Marquette Waterfront Festival ★ 4.2
Marquette Waterfront Festival at Yahara Place Park, the east-side Marquette neighborhood June festival, runs live music, craft beer and Wisconsin food.
Madison Night Market is a food festival in Madison.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: State Street, Madison, WI 53703
Marquette Waterfront Festival at Yahara Place Park, the east-side Marquette neighborhood June festival, runs live music, craft beer and Wisconsin food.
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.
Madison Magazine Restaurant Week, the biannual prix-fixe dining promotion in late January and late July, runs three-course menus across 70 restaurants.
Madison Craft Beer Week, the eight-day early-May celebration of Wisconsin breweries, runs tap takeovers, brewer dinners and tastings at breweries and bars.
Isthmus Beer and Cheese Festival at Alliant Energy Center, the January Wisconsin pairing event, runs 80-plus beer and beverage vendors with cheese tastings.
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.