Food Festivals in Madison

Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser

Beer & Cheese Fest, once billed as the Isthmus Beer and Cheese Festival, fills Alliant Energy Center in Madison with 80-plus beer and beverage vendors and Wisconsin cheese samples.

Madison Magazine Restaurant Week, the biannual prix-fixe dining promotion in late January and late July, runs three-course menus across 70 restaurants.

Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser

Madison Night Market on State Street, the downtown pedestrian market evening series with food trucks and craft stalls, runs one Thursday each month from May.

Marquette Waterfront Festival at Yahara Place Park, the east-side Marquette neighborhood June festival, runs live music, craft beer and Wisconsin food.

Great Taste of the Midwest at Olin Park on Lake Monona, the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild's second-Saturday-of-August beer festival since 1987.

Taste of Madison on Capitol Square, the Labor Day weekend festival since 1983, sets up 80-plus restaurants around the Capitol with live music and Wisconsin.