• Light Sleeper at Union South Marquee

    The Marquee Cinema 1308 W Dayton St #245, Madison, WI, United States

    "They figure you can tell a D.D. anything. Things they would never tell anyone else."

    Free
  • The Plains at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    David Easteal finds a new meditative grammar for the road movie in The Plains (2022), a rigorously composed docufiction epic about our habitual commute, the intimacy of impermanence...

    Free
  • All Is Forgiven at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    As Mia Hansen-Løve's directorial debut, All Is Forgiven (2007) is the logical birthplace of the cinematic tone that becomes distinct in her later films, like Bergman Island (2021).

    Free
  • Sonata (2021) at Union South Marquee

    The Marquee Cinema 1308 W Dayton St #245, Madison, WI, United States

    Coming-of-age biopic Sonata (2021) closes out the Polish Film Festival at the Union South Marquee, which begins on Sunday, November 13, with Illusion (2022), and then continues the following Sunday, November 20, with a triple feature.

    Free
  • When You Read This Letter at UW Cinematheque

    UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave / 4070 Vilas Hall, Madison, WI, United States

    Its atmospheric cinematography, stylistic complexity, and haunting ambiguities bring When You Read This Letter (1953) into alignment with director Jean-Pierre Melville's most sophisticated creations.

    Free
  • Kainalu, Javier Reyes, The Earthlings at Majestic

    Majestic Theatre 115 King Street, Madison, WI, United States

    This hometown show will celebrate the November release of Kainalu's second full-length album, Ginseng Hourglass. 

    $18 – $20
  • Haunted Ones at Crucible

    Crucible 3116 Commercial Avenue, Madison, WI, United States

    Vincent Presley and Lacey Smith's reissue-focused label Secret Records and their Haunted Ones DJ nights both focus on ferreting out treasures from the weirder corners of post-punk, industrial, and left-field electronic music.

    $5
  • After Yang at Union South Marquee

    The Marquee Cinema 1308 W Dayton St #245, Madison, WI, United States

    Kogonada retools futuristic technological conventions into a poignant tale of connection in After Yang (2021), a filmic tone poem, a metaphysical chamber play...

    Free
  • Tony Barba Blood Moon Quartet at North Street Cabaret

    North Street Cabaret 610 North Street, Madison, WI, United States

    Saxophonist Tony Barba's 2020 album Blood Moon introduced a distinct new dimension in an already unpredictable career spanning many corners of jazz and electronic music

    $15

Please note: For now, this is a listing of events that Tone Madison is hosting—including our quarterly-ish Office Hours meetups and occasional shows and workshops. We do not currently produce a listing of events around town, though we would like to in the future. But we do still preview shows, screenings, and other events around town in our stories.

If you are looking for a good local events calendar, we strongly recommend visiting our friends at Madison Minutes.

Want to send us info about an event? Email editor@tonemadison.com; please include all of the acts involved in the event, date, venue, showtime, ticket information, and any other information you think we should know. Send this information at least three weeks before the date of the event. We try to give everything fair consideration, but we do not and cannot preview all events, and we do not run submitted promotional copy.