BID Events

This six-week festival sets downtown aglow with colorful lights and animated displays in Cathedral Square Park, Pere Marquette Park and Zeidler Union Square.

Returns September 8 - 15, 2022

Carve out time for the whole family on Saturday, October 29th for downtown's Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee, a new event ushering in the Halloween season in Red Arrow Park. With loads of pumpkins and handfuls of treats for kids of all ages, mark your calendar for the event that gives everyone pumpkin to talk about!

In its inaugural season, Heart(beats) of the City powered by MGIC will rock Red Arrow Park every Wednesday from June through August with beats and eats! Enjoy the the area's best food trucks and local bands performing on the upper terrace starting at noon. So round up your coworkers and MKE It Back to the heart of the city, where the beats will be bumping! 

Let Milwaukee's best talent sing, strum, and drum over your lunch break! Grab your sunglasses and lunch to-go and catch live local performances in the courtyard at 411 East Wisconsin Center every Thursday from June 2 to September 1, 2022. Pull up a chair next to the reflecting pool to soak up some sun and enjoy great tunes all summer long! 

Join us for our greatest homecoming. Downtown Employee Appreciation Week returns for its 16th annual year with lunchtime giveaways, music, and Office Challenge Games. Don't have FOMO. MKE It Back for the most fun you've had at work all year! 

Lift your spirits during five exclusive nights of sampling and sipping. Satisfy your palate and pocketbook with specialty priced small plates, appetizers and mixers at 25+ downtown hot spots. So round up your friends and belly up to the bar. Cheers!

Back for its fourth year, Sculpture Milwaukee will once again transform Milwaukee's main street, Wisconsin Avenue, into a world-class public art exhibition. New in 2020, the collection will extend into the Historic Third Ward neighborhood. 

Check out these exciting events in East Town, Westown and the Historic Third Ward.