A community rich in arts and culture, Madison offers a potpourri of performing arts options ranging from opera and live theater to ballet and the symphony.
Awaken your senses and send your soul soaring with classical and pops concerts by the Madison Symphony Orchestra. The resident orchestra of Overture Hall, performances are held September thru May.
Providing teaching and performance opportunities, the Madison Ballet offers top notch productions and educational initiatives aimed at providing access and promoting appreciation of ballet.
The Madison Opera explores innovative and culturally diverse works while focusing on widening the appreciation and awakening young audiences to the excitement of opera.
Already well steeped in venues ranging from quaint to exquisite, the city is growing its civic appeal thanks to the development of the Overture Center for the Arts. The new mecca of Madison’s Performing Arts offerings, the Overture Center for the Arts showcases internationally acclaimed jazz, classical, opera, musicals, dance, world music, family entertainment and much more.
Still more offerings include bluegrass music with the Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, the best in world and classical music, dance and travel films at the Wisconsin Union Theater or chamber orchestra performances year-round at the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.