Madison Bike Week is here! Madison & Dane County Budget listening sessions start this week. Lots of announcements and events.

Hello neighbors,

It’s Madison Bike Week! There are so many events, including rides, a press conference, parties, and even an event with Rudi the pig! Check out the options by map too.

Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page.

• Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include recognizing June as Pride Month.
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• Plan Commission: The Plan Commission meeting will take place on Monday, June 2, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Madison Municipal Building at 215 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Agenda items include staff updates on the Southwest and Southeast Area Plans.
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If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here.

Announcements and News Releases

• Madison police welcomes 71st recruit class: The Madison Police Department welcomed its 71st academy class this week. There are 35 recruits in this year’s class, including three accelerated academy officers. On Tuesday, they took an oath to serve and protect the people of Madison.
• New Testing Sites Added as Public Health Beach Monitoring Season Begins: This week, Public Health Madison & Dane County kicked off its beach monitoring efforts in Dane County.
• Walking Tour to Gather Business Feedback in Southeast, Southwest Madison: Teams of local business and local leaders will take part in a walking tour of the Southeast and Southwest Madison business community on Tuesday, June 3rd, from 9:00am – 12:00pm.
• Madison Celebrates Nature Everywhere Day 2025: The City of Madison continues its commitment to support the health and well-being of children, families, and the environment through equitable access to nature.
• Free Food Scraps Composting Drop-off Returns to South Madison Farmers’ Market on June 3, 2025: Free food scraps recycling drop-off returns to the South Madison Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.At the market drop-off site, you can bring us your spent coffee grounds, eggshells, and appropriate vegetable and fruit scraps.
• Christof Spieler Selected as Madison’s Director of Transportation : Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is pleased to announce the appointment of Christof Spieler as the City of Madison’s new Director of Transportation.
• Absentee Ballots Mailed for June 17 Special Election : The City of Madison Clerk’s Office has mailed absentee ballots to voters with requests on file for the June 17 Special Election to fill the District 1 seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors.
• Madison Fire Seeks Community Participation in Firefighter/EMT Interviews: Have a say in who serves you. Join a Community Panel to interview firefighter/EMT candidates!
• The Madison Area Sports Commission 2025 Youth Sports Grants have opened. The grants provide financial assistance to organizations in Dane County that serve youth in need, connecting them to sports activities that can provide lifelong enjoyment and health benefits. Since 2011, the MASC Youth Grant has awarded $520,000 to 92 local organizations. The deadline for this grant cycle is Friday, July 11.

Please visit the City news webpage to find additional news and announcements and to subscribe to receive notification of news releases as they are posted.

Events

• Madison Bike Week, Monday, June (This Event Occurs On Multiple Days): Bike Week celebrates riding to work, to the grocery store, to a park, to the library—or biking just to feel the warm wind blowing through your hair. Events happen all week long at various locations throughout the city.
• RoundTrip Commuter Station — Bikes, Buses, and Treats!, Tuesday, June 3: Join RoundTrip, the Greater Madison MPO, Metro Transit, City of Madison Traffic Engineering, and Madison BCycle for an afternoon commuter station on the Cap City Trail! This event celebrates car-free mobility with plenty of resources, treats, and giveaways to support your ride.
• Charge up Dane County, Tuesday June 3, 6-7pm, Urban League Hub, 2352 S Park St. What’s the fuss about EVs, and why should we care about public EV charging in our neighborhoods? Join us for a community open house to learn more, ask questions, and share your input on expanding access to affordable EV charging across Dane County.
• Black on the Wisconsin Frontier, 1725 – 1868, Wednesday, June 4: Presented by UW Madison Professor Christy Clark-Pujara. Black people have lived, labored, and raised families in the region that became the Midwest since the 16th century. They called the settlements and towns of Prairie du Chien, Racine, Green Bay, Lancaster, Milwaukee, and Menominee home. Yet their stories remain largely untold. Much of the historiography concerning the experiences of Black Americans has focused on the South, and large Northern and Midwestern cities, yet the full dimensions of the African American and American experience cannot be appreciated without reference to how black people managed their lives in places where they were few. This presentation will explore the histories of Black people in what became the state of Wisconsin, from the French colonial period in the 1720s through the American Civil War.
• 2026 Budget Engagement Meeting - Public Works, Wednesday, June 4: The meeting will feature an update of the 2026 budget process with Finance Director Dave Schmiedicke and presentations from the Engineering, Parks, and Streets divisions. The goal of this public meeting is to provide an opportunity for residents to speak directly with City staff about your ideas, concerns, and priorities for Madison’s future.
• Dane County Budget listening session, Wednesday, June 4, 5:30pm, Alliant Energy Center. Residents are encouraged to attend and share their ideas and priorities as the county works to navigate this difficult budget period together.
• Concerts on the Rooftop: Wheelhouse (Americana/Bluegrass), Thursday, June 5: Enjoy the unparalleled experience of sensational bands and breathtaking views at Concerts on the Rooftop! Dance the night away or just relax with family and friends, A truly unique Madison event. WheelHouse is a nationally touring Americana and bluegrass band hailing from Madison. As a full-time working band, they perform over 220 shows each year and have garnered attention from national labels. Featuring three- and four-part harmonies, fiddle and guitar leads, and driving rhythm of the upright bass, WheelHouse brings an energy and attitude unique to themselves.
• Wear Orange Weekend, Friday, June 6 (This Event Occurs On Multiple Days): Public Health Madison & Dane County is hosting a series of Wear Orange Weekend events raising awareness about the urgent need to end gun violence. Wear Orange Weekend is part of a nationwide campaign supporting Everytown for Gun Safety. It's an organization dedicated to ending gun violence, led by parents, students, survivors, educators, and more.
• Live at The Glen | Pecatonica String Quartet, Friday, June 6: Madison Parks Foundation is proud to present Live at The Glen! Enjoy live music on the patio at The Glen Golf Park. The Pecatonica String Quartet prides themselves on being able to delight audiences with their wide range of style and repertoire. From elegant classical compositions of Bach, Handel and Mozart to rockin’ Led Zepplin, Queen and Journey; you name it, they’ve got it. They play light jazz standards, classic oldies and many fun party hits of today.
• Bird & Nature Adventures | Tenney Park, Saturday, June 7: Join Naturalist Robin Kling for a free welcoming family-friendly guided walk to look for and learn about native trees and plants at Tenney Park. The Tenney Lagoon borders and other areas are being restored with more native plants for pollinators, birds and wildlife. Native plants also have many human benefits. Long before synthetic drugs were created to combat illness and disease native plants provided chemical compounds used by healers and physicians to deal with heart disease, vitamin deficiencies and to fight bacterial infections. Learn to use the Seek app to identify plants and learn more about them.
• Bird & Nature Adventures | Turville Point, Sunday, June 8: Join Master Naturalist and avid birder Melissa Kesling for a free fun family friendly outing to discover beautiful winding nature trails leading to the central prairie past and old pine groves to views of Lake Monona and Turville Bay.
• Come to the Alliant Energy Center, Lake Rooms, Exhibition Hall (upstairs) to fill and file “Discharge and Release of Discriminatory Restriction Affecting Real Property,” June 17 from 5-7:30 p.m. Bring a legal form of identification. Dane County is gathering the property and legal professionals you need to perform this restorative act at this free event. Be one of several hundred property owners to share in this significant collective action.  Come enjoy opening remarks from County Executive Melissa Agard, Board Chair Patrick Miles, Wes Sparkman, Director of the Office of Equity & Inclusion, and others. To look up your property and see if this applies to you and for more information, visit Prejudice in Places.
• Save the date for the Disability Pride Festival on July 26, 1-5pm at Warner Park!

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar.

Best wishes,

Regina Vidaver