Music

Creative Tech Talk - Pixeldroid


December 13, 2024

Join Mitch Rosefelt (our featured artist for December) for a demonstration of AI as a professional and personal assistant.

This free event starts at 6 and will be about an hour.

Art Reception: Mitch Rosefelt


December 8, 2024

Come meet our featured artist for December and check out the art!

Mad City Story Slam: Homemade


December 6, 2024

The holidays are coming and we love to make things ourselves. A nice homemade meal, a hand-knit scarf, or a good story! So come join us to tell your best "homedmade" stories.

Mad City Story Slam - Burnt


November 8, 2024

Litteral or metaphorical, join us for our November slam to talk about all things 'burnt.' Burnt food, sick burns, burnout, or whatever else you can think of!

Art Reception for Bill Haywire


November 3, 2024

Come meet our featured artist for November, Bill Haywire, and check out his collection of photography.

Reception for "Shattered Coastlines: Glass Mosaics" by Mary Alice Holmes


October 20, 2024

Come check out our September art show and meet the artist, Mary Alice Holmes.

Mad City Story Slam - Spooky Season


October 4, 2024

Bring us your stories!

This month's theme is "Spooky Season."

Reception for "My Reality In Color" by Heather Sarabia


September 29, 2024

Stop down and check out this show. Heather Sarabia was a published poet and painter with autism who lived in Madison Wisconsin.

Willy Street Fair 2024!


September 22, 2024

We'll be open until 6pm. Stop in for coffee, cold brew, pastries, local art, tee shirts, and etc.

Willy Street Fair 2024!


September 21, 2024

We'll be open until 6pm. Stop in for coffee, cold brew, pastries, local art, tee shirts, and etc.

Mad City Story Slam - Homecoming


September 6, 2024

Bring us your stories!

This month's theme is "Homecoming."

Sign up to tell a 5-minute story at the mic, or just come to listen.

Happy Labor Day


September 2, 2024

We'll be open like normal. Coffee, cold-brew, more coffee, tea, cookies, cold brew, cupcakes, samosas, and etc.

Art Reception - Cute Critters


August 18, 2024

Come meet, August's featured artist, Jennifer Schaller.

1 - 3 pm.

Free.

Ride The Drive Bike Day!


August 11, 2024

Ride The Drive will be coming right by the cafe on Sunday, August 11.

Mad City Story Slam


August 2, 2024

Bring us your stories!

Sign up to tell a 5-minute story at the mic, or just come to listen.

Willy Street Park 40th Anniversary Celebration


July 20, 2024

The Willy Street Park Society invites you to celebrate its 40th Anniversary of Incorporation

Mad City Story Slam - Wild Side


July 5, 2024

Bring us a story about a time you let your hair down, got rowdy, or sailed away to an island for a wild rumpus.
Tell a 5-minute story at the mic, or just come to listen.

Poetry Open Mic


June 28, 2024

Come share your poetry with us and hear other poets' poems.
7:15 Sign up to read for 5 minutes
7:30 Performance

Closed for Electric Updates


June 24, 2024

Attention Customers!!

We will be closed Monday, June 24 for an electric upgrade

We are sorry for any inconvenience

Make Music Madison 2024!


June 21, 2024

The show will be outside Mother Fool's by our graffiti wall, unless the weather is bad, in which case we'll be inside.

Story Slam: Close Encounters


June 7, 2024

Be it a close call, a close friends, or a run in with other worldly being, come tell a story about a close encounter of any kind!

Poetry Open Mic


May 31, 2024

Come share your poetry with us and hear other poets' poems.
7:15 Sign up to read for 5 minutes
7:30 Performance

Art Reception for Ryan Swain


May 5, 2024

Come meet May's featured artist, Ryan Swain.

Prints will be available during the event.

Free and open to the public.

2 - 4 pm

Mad City Story Slam - Going to Grandma's


May 3, 2024

Bring us your stories about the shit your Grandma says, her wacky habits, the fun trips she took you on as a kid, or the reason she banned you from family gatherings.

Poetry Open Mic


April 26, 2024

Come share your poetry with us and hear other poets' poems.
7:15 Sign up to read for 5 minutes
7:30 Performance

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