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UW-Madison Homecoming
Madison, WI · Festival
- When
- September 28 – October 3, 2026
- Where
- State Street / Library Mall · Madison · WI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
UW-Madison's Homecoming week includes a free public parade down State Street plus campus-wide public events, culminating in the football game against Michigan State. It draws alumni from well beyond Wisconsin each fall, organized by the Wisconsin Union Homecoming Committee.
The history within reach
- UW-Madison Homecomingsame spot
UW-Madison's Homecoming week includes a free public parade down State Street plus campus-wide public events, culminating in the football game against Michigan State.
- UW-Madison Homecoming Paradesame spot
The UW-Madison Homecoming Parade runs down State Street from campus to Library Mall on the Friday evening of Homecoming week, featuring floats, marching bands and student organizations.
Among the oldest and largest state historical societies, holding the second-biggest collection of North American history after the Library of Congress, including most surviving American labour and abolitionist newspapers..
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, one of the largest film archives in the world, sits inside the Wisconsin Historical Society building at the top of State Street, and most people walking past have no idea.
A chamber music festival based at UW-Madison's Hamel Music Center, with one additional performance each at the Stoughton Opera House and Hillside Theater at Taliesin in Spring Green.