Destination Madison

24/06/2024

Amazing things happen at the intersection of art and nature. 🍃🎨🎭

These top places to enjoy live music and performances in Madison, WI are sure to astound. Enjoy the arts under the sun, the moon or by the lake for the perfect summer experience.

23/06/2024

Wondering how our video, “With Love Madison” came to be? Take a peek behind the scenes and meet cinematographer Sam Li who helped make it all come to life.

Learn more about the making of "With Love, Madison," a video from Destination Madison in collaboration with videographer Sam Li. This video represents all the best things to see, do, taste and experience in Madison, WI.

19/06/2024

Concerts, fire dancers, sidewalk sales, National Mustard Day and more. Summer in Madison is all about fairs and fests. 🎊

Looking for Madison, WI, festivals & fairs? These events are sure to top your list.

16/06/2024

Did you know you can rent boats from the Edgewater, UW campus, near the Henry Vilas Zoo, in the heart of downtown and more? Find all the places to rent boats in Madison. ⬇️

The city of five lakes offers plenty of places to rent kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, paddle boats, pontoons and more. Find an easy-to-use boat rental for a day on Lake Mendota, Lake Monona or Lake Wingra.

13/06/2024

Madison is where family travel is made fun (and affordable). ☀️

Madison, WI is the perfect family-friendly vacation destination filled with lakeside outdoor fun, affordable attractions, approachable restaurants and hundreds of parks. Enjoy free and low-cost things to do with kids that the adults will love too.

12/06/2024

You better bet you’ll see us at La Fete de Marquette. 🎵⚜️

La Fête de Marquette is Madison's largest annual free music festival featuring funk, folk, soul, Latin and many more music genres. See local, regional and national bands perform at McPike Park every July and get a taste of Madison's east-side neighborhoods.

09/06/2024

Farm-to-table and grain-to-glass make Madison a great-to-visit destination. 😎

Join Pour Another Round as we celebrate this moment and share places where you can experience Madison’s culinary and beverage scene — some of which you can catch on Top Chef Wisconsin.

05/06/2024

✨🦩GIVEAWAY ALERT🦩✨

Have you been looking for the perfect kickoff to summer for you and your flock? If so, you’re in luck. We’ve partnered with Forward Madison FC to give away 10 TICKETS to one lucky winner for the June 15 Forward game at Breese Stevens Field.

And this is not just any game. This will be the first time in club history the ‘Mingos will be aired nationally on ESPN2 as they take on South Georgia Tormenta FC.

Click the link below to enter.

(Please be aware of any fraudulent accounts or scam activity. Destination Madison and Forward Madison FC are the only organizations who will reach out to winners regarding the giveaway).

https://www.visitmadison.com/giveaway/

We're giving away 10 tickets to the historic Forward Madison game on June 15.

04/06/2024

Have you ever wondered what James Beard-nominated chef Sean Pharr thinks about pizza? Feast your eyes on that number 2 spot. 👀🍕

From coast to coast, the U.S. is blessed with incredibly talented pizza makers. Just ask their fellow chefs.

04/06/2024

We are just three days away from the annual American Family Insurance Championship! This year is one you won't want to miss, with several previous champs returning to compete. ⛳

AND don't miss Train perform at Breese Stevens Field as part of the festivities.

Get your tickets. ⬇️

Learn about the AmFam Championship's history and find the schedule for the next event.

02/06/2024

Join us and 500 artists from around the world for the ultimate celebration of art July 13 and 14. 🖼️

The biggest annual arts fair in Madison, WI takes place right downtown on the Capitol Square and features more than 500 artists.

01/06/2024

Happy Pride Month. With love, Madison. ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Join us in celebrating by supporting our local LGBTQ+-owned businesses this month and all year long.

Madison, WI, is an LGBTQ+ friendly destination. Explore dozens LGBTQ+ owned businesses from bookstores to breweries to night clubs..

30/05/2024

Are you ready to leave the world a bit better than how you found it? Discover these voluntourism options that allow you to see more of Madison and feel good while doing it. 🌏

Are you looking for volunteer opportunities in Madison, WI that are easy to do in a day or weekend trip? Voluntourism is the act of getting involved with a community when you travel, and this list of top volunteer options for visitors in Madison makes it easy to get started.

29/05/2024

Do you know what year the iconic sunburst chairs made their debut? 🟠🟢🟡

At nearly 100 years old, this iconic Madison spot has picked up plenty of history and interesting facts. In that spirit, here are 20 things you might not know about Madison’s famed Memorial Union Terrace.

22/05/2024

Bravo’s Top Chef, the The New York Times and food enthusiasts all over the world agree. The Harvey House is a must-experience culinary destination. 😋

Take everything there is to love about a supper club and combine it with unique and insanely fresh ingredients, recipes and service and you have The Harvey House. Well, almost. Because even that doesn’t do justice to what New York Times recently named one of their 50 Favorite Restaurants of 2022.

