Event Listings
Comedy Night
Join us for our first (of hopefully many!) Comedy Night. Lots of laughs and lots of great beer. Sign us up!!!
Cinco de Cuatro
Happy Cinco de Cuatro! Or Happy Cinco de Mayo eve! Or Happy Saturday!
Whatever you want to call it, we’ve got a festive day going at Working Draft on Saturday, 5/4!
We’re releasing our No Esta Mal Mexican-Style Lager, a light-amber lager that is clean, crisp, and light-bodied w/ a hint of caramel flavor.
We also have a Mi Casa Es Su Casa Mexican food truck popping up from 1-7. And throw in some fun, festive music, baby you got yourself a fiesta going!
Blind Tiger Night Market
Join us as we host our first Blind Tiger Night Market. Between 5-9pm, there will be something for everyone, including:
— Over a dozen Madison- and Milwaukee-area artists and makers are bringing their crafts
— Opportunities to DIY crafts yourself
— Common Pasta food truck will be feeding us
— Ice Cream Social is bringing dessert
— DJ Dudley Noon will be spinning records
— Working Draft is releasing a new beer, Blind Tiger Amber Alt!
Enjoying great beer and food, listening to great tunes, browsing amazing one-of-a-kind crafts, all under the moonlight? Sounds perfect!
Drinking with Clint
Take a sensory stroll through WDBC beers with Clint Lohman, our talented head brewer.
Ten lucky people will be able to hang in the WDBC brewhouse with Clint as he guides you through a flight of what current WDBC beers are most exciting to him. You'll even get to get a preview of some beers directly out of the tanks, including this year’s Above Ground Pool Premium Light American Lager.
Tickets are $30 each. If you're not one of the lucky ten people to claim a ticket for this event, don't fret, we'll be doing this every three months or so.
Makers Market 5/18
Get out and shop local this Spring! The Madison Makers Spring Market & Pub-Crawl is taking place Saturday, May 18th, 2024 from Noon to 5pm.
This is a family friendly event, with fun holiday shopping for the entire family!
Find gifts within the handmade community and meet the makers who create what you take home in categories like Knit Goods, Candles, Jewelry, Paper Goods, Bath & Body, Baked Goods & Confections, Kids Toys, Wood & Metal Work, Cross Stitch & Embroidery, Fiber Arts, Photography, Live Sketching... and the list goes on!
This event is free and no tickets are needed to come and enjoy the fun! You only pay for the items you want to buy from vendors, and the drinks or food you want to enjoy.
We also have Devine Grilling popping up with his tasty soul food!
Madison Astronomy On Tap: Weaving an Evening Among the Stars
Join us for May 2024 edition of Madison, WI Astronomy on Tap!
We are going to learn about planets and stellar systems, solar activity, and the history of the UW-Madison observatory!
The evening will be filled with astronomy trivia (and prizes!), demos, and ample time to ask your local UW-Madison astronomers many questions!
Celebrity Beertender Night - Big Brothers Big Sisters
Come enjoy a couple of great beers and raise money and awareness for a great cause!
The good people from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County will be stepping behind the bar and pouring WDBC beers, telling us about the great work that BBBS does, and how you can get involved. And make sure you tip well, since all tips earned by the Celebrity Beertenders will go straight to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County!
Great beer, great service, and a great cause. See you there!
Brazilian Night! Samba Music Plus Brazilian Food Pop-Up
Join us at Working Draft Beer Co for a night of samba music and tasty food. Saideira Pagode will be bringing their Brazilian rhythms and Lorraine will be serving Brazilian food!
Food is served from 5-8ish pm and the samba will fill the taproom from 7-9 pm. And of course, the WDBC taps will be flowing from 3-10 pm.
Working Draft Beer plus Brazilian food plus Brazilian music? Yes please!
Fiddlesticks Knits Pop-Up
Fiddlesticks sells sustainably-made, vegan, cruelty-free yarn. This queer-owned business will be popping up with their curated collection of yarn in the WDBC taproom.
Don’t forget to get a plate from The Walking Jerk, a food truck serving vegan Jamaican-style tacos and cuisine.
