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  • An illustration shows multi-colored images of a keyboard, a turntable, a microphone, speakers, a "play" button," and sliders and indicators from a soundboard, all arranged in a grid-like pattern.

    Case Kämäräinen at Café Coda

    Café Coda 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, United States

    Case Kämäräinen's international dynamic pays off in the quartet's versatility.

    $20
  • A photo shows musician Roscoe Mitchell seated in front of a stucco wall with a tree between him and the wall. He is wearing goggles with dark lenses and colorful frames, a brown jacket, a red tie, and a white dress shirt.

    CodaFest at Café Coda

    Café Coda 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, United States

    The first-ever CodaFest is a five-night festival that impressively encompasses the sheer variety of jazz and improvised music Café Coda has showcased in Madison since opening in 2017.

    $50 – $275
  • John LeTour (Willem Dafoe) is shown writing at a desk in his largely empty apartment at night, shirtless. There is a tall, stylized lamp behind him and a wine bottle sitting on the table next to a glass.

    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
  • A shot from the backseat of Andrew Rakowski's Hyundai Elantra shows him (right) and director David Easteal in the passenger's seat (left) shortly after leaving their office park for the day.

    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
  • Annette (Marie-Christine Friedrich) and her young daughter Pamela (Victoire Rousseau) listen to the piano at a family gathering.

    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
  • Grzegorz Płonka (Michal Sikorski) plays the piano in his father’s study.

    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

  • Nightclub dancer Lola (Claude Borelli) stands ready to remove her clothes in front of the rakish Max (Philippe Lemaire), who regards her with smug indifference.

    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
  • A publicity photo shows Kainalu's Trent Prall standing in a sandy, desert- or beach-like landscape, with a dramatic blue sky in the background. Photo by Julianna Photography.

    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

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.