Common Council

The LAST Madison Night Market is Today

DOWNTOWN MADISON, WI – Madison's Central Business Improvement District (BID) celebrates the last Madison Night Market of the regular season!  

Madison is famous for great shopping, amazing food and a talented art scene and now these three community assets have come together again for a unique urban experience. The Madison Night Market is a celebration of Madison's unique and inspiring creative culture. Vendors showcase handmade products, local art, artisan gifts, and prepackaged foods. The event includes live music, special visiting food carts and pop-up restaurant experiences. The Madison Night Market is FREE to attend.  

The Market is hosted by the downtown property and business owners. Downtown Madison is home to a wide variety of local retail, restaurant and service businesses and more than 50 of these businesses are participating in the market by staying open later and offering a wide variety of special events and sales. Visit www.madisonnightmarket.com to find out more about these participating retailers and their special offers. Another 90+ local vendors make for a great mix of shopping and entertainment.   

The Market is held rain or shine.  

LOCATIONS & VENDORS 

The market is in the heart of the city, on State Street and on Gilman Street. Information, performances and more are located at Lisa Link Peace Park at 452 State Street. A complete map of participating businesses and vendor locations can be found at www.madisonnightmarket.com. And an easy-to-use Google map is here: https://bit.ly/22mnmSept 

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS 

At 4pm the City of Madison and Friends of Madison Arts Commission (FoMAC) will host a ribbon cutting for Madison's very first Rainbow Street Crossing. Learn more: www.friendsofmadisonarts.org. 

Since the fall of 2019, Former Alder Lindsay Lemmer and Alder Patrick Heck and City Staff have been working to create a program in which the City will place rainbow crosswalks in Madison if funding for the project is provided by contributions from the community. The top of State provides a test pilot of the program, a perfect opportunity to celebrate the contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community and signal a welcoming and inclusive Madison. 

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES 

In addition to local buskers playing throughout the market the following musical performances will take place.  

Little Priest Throughout the Evening 

In honoring the original people and song of the land of Dejope (Hocak word for the land called Madison) Ho-Chunk story, song and drumming by the Logan Brothers of Little Priest will take place at the top of State St.  

Hip Hop History 4:30 – 5:30pm 

Mark "Shah" Evans and Producer/DJ Pain 1 take you on a musical journey through Hip-Hop's audible history, both narrated and through live turntable performance. 

Edi Rey 6 – 8pm 

Edi Rey y su Salsera is a salsa band that plays Latin music in the rhythms of salsa, merengue, cumbia. The band was founded in 2013 and has been playing since then in many venues and festivals around Madison, Milwaukee, Dubuque, IA and more. The band also plays original tunes composed and arranged by its leader Edi Rey. 

ONLINE 

You can see the full details here: https://madisonnightmarket.com 

And follow along on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/madisonnightmarket/ 

Stay up to date on ALL downtown events here: https://visitdowntownmadison.com/events/ 

Photos, supporting images and other materials are here.  

# # #  

ABOUT MADISON'S CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID) 

The BID represents more than 390+ businesses and 250+ property owners. It works to provide services above and beyond the basic city taxpayer responsibility to generate an inviting, safe and inclusive entertainment and business destination that draws people from all parts of the city, county, region and the world.  

# # # 

Media Contact: 

Tiffany Kenney, Executive Director 

Madison's Central Business Improvement District (BID) 

t: (608) 512-1340 

Director@visitdowntownmadison.com 

Public Information Meeting #2: Please join the Madison Water Utility for a second public information meeting is Today

Well 15 PFAS Treatment Project – Public Information Meeting #2: Please join the Madison Water Utility for a second public information meeting on Thursday, September 8, 6pm-7:30pm, at the East Madison Community Center, 8 Straubel Court. Water Utility staff will present preliminary concepts on PFAS treatment solutions being considered for municipal drinking water Well #15. To learn more about the project, please visit www.cityofmadison.com/water/projects. Visit cityofmadison.com/water to subscribe to the Water Utility email list to receive news and other updates.