20/05/2024

What does it take to create the ultimate visual love letter to Madison? Learn more about how Destination Madison and Sam Li collaborated to make our brand-new video “With Love, Madison.” ❤️✨

Learn more about the making of "With Love, Madison," a video from Destination Madison in collaboration with videographer Sam Li. This video represents all the best things to see, do, taste and experience in Madison, WI.

18/05/2024

Enjoying our lake-city-lake landscape is easy with these six convenient boat rental options located throughout the Greater Madison Area. 🚣🏽‍♂️⛵🚤🛶

The city of five lakes offers plenty of places to rent kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, paddle boats, pontoons and more. Find an easy-to-use boat rental for a day on Lake Mendota, Lake Monona or Lake Wingra.

15/05/2024

Here's to Madison! 🍻

Check out the brand new video from Travel Wisconsin featuring some stellar recommendations for how to spend a weekend in Madison.

Check out fun Madison attractions through Travel Wisconsin's travel series, Here's to Being Here!

14/05/2024

Here's to soaking up summertime in Madison. ❤️✨

Check out these awesome recommendations for a weekend getaway from our friends at Travel Wisconsin.

14/05/2024

Trade your standing desks and Zoom backgrounds for a lake-city-lake landscape. ☀️

With remote and hybrid work styles, more people are looking for places they can travel to while they work. Bleisure travel is a top trend in the tourism industry and Madison, WI is one of the best places to work while you travel.

13/05/2024

“... it’s also one of the most inspiring cities I’ve eaten my way through recently. And it should come as no surprise, given that it’s surrounded by an impressive farming culture headlined by young farmers, has a strong Hmong (Indigenous Southeast Asian) community that has contributed greatly to Madison’s Laotian food scene, and is drawing such acclaim that some of the latest season of Top Chef: Wisconsin is set there.”

With funky traditions, award-winning chefs, and access to some of Wisconsin’s best produce, Madison is a must-visit city for the food obsessed.

12/05/2024

Want to experience Madison like a Top Chef? Visit all the locations seen on the show with help from our complete guide to Top Chef in Madison. 🔪❤️

Learn more about all the Madison locations featured on Bravo's Top Chef Season 21 including the Dane County Farmers' Market, Graze, the Harvey House and more. Want to get the full Top Chef experience? Plan your trip to Madison now for a food-lover's ultimate vacation

11/05/2024

Summer in Madison is for the go-getters, the trend-setters and the memories that have never been better. 😎☀️

Don't let summer slip by. This list of things to do this summer in Madison has something for everyone and is the perfect tool for planning your Midwest summer vacation.

09/05/2024

Platinum-rated biking city = platinum-level fun. 🙌🏽

Sign up for Madison By Bike to start your biking adventure in Madison and earn prizes while doing it. 🚲

NEW THIS YEAR: Madison By Bike is available in English and Spanish!

Sign up now to start exploring the capital city, where pedaling is good but stopping is even better.

07/05/2024

Introducing “With Love, Madison,” a breathtaking new take on our buzz-worthy capital city. ❤️✨

From the soaring open above the Capitol — a literal 284-foot view of the city — to the first-person perspective of adventure after adventure, you’ve never seen lake-city-lake life like this. Whether this brand video is introducing you for the first time or made-in-Madison memories carved their way into your soul long ago, this visual love letter from Madison will have you planning a visit every time you press play.

🎥 Sam Li

06/05/2024

✨GIVEAWAY ALERT✨

There’s still time to enter to win tickets to some of the hottest concerts coming to Breese Stevens Field thanks to our friends at Wisconsin Distributors. Visit the page below to enter to win tickets to see:
🎶 Train on June 7
🎶 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on June 8
🎶 Pixies & Modest Mouse on June 22

Please be aware of fraudulent accounts. Winners will be notified via email only by a member of the Destination Madison staff.

This is your chance to win tickets to see Willie Nelson, Train, Robert Plant, Allison Krauss, Pixies and Modest Mouse at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin.

04/05/2024

Just three weeks until the World's Largest Brat Fest kicks off the start of summer in Madison. 🌭

Kick off the summer at the World's Largest Brat Festival, happening Memorial Day Weekend in Madison, WI.

02/05/2024

📣Calling all beer lovers. 📣

Tickets for Great Taste of the Midwest (SM) featuring more than 200 breweries from across the country go on sale Sunday.

Ready to plan your ultimate beer weekend getaway? We have all the tips. ⬇️

Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, WI welcomes dozens of the best breweries in the country together for one ultimate beer festival. But the festival isn't all. Enjoy Madison's craft beverage scene all weekend with citywide events at local bars and breweries.

29/04/2024

The biggest kickoff to summer in Madison is right around the corner. 🌭

Kick off the summer at the World's Largest Brat Festival, happening Memorial Day Weekend in Madison, WI.