(This is an update of a previous blog post.)
When you live a northern state like Wisconsin, you have to really take advantage of the seemingly few warm days we have. Madison, like Milwaukee, Chicago and other nearby cities, really crams a lot of events together from May to September.
Here is a list of things I look forward to doing each summer in and around Madison:
- Community festivals such as Verona Hometown Days
- Dane County Farmers’ Market, followed by Bloody Marys at Genna’s (which is open at 10 a.m. Saturdays during Farmers’ Market)
- Concerts on the Square
- Bike Night at Quaker Steak
- Boating on Lake Mendota (with a stop at Three-Foot Bay)
- Tubing on the Sugar River (and hanging out afterward at Wisconsin Riverside Resort)
- Concert at Breese Stevens Field
- Memorial Union Terrace
- Backyard concerts at Wisconsin Brewing Co.
- Governor Nelson State Park
- Golf outings (especially the Middleton Chamber’s)
- Sand volleyball
- Flea market at McGaw Park
- Madison Mallards Duck Blind
- Brewers tailgate
- A double-feature at Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre
- Live on King Street
- Mad-City Ski Team show
- Maxwell Street Days
- Art Fair on the Square
- Taste of Madison (and Taste of Madison judging)
What’s on your summer to-do list in Madison? Let us know in the comments section.
