Event Listings

Recurring Weekly Events

Lego Night Every Monday at 6:30

Come play with Lego at WDBC! We give you a category and you have 20 minutes to build something amazing.

The winner of each of three rounds wins a gift certificate to WDBC or Bricks and Minifigs - Madison.

Build by yourself or with a team. Kids are welcome and we always have food options available.

We've got the Lego covered, just bring your cool ideas!

Bingo Night Every Tuesday at 6:30

Join us for three or four rounds BINGO! It's free to play, you can win Working Draft merch, gift cards, and other fun prizes!

Like every day, we always have pizzas from Sal’s Tomato Pies and giant pretzels from Batch Bakehouse (and other snacks) if you need a bite while playing.

Yahtzee! I mean, Uno! Um, uh, oh yeah, Bingo!!!

Trivia Night Every Wednesday at 6:30

Play WDBC’s free house-made Trivia. Mat has been our Trivia Master for years and comes up with creative and challenging questions and Ryan, one of our beetenders, is the host.

The top three teams win WDBC gift cards (or other fun prizes) and the last place team gets to pick one category for the next week.

Seats fill up fast, so we recommend getting here early.

Other Events of Note

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Samba Night
Sep
17

Samba Night

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 we’ll have fresh, authentic Brazilian food as well!

Food service starts at 5 (and it goes pretty quickly!) 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? Sim por favor!

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Food Truck Friday - Banzo
Sep
18

Food Truck Friday - Banzo

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Banzo.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Food Truck Friday - Paul’s Pel’Meni
Sep
25

Food Truck Friday - Paul’s Pel’Meni

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Paul’s Pel’Meni.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Oktoberfest 2026 at Working Draft
Sep
11
to Sep 13

Oktoberfest 2026 at Working Draft

It’s time to celebrate all things German at Working Draft’s annual Oktoberfest!

During the weekend of September 11th through 13th, we’ll be celebrating the only way Working Draft knows how to do: with tons of great beer, food, music, dancing, and fun!

Here’s a taster of what you can expect at our Oktoberfest Weekend:

  • 16 German-style WDBC beers on tap, including Stackenblochen Oktoberfest Lager and HellerFest Festbier Lager (releases at noon on Friday)

  • Lots of fantastic food, including:

    • Friday - Sausage platters including Bavarian Sausage Haus sausages and German Potato Salad and Sauerkraut from Stalzy’s Deli

    • Saturday - Third Lake Sausage Treberwurst platters w/ sides from Stalzy’s Deli

    • Sunday - Pork shoulder braised with Stackenblochen and sides, all from Stalzy’s Deli

    • All Weekend - Potato Pancakes from Stalzy’s Deli and Big, soft pretzels from Batch Bakehouse

  • Music!

  • Hammerschlagen all weekend long

  • Stein holding competition on Sunday

  • Special schnapps flight and an Underberg cocktail

  • We’ll be showing the Packers vs. Vikings game at 3:25pm on Sunday. We’ll have it on the TV inside and on the patio outside. Go Pack Go!!!

Get your lederhosen and dirndl out from storage, practice your polka, and get ready for some German gemutlichkeit, Working Draft style.

Prost!

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Brats & Bloodys
Sep
6

Brats & Bloodys

We’re doing our Brats and Bloodys shindig on the first Sunday of this month (normally it’s the second Sunday of the month). What’s Brats and Bloodys you ask?

All day we’ll be serving Jenifer Street Market brats cooked in WDBC beer and house-made Bloody Marys.

We’ll have a full bloody fixin’s bar, including house made pickles, cheese cubes, meat sticks, green olives, onions, celery sticks, brussels sprouts, asparagus, limes, lemons, and more. Build your own :)

And you know there will be WDBC beer chasers.

So come hungry and thirsty!

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Food Truck Friday - Paul’s Pel’Meni
Sep
4

Food Truck Friday - Paul’s Pel’Meni

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Paul’s Pel’Meni.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Celebrate Working Draft's 2nd Underversary
Sep
4

Celebrate Working Draft's 2nd Underversary

Come celebrate two years of Underberg at Working Draft! 

