City Life

Gatherings citywide mark Independence Day

UPDATE:  The Radicals won their game on June 22, and are 9-3 for the season.

Milwaukee can keep the Brewers and the Bucks. Madison has the Radicals.

After years of hosting successful club and college ultimate frisbee teams, Madison is now is home to a professional team: the Madison Radicals.

Madison will be transformed into an outdoor concert venue Friday with approximately 270 musical groups performing throughout the city on the longest day of the summer.

Make Music Madison is a “free, public celebration of music all across Madison” on June 21, according to its website.

Michael Rothschild, the Madison resident who spearheaded the event, got the idea from his nephew, who started Make Music New York after witnessing Paris’ summer solstice event.

The chilly June weather and slight drizzle of rain did not deter a sizable crowd from attending South Madison’s first of four community carnivals in June, called Eat Play Bike, Thursday.

Although the skies were gray during Madison's fifth Ride the Drive on Sunday, the turnout was good, with local vendors and non-profits lining Capitol Square.

Riders were able to service and register their bikes at the City of Madison Traffic's engineering and registry tent or learn about the Madison Parks Department at their booth.

105.5 Triple MMM hosted live music from local artists A Royal Clark, Crash the Lights, Amberstein and The Earthlings.