Literary-art Events in Madison

Check out happening literary-art events all around Madison, WI

Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales

 Fri, 10 Apr at 06:00 pm Capitol Theater At Overture Center for the Arts

History Sandwiched In Spring 2026

 Tue, 10 Mar at 12:30 pm 1 S Pinckney St, Madison, WI 53703-2808, United States

Alan Doyle with special Guests Bandits on the Run

 Thu, 07 May at 08:00 pm Atwood Music Hall

The Ike Reilly Assassination

 Wed, 11 Mar at 08:00 pm The Bur Oak

Ancient Futures Fest: Cardinals Folly, Vanishing Kids, Flying Fuzz, Mind Ox, The Heavils, Gildir

 Sat, 02 May at 06:00 pm The Bur Oak

The Comedy Bunker

 Sat, 07 Mar at 08:00 pm Hotel Indigo Madison Downtown, an IHG Hotel USD 16 to 21

Comedy at The Cabaret! MAR 5

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:30 pm The North Street Cabaret USD 13

Patricia McConnell in Conversation with Maggie Ginsberg

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm Mystery to Me Free

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap

Fri, 27 Feb at 07:30 pm 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Visual and Theatre Arts Center, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53711

ATOM STRING QUARTET

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm The North Street Cabaret USD 30 to 36

Novel Writing Workship with David McGlynn

 Sat, 21 Feb at 10:00 am 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715

City Connections

 Sat, 28 Feb at 01:00 pm 2458 Pennsylvania Ave Free

Jacquelyn Mitchard: THE BIRDWATCHER

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703

Empowerment Self Defense Seminar

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:30 pm MKG International Martial Arts Madison

Amy-Jill Levine at First UMC Madison

 Fri, 17 Apr at 09:00 am First United Methodist Church USD 15 to 150

Science + Literature: The Science of Hope

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm Madison Public Library - Central Free

Nick Petrie in Conversation with Amy Pease

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Mystery to Me Free

Wisconsin Conference on Latino Arts & Culture

 Thu, 14 May at 10:00 am Centro Hispano of Dane County USD 300

Weather in a Changing Climate

 Tue, 24 Feb at 08:00 am 821 E Washington Ave USD 0 to 23

Madison Reads Leopold: Voices of a Land Ethic

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:00 pm UW-Madison Arboretum

IL Days 2026

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 am Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Free

Fatherhood Unfiltered: Building Bonds & Breaking Barriers

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:00 pm 2352 S Park St, Madison, WI 53713-1903, United States

Erica Ruth Neubauer and Rob Osler

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Mystery to Me Free

Streams of Consciousness Workshop

 Sat, 21 Feb at 01:30 pm Broom Street Theater

Loud N Unchained Theater Co Presents: Black Love, Black Power, and Black Futures @ Communication

 Sat, 28 Feb at 06:30 pm 1741 Commercial Ave, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53704

Ryan Cahill: OF BLOOD AND FIRE

 Tue, 03 Mar at 07:00 pm 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703

Singleness is for Everyone A Night of Community, Theology, and Purpose

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:30 pm 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715

In Conversation: Sable Elyse Smith

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm Chazen Museum of Art Free

Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods

Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm 107 N Hamilton St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703

Visiting Artist Colloquium: Ben Blount

 Wed, 15 Apr at 05:00 pm Chazen Museum of Art Free

Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot: Stories Before, Between and Beyond the Combat Zone

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Wisconsin Veterans Museum Free

Andrew Lifson in Conversation with Doug Moe

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:00 pm Mystery to Me Free

March Watershed Reading

 Sat, 21 Mar at 07:00 pm 111 S. Livingston St. #100, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703

The United States and the Middle East: Geopolitics, Resistance and Power

 Fri, 17 Apr at 08:30 am Memorial Library Free

Allow Me To Explain by W. S. Gilbert

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm Arts + Literature Laboratory Free

Reading Group: Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart

 Tue, 21 Apr at 10:00 am 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715

"Literature and Democracy": In-Person Badger Talk in Madison, WI

 Wed, 08 Apr at 11:30 am 1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison, WI 53711-3515, United States

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:00 pm Madison Free

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Madison Free

Harmony Singing Workshop with Mike Schmidt

 Sat, 07 Feb at 12:00 pm Goodman Community Center - Iron Works USD 82

Home Efficiency & Electrification Mini Course

 Tue, 05 May at 05:30 pm 821 E Washington Ave USD 0 to 66