We have a ton of fun and delicious ways to celebrate this tasty German digestive bitter, including:

  • We will have house-made Underberg ice cream

  • An Underberg toast at 6pm

  • Third Lake Sausage Company will be serving up Underberg-infused pickled eggs and Underberg-infused Landjaegers

  • A special Underberg cocktail

  • Under Pup Cups (Underberg topped with a Mliko pour)

  • Ice-Bergs (chilled Underbergs)

  • Underberg stickers that come with a taste of a special Underberg beer

My taste buds are getting fired up already. See you celebrate two years of Underberg delicousness at Working Draft Beer Co!!!

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Food Truck Friday - Banzo
Aug
28

Food Truck Friday - Banzo

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Banzo.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Cuban Sandwich Celebration at Working Draft Beer Co
Aug
22

Cuban Sandwich Celebration at Working Draft Beer Co

We are celebrating National Cuban Sandwich Day Saturday, August 22nd!

The Sandwich Hub will be popping up at 2-8pm to bring back their ridiculous Cubano Sandwich.

Want more? We’ll be serving house-made Mojitos and Cuba Libres!

Still not convinced? Baked Lab will be providing special Cuban treats.

Need some icing on the cake? TimbAché Cuban Dance Connection will be here to dance starting at 7. Interested in joining in / learning more about Cuban dance? They will be doing a tutorial at 7pm to help those of us who are rhythmically challenged :)

Great food, great music, great dancing, and great drinks? Sounds great!!!

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Food Truck Friday - El Grito
Aug
21

Food Truck Friday - El Grito

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is El Grito.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Samba Night
Aug
20

Samba Night

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 we’ll have fresh, authentic Brazilian food as well!

Food service starts at 5 (and it goes pretty quickly!) 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? Sim por favor!

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Shell-ebrate Oysters w/ Sardine at WDBC
Aug
15

Shell-ebrate Oysters w/ Sardine at WDBC

We couldn’t be more excited to host our friends from Sardine for day two of our Oyster Stout weekend party.

We collaborated on brewing an Oyster Stout. Sardine provided the oysters, we worked together on a recipe, and then we all got together and brewed a great beer.

But we’re not just tapping a delicious beer. Sardine is also popping up and shucking oysters right here at WDBC 🦪

We’ll be giving away some merch from WDBC and Sardine (that’s right, Sardine has merch now!).

And a bonus (if you needed one): If you attend both Friday and Saturday events, you get two free oysters here at WDBC on Saturday.

Like I said, we couldn’t be more excited. See you Saturday 8/15 here at Working Draft. And hopefully Friday 8/14 at Sardine as well :)

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Food Truck Friday - Sandwich Hub
Aug
14

Food Truck Friday - Sandwich Hub

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Sandwich Hub.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Shell-ebration Oyster Stout Release at Sardine
Aug
14

Shell-ebration Oyster Stout Release at Sardine

We’re taking our beer on the road - down the road to Sardine, that is.

We collaborated on an Oyster Stout - Sardine collected the oyster shells (with some help from Ben and Clint) and brewed the beer here at WDBC (with some help from the Sardine crew).

The first tapping is Friday, August 14th, at Sardine. It’ll be a night filled with fun:

  • Debut of the Sardine - Working Draft collab Oyster Stout

  • Free WDBC glassware with the purchase of a couple stouts (while supplies last)

  • WDBC and Sardine merch raffles

  • Of course Sardine’s oysters and delicious food menu will be available

One more fun thing to add. If you get a ticket for attending Friday night and attend the party at WDBC Saturday, you’ll get two free oysters on Saturday 🦪

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Brats & Bloodys & Lil Drifty Fest Finish
Aug
9

Brats & Bloodys & Lil Drifty Fest Finish

We’re doing our Brats and Bloodys shindig on the second Sunday of each month. What’s Brats and Bloodys you ask?

All day we’ll be serving Jenifer Street Market brats cooked in WDBC beer and house-made Bloody Marys.

We’ll have a full bloody fixin’s bar, including house made pickles, cheese cubes, meat sticks, green olives, onions, celery sticks, brussels sprouts, asparagus, limes, lemons, and more. Build your own :)

And you know there will be WDBC beer chasers.

So come hungry and thirsty!

And this is a special Brats & Bloodys. We’ll be hosting the finish line of the Lil Drifty Fest. What’s Lil Drifty Fest? It’s a wild, beer-fueled bash for riders, revelers, and anyone who loves a good story and a better party.

