{"id":9736,"date":"2025-04-10T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:07:09","slug":"the-weekend-ahead-april-11-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=9736","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Ahead April 11-13, 2025"},"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>Concerts, Musicals, Other Performances<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overture.org\/tickets-events\/2024-25-season\/madison-symphony-orchestra-yearnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madison Symphony Orchestra<\/a>: Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13 at Overture Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoughtonoperahouse.com\/events\/2025\/4\/11\/bodeans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BoDeans<\/a>: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 at Stoughton Opera House<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/badgerband.wisc.edu\/springconcert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UW Varsity Band Concert<\/a>: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 and 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at Kohl 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 11 through Sunday, April 13 at Alliant Energy Center<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/580430804820189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin Vintage Fest<\/a>: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at Monona Terrace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Barstool-Challenge-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Barstool Open\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Barstool-Challenge-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Barstool-Challenge.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Parties, Galas, Food-Related Events<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1212994083860308\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bud Light Barstool Open<\/a>: 10 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at various locations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1148971300125555\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Souper Bowl<\/a>: noon Saturday, April 12 at West High School<\/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. Indiana<\/a>: Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13 at Goodman Diamond<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcityultras.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mad City Ultras<\/a>: 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at Vilas Park<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/Info\/WI\/CottageGrove\/ParkinsonsHalfMarathon5kand1MileWalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkinson&#8217;s Half Marathon &amp; 5K<\/a>: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at Bakken Park (Cottage Grove)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatthebluescruise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beat the Blues Cruise Run\/Walk<\/a>: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at Keva Sports<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1153509732924529\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Midwest 7s NCR Qualifier<\/a>: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/madcapshockey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madison Capitols vs Green Bay<\/a>: 7:05 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at LEGACY20 Arena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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":5171,"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":[229,16,4,34,55,231],"class_list":["post-9736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do","tag-cottage-grove","tag-downtown","tag-middleton","tag-near-west","tag-south-side","tag-stoughton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736","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=9736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9739,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions\/9739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}