{"id":8954,"date":"2024-04-18T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=8954"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:03:59","slug":"the-weekend-ahead-april-19-21-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=8954","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Ahead April 19-21, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/The-Weekend-Ahead.jpg\" alt=\"the-weekend-ahead\" width=\"734\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/The-Weekend-Ahead.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/The-Weekend-Ahead-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a curated list of some of the major Madison, WI events happening this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UW-Varsity-Band-Concert-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"UW Varsity Band Concert\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UW-Varsity-Band-Concert-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UW-Varsity-Band-Concert-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UW-Varsity-Band-Concert-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UW-Varsity-Band-Concert-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/UW-Varsity-Band-Concert-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Concerts, Musicals, Other Performances<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/badgerband.wisc.edu\/springconcert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UW Varsity Band Concert<\/a>: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Kohl Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overture.org\/tickets-events\/2023-24-season\/wisconsin-chamber-orchestra-virtuoso-violin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra<\/a>: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 at Overture Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overture.org\/tickets-events\/2023-24-season\/kathy-griffin-my-life-on-the-ptsd-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathy Griffin<\/a>: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21 at Overture Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Festivals, Expos, Community Events<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwesthorsefair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midwest Horse Fair<\/a>: Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21 at Alliant Energy Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/recordstoreday.com\/Stores?new_search=madison+wi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Record Store Day<\/a>: Saturday, April 20 at various locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Parties, Galas, Food-Related Events<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allcampusparty.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All-Campus Party<\/a>: Sunday, April 14 through Friday, April 19 at various locations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.affordabledentalmadison.org\/gala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sparkles and Smiles Gala<\/a>: 5 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Monona Terrace<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahamadison.ejoinme.org\/MyEvents\/20232024MadisonWIHeartBall\/tabid\/1425513\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart Ball<\/a>: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Edgewater Hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sports, Races<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwbadgers.com\/sports\/softball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UW Softball vs. Penn State<\/a>: Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21 at Goodman Diamond<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcityultras.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mad City 50K &amp; Relay<\/a>: 8 a.m. Saturday, April 22 at Vilas Park<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/WI\/Madison\/2023UWMadisonSAVMAWagsforWellness5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wags for Wellness<\/a>: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 20 at UW Lakeshore Path<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forwardmadisonfc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forward Madison FC vs. UW Men&#8217;s Soccer<\/a>: 5 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Breese Stevens Field<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/WI\/Madison\/BuckysRaceforRehab2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bucky&#8217;s Race for Rehab<\/a>: 11 a.m. Sunday, April 21 at UW Marching Band practice field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo from UW Marching Band Facebook page<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a curated list of some of the major Madison, WI events happening this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[16,55],"class_list":["post-8954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do","tag-downtown","tag-south-side"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8954"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8964,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8954\/revisions\/8964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}