Sounds like a fun Sunday!
Working Draft Beer Co. 6th Anniversary Weekend
Working Draft is turning six in March! We are going to celebrate in style, with a weekend filled with beer releases, food trucks, games, and community involvement.
Beer releases:
Friday - Double Pulp Culture Hazy IPA and Closer Enough to More Perfect Triple IPA
Saturday - Wurkvar Bohemian-Style Pale Lager, Rippin’ Heaterz Smoked Czech Lager, and GABF Gold Medal Winning Klosterade Doppelbock Lager
Sunday - A Woman's Place is in the Brewhouse White IPA (Pink Boots Collaboration), Popthiccle Smoothie Seltzer, “Pink” Seltzer
Food Trucks:
Friday - Devine Grilling soul food 1-8pm, The Walking Jerk vegan Jamaican jerk-style tacos & cuisine 4-8pm
Saturday - Sabor Regio tacos & Common Pasta cuisine 12-8pm
Sunday - Barrett’s Bagels & Rusty Dog Coffee 11-3pm, Thailand in a Truck 3-6pm
Other Frivolity:
Friday - Bag toss, beer, talking with friends, beer, and beer
Saturday - Bigtooth Bluegrass Band on the patio from 2-4pm, DJ AV spinning Down Tempo, Deep House, and Nu-Disco from 6-9pm in the taproom, bag toss, beer, etc.
Sunday - Artist-in-Residence Katie Martz pop-up 1-5, beer, ignoring friends, and more beer
Sunday we are celebrating all of the women and non-binary people of and what they do for Working Draft with the release of our Pink Boots Society collaboration. Pink Boots Society supports and encourages women and non-binary people in the fermentation world.
And if you're wondering, our official birthday is March 5th, but we're celebrating March 29th - 31st. What else would you expect from a brewery that celebrates New Years at 6pm?
Brazilian Night! Samba Music Plus Brazilian Food Pop-Up
Join us at Working Draft Beer Co for a night of samba music and tasty food. Saideira Pagode will be bringing their Brazilian rhythms and Bloom Blaso Cakes will be serving savory finger foods like coxinhas, saltenhas, and empanadas!
Food is served from 5-8ish pm and the samba will fill the taproom from 7-9 pm. And of course, the WDBC taps will be flowing from 3-10 pm.
Working Draft Beer plus Brazilian food plus Brazilian music? Yes please!
Drinking with Clint
Take a sensory stroll through WDBC beers with Clint Lohman, our talented head brewer.
Ten lucky people will be able to hang in the WDBC brewhouse for an hour with Clint as he guides you through a flight of what current WDBC beers are most exciting to him. You'll even get to get a preview of some of our Anniversary beers straight from the tank
Tickets are $30 each. If you're not one of the lucky ten people to claim a ticket for this event, don't fret, we'll be doing this every three months or so.
St. Paddy’s Day Celebration w/Weary Traveler
Throw on your green, come to Working Draft Beer Co, and celebrate your Irish heritage. Even if you don't have any!
Working Draft will be partnering up with The Weary Traveler for a day of fun, including:
-- Special release of a WDBC Dry Irish Stout
-- Food from Weary from 1-8pm
-- The Weary Traveler's own Chip will be spinning records from 6-9pm
Delicious beer, tasty food, great vibes, and great friends. Sign us up!
Comedy Night
Join us for our first (of hopefully many!) Comedy Night. Lots of laughs and lots of great beer. Sign us up!!!
MNA Winter Bingo Social
Hello, Marquette area residents!
Your neighborhood association will be hosting a Winter Social event on Tuesday, February 27th from 5-9pm at Working Draft. There will be drop-in rounds of bingo featuring prizes from neighborhood businesses, catering by Ahan, and great local beer.
Food available 5-8pm, drinks 5-9pm.
All current members of the Marquette Neighborhood Association will receive a complementary food or drink item, and you can also become a member at the door to take advantage of this deal.
Come by, chat with your neighbors, and enjoy a night out at one of our thriving local businesses. See you there!