We’ll even have a band playing, the Kyler Cousio & Seth James Duo, from 1-3pm.

Want to participate? Click here for more info.

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Lager Kings of Wisconsin Pre-Great Taste of the Midwest party
Aug
7

Lager Kings of Wisconsin Pre-Great Taste of the Midwest party

Looking for something fun, creative, and delicious to do the night before the Great Taste of the Midwest?

Join us Friday, August 7th, as we host our friends from Milwaukee, Lakefront Brewery, for the Lager Kings of Wisconsin 🍺👑

We have a lot of fun in store for you, including:

  • Release of Workfront Czech-Style Amber Lager, a collaboration between WDBC and Lakefront

  • Melvis, an Elvis impersonator, performing from 2-5pm

  • Sandwich Hub slinging delicious sandwiches, including ‘Fat Elvis’ Sammies

  • Other Lakefront guest taps, including Dive Bar Lager on a side pull faucet

  • Parking lot turned into a biergarten, complete w/ seating and yard games

So grow your sideburns out and get ready for a Kingly night!

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Food Truck Friday - Sern Sapp
Jul
31

Food Truck Friday - Sern Sapp

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

Due to circumstances beyond their control, Sandwich Hub can’t pop up 7/31.

However, we’ll have some tasty morsels from our friendly neighbors, Sern Sapp:

  • Sein Daht / Lao Beef Jerky

  • Vegetarian Spring Rolls w/ Sauce

  • Chicken Pot Stickers w/ Sauce

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Food Truck Friday - El Grito
Jul
24

Food Truck Friday - El Grito

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is El Grito.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Above Ground Pool Party
Jul
17
to Jul 19

Above Ground Pool Party

We are throwing a backyard Tiki-Themed Above Ground Pool Party.

We will make the biergarten in the parking lot and fill it with pools, games, and of course, great beverages!

We’ll be tapping our Jacuzzi Nights Wild Rice Grand Cru, making the original Orange Dreamsicle Popthicccle, mixing up great tiki drinks, and of course, Above Ground Pool Premium American Light Lager.

And if you come hungry, we’ll have you covered there as well. We’ll be making food that you’d be proud to serve next to your Above Ground Pool at home, including burgers, brats, potato salad, and more.

We’ll have lots of games, including:

  • Limbo contest - Sign up starting at 3pm, contest starts at 4pm. On Saturday :)

  • Ring toss

  • Hula hoops

  • A midwestern version of Ulu Maika

  • Bags

  • Big Jenga

And we’ll be showing the World Cup games this weekend:

  • 3rd Place match between France and England, 4pm on Saturday

  • Final match between Argentina and Spain, 2pm on Sunday

See you poolside July 17th - 19th for our Annual Above Ground Pool Party 💦

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Samba Night
Jul
16

Samba Night

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 we’ll have fresh, authentic Brazilian food as well!

Food service starts at 5 (and it goes pretty quickly!) 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? Sim por favor!

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Lego Night + Sern Sapp
Jul
13

Lego Night + Sern Sapp

Tonight’s Lego Night is extra special. First off, our new Artist-in-Residence, Aaron Williams, will be joining us to play with Lego. Check out his fantastic Lego art while you’re here.

Second, our neighbors to the south, Sern Sapp, are popping up with as good of Lao food as you’ll find anywhere.

Food starts at 5pm and Lego starts at 6:30

Come play with Lego at WDBC! We give you a category and you have 20 minutes to build something amazing.

The winner of each of three rounds wins a gift certificate to WDBC or Bricks and Minifigs - Madison.

Build by yourself or with a team. Kids are welcome and we always have food options available.

We've got the Lego covered, just bring your cool ideas!

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Brats & Bloodys
Jul
12

Brats & Bloodys

We’re doing our Brats and Bloodys shindig on the second Sunday of each month. What’s Brats and Bloodys you ask?

All day we’ll be serving Jenifer Street Market brats cooked in WDBC beer and house-made Bloody Marys.

We’ll have a full bloody fixin’s bar, including house made pickles, cheese cubes, meat sticks, green olives, onions, celery sticks, brussels sprouts, asparagus, limes, lemons, and more. Build your own :)

And you know there will be WDBC beer chasers.

So come hungry and thirsty!

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Food Truck Friday - Sabor Regio
Jul
10

Food Truck Friday - Sabor Regio

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Sabor Regio.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Sabor Regio Taco Truck 7/5 from 1-4pm
Jul
5

Sabor Regio Taco Truck 7/5 from 1-4pm

Sabor Regio Taco Truck will be popping up with tacos and other delicious food from 1-4pm on Sunday, July 5th.

Note that Working Draft will open at 1pm vs noon.

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July 4th Cook-Out at WDBC
Jul
4

July 4th Cook-Out at WDBC

Don’t have a the room or energy to host an Independence Day party?

Celebrate July 4th at WDBC with a good old fashioned cook-out!

We’ll light up the grill, cook some hot dogs, and gather some great side dishes. There will be sparklers and some bomb-pops for the kids.

Happy birthday America 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Note that we will close at 9pm.

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Food Truck Friday - Paul’s Pel’Meni
Jul
3

Food Truck Friday - Paul’s Pel’Meni

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Paul’s Pel’Meni.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Food Truck Friday - Sandwich Hub
Jun
26

Food Truck Friday - Sandwich Hub

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Sandwich Hub.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Food Truck Friday - Sabor Regio
Jun
19

Food Truck Friday - Sabor Regio

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Sabor Regio.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Samba Night
Jun
18

Samba Night

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 we’ll have fresh, authentic Brazilian food as well!

Food service starts at 5 (and it goes pretty quickly!) 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? Sim por favor!

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Brats & Bloodys
Jun
14

Brats & Bloodys

We’re doing our Brats and Bloodys shindig on the second Sunday of each month. What’s Brats and Bloodys you ask?

All day we’ll be serving Jenifer Street Market brats cooked in WDBC beer and house-made Bloody Marys.

We’ll have a full bloody fixin’s bar, including house made pickles, cheese cubes, meat sticks, green olives, onions, celery sticks, brussels sprouts, asparagus, limes, lemons, and more. Build your own :)

And you know there will be WDBC beer chasers.

So come hungry and thirsty!

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Food Truck Friday - El Grito
Jun
12

Food Truck Friday - El Grito

⚽ Tonight El Grito will be open a little later, until 8:30, for the US World Cup game that starts at 8pm. Anyone sporting soccer garb during the US game gets $1 full pours ⚽

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is El Grito.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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Czech Fest 2026
Jun
5
to Jun 7

Czech Fest 2026

Learn about Czech drinking culture and experience different styles of Czech beers and Czech pours

  • 16 Czech side pull faucets on that weekend

  • 8 Working Draft Czech beers

  • 2 special taps from the Czech Republic (Praga Dark and Pilsner Urquell) 

  • Czech guest taps from breweries around the state 

  • Choose from three different Czech-Style Pours

    • Hladinka - Creamy head, 25% foam

    • Šnyt - Half beer / half foam

    • Mlíko - Wet, almost entirely foam

  • Authentic Czech food made for us by Stalzy's deli

    • Svíčková na smetaně - Tender beef swimming in a delicious root vegetable / cream sauce

    • Vepřový Řízek - A Czech take on pork schnitzel

    • Bramborový salát - A classic Czech-style potato salad

    • Knedliky - Czech-style pierogies

    • Bramboráky - Potato Pancakes

  • A special Saazerac cocktail, where we infuse the Wollersheim Rye with Czech Saaz hops 🍸

  • A pour-your-own Czech beer class with head brewer Clint. $20 gets you the class, the beer you pour, and you get to take home the Czech Stein with you. Sign up here or day of 🍺

  • During portions of the weekend (after 8pm Friday and Saturday, portions of Sunday), you’ll be able to get a Czech-Style Black and Tan, which has a foundation of Tracksuit Riot Czech-Style Dark Lager with a foam cap of Lil' Šnyt Czech-Style Pale Lager (only when we’re not crazy busy, since it takes at least three minutes to do this pour right)

  • House-made, Czech-style, fermented pickles 🥒

Circle the date for a delicious weekend!

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Food Truck Friday - Banzo
May
29

Food Truck Friday - Banzo

Every Friday from May through September, we are hosting a food truck from 5-8pm!

This week’s food truck is Banzo.

We will be rotating through the following food trucks each Friday night from 5-8pm:

Bon apetit!

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