue, Middleton, WI, 53562, United States ArtsCommunityEducationFamilyFestivalFree via Visit Middleton
Dale Eric Glaudell Spring Green General Store and Cafe Arts via Comedy
Madison Flute Club Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Raymond Road Arts via Comedy
The Cooling Unit Bailey's Run Vineyard, New Glarus Arts via Comedy
Tom Waselchuk & Doug Brown The Mill, Paoli Arts via Comedy
Felting Freestyle: Wisconsin Art Hub Wisconsin Art Hub, 145 W. Main, Cambridge, WI, 53523, United States ArtsEducation via Dane Buy Local
DJ Evan Woodward Lola's Hi/Lo Lounge Arts via Comedy
Monkey Business Institute Glass Nickel Pizza - Atwood Ave. ArtsComedy via Comedy
Jim Erickson Louisianne's, Etc., Middleton ArtsFreeMusic via Comedy
Piano Fondue Lake Windsor Country Club, Windsor Arts via Comedy
Anthony Cao Ivory Room Arts via Comedy
Sarah Burgess, Hanz Holzen Cargo Coffee-East Washington Arts via Comedy
San Leandro Up North Pub Arts via Comedy
Tenmonthsummer, Barely Civil, Los Kausas, Ourvanity, The Up & Up, The Brash Menagerie, Irish Goodbyes High Noon Saloon Arts via Comedy
The Trophy Husbands Hop Garden, Belleville Arts via Comedy
Ryan McGrath Band The Fharmacy Public House, Lake Mills Arts via Comedy

Sun Nov 8

Dragonsocks & Queen of the Universe Broom Street Theater ArtsTheater via No rules
The Moors Bartell Theatre ArtsComedyTheater via No rules
La Cenerentola UW Music Hall ArtsMusicTheater via No rules

Mon Nov 9

Button Trees Memory Cafe Powers Memorial Library (Palmyra), 115 W. Main St., Palmyra, WI, 53156, United States ArtsCommunityFamily via Library Memory Project
Cross Stitch Bayview Community Center, 103 La Mariposa Lane, Madison, WI, 53715, United States Arts via Bayview Foundation
UBU Studios: Mystery Maker Mondays East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Court, Madison, WI, 53704, United States ArtsEducation via East Madison Community Center
NH Open Art Studio Arts via Programs

Tue Nov 10

Knitting Club Bayview Community Center, 103 La Mariposa Lane, Madison, WI, 53715, United States Arts via Bayview Foundation
Still Life Drawing Sessions Ugly Dumpling Studio, 630 Grand Canyon Dr, Madison, WI, 53719, United States ArtsCommunity via Our Lives
La Cenerentola UW Music Hall ArtsMusicTheater via No rules

Wed Nov 11

New Beginnings Neighborhood House Arts via No rules
Project Projection Arts + Literature Laboratory ArtsFilmFree via No rules
Dragonsocks & Queen of the Universe Broom Street Theater ArtsTheater via No rules
The Moors Bartell Theatre ArtsComedyTheater via No rules
Mic on State Comedy on State Arts via Comedy on State
DJ Frecuencia Infinita Sotto ArtsMusic via No rules
Ongoing events 16 events
The Science of Human Thriving: Celebrating 100 Years of the Child Development Lab UW Nancy Nicholas Hall-Ruth Davis Design Gallery ArtsEducation via No rules
As it Seems Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Arts via No rules
Color Power Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research Arts via No rules
Svetlana Neshlyaeva Driftless Historium, Mount Horeb Arts via No rules
Interwoven Textile Arts Center Arts via No rules
Dia de los Muertos Display ArtsCommunityHoliday via Capitol Events
Lois Peterson, Stacey Steinberg Overture Center-James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy Arts via No rules
In the Moment UW Pyle Center Arts via No rules
PhotoMidwest Nature Group UW Arboretum Visitor Center Arts via No rules
Pau S. Pescador Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Arts via No rules
PhotoMidwest Nature Group UW Arboretum Visitor Center Arts via No rules
Number One at Tandem Press: Sam Gilliam & William Weege Tandem Press Arts via No rules
Sam Gilliam Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Arts via No rules
Wm. J. "Bill" Krupinski Art Hub, Cambridge Arts via No rules
Rachael Hunter, R-Lo Carnelian Art Gallery Arts via No rules
Indigenous Wisconsin: Beyond Acknowledgement Madison College-Truax Campus ArtsEducation via No rules