Great Taste of the Midwest ★ 4.7
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, pours 200 craft brewers in one day.
Isthmus Beer and Cheese Festival at Alliant Energy Center, the January Wisconsin beer-and-cheese pairing event, runs 80-plus beer and beverage vendors with cheese pairings in tasting.
Address: 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713
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, pours 200 craft brewers in one day.
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 through October.
Marquette Waterfront Festival at Yahara Place Park, the east-side Marquette neighborhood June festival, runs live music, craft beer and Wisconsin food vendors on Yahara.
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 craft beer.
Madison Magazine Restaurant Week, the biannual prix-fixe dining promotion in late January and late July, runs three-course menus across 70 restaurants citywide.
Madison Craft Beer Week, the eight-day early-May celebration of Wisconsin breweries, runs tap takeovers, brewer dinners and tastings across breweries and bars citywide.