Entertainment Districts in Madison

The area surrounding Camp Randall Stadium presents sports bars serving Wisconsin Badgers game-day crowds near the UW-Madison campus.

Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota is one of the most beloved outdoor gathering spaces in America, presenting live music and lakeside beer service at UW-Madison.

Monona Terrace, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed convention center on Lake Monona, presents events and rooftop views in downtown Madison.

State Street connects the Wisconsin State Capitol to the University of Wisconsin campus, presenting the city's densest concentration of bars and restaurants.

State Street is Madison's most extraordinary entertainment corridor — a pedestrian mall connecting the University of Wisconsin campus to the State Capitol that has been the social and political heart of Wisconsin's most progressive city for 150 years. State Street's remarkable combination of outstanding independent bookstores, excellent restaurants, craft bars, and its role as the gathering place for Wisconsin's most political and progressive community create an entertainment district of genuine American progressive community historical significance.

Williamson Street (Willy Street) presents co-op groceries and independent bars in one of Madison's most bohemian neighborhoods.