Badger Bash: Wisconsin vs. Minnesota

Gameday's Best Tailgate

Join us 2½ hours before kickoff, every football home game, for gameday's best tailgate. Just steps from Camp Randall Stadium at Union South, Badger Bash offers food, drinks and entertainment—indoors and out.

The Union has been hosting the family-friendly Badger Bash for 50 years. This event is free, open to the public and we welcome our opponents' fans, too. The more, the merrier!

Badger Bash Features:

• UW–Madison Marching Band performance (approx. 1.5 hrs before kickoff)
• UW–Madison Spirit Squad performances
• Local celebrity emcees
• Fun & games by our sponsors
• Live music
• Fresh, hot food & beverage options

NBC15 Share your Holidays

Check out Madison’s best and free tailgate experience Badger Bash on Nov. 26 for both a party and the opportunity to be part of NBC15 Share Your Holidays. Join together with NBC15, Second Harvest Foodbank, Good Foods, and us at the Wisconsin Union to help end food insecurity in our community while we cheer on the Badgers. We and our partners are asking for your help in brightening our community members’ holidays with donations to NBC