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State Street

Madison, WI

About State Street

Running from the Capitol to the UW-Madison campus, State Street is Madison's legendary pedestrian mall lined with bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and record stores that flood with Badger fans on football Saturdays. The energy on a home game morning — Bucky Badger flags in every window, the distant sound of the marching band — is one of the Midwest's great college football experiences.

Located in Madison.

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Planning a Fan Trip Around State Street

State Street works as a daytime or off-window itinerary layer in Madison.

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State Street can be used as a planning anchor for fan weekends in Madison, especially when stacked with nearby events and celeb-linked city signals.

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State Street Entertainment District — Things to Do
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State Street Entertainment District

State Street is the pedestrian spine of Madison's fan culture, connecting the University of Wisconsin campus to the Capitol Square with a dense corridor of bars and restaurants that overflow with Badgers fans on home football Saturdays. The street turns scarlet on game days as thousands of fans in Wisconsin gear make their way between venues in a rolling, all-day celebration. Bar crawling down State Street has been a Badgers game-day tradition for generations of Wisconsin students and alumni.
State Street Fan Bar Crawl — Things to Do
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State Street Fan Bar Crawl

State Street — the pedestrian-only corridor connecting the University of Wisconsin campus to the State Capitol — is the spine of Madison's legendary game-day bar crawl tradition, packed with Badger fans in red and white moving between Old Fashioned, The KK, and State Street Brats from noon through kickoff. On home football Saturdays, Camp Randall's 80,000 roaring fans create a sonic backdrop that drifts the entire length of this remarkable two-kilometre gauntlet.

About State Street

Running from the Capitol to the UW-Madison campus, State Street is Madison's legendary pedestrian mall lined with bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and record stores that flood with Badger fans on football Saturdays. The energy on a home game morning — Bucky Badger flags in every window, the distant sound of the marching band — is one of the Midwest's great college football experiences.

State Street is located in Madison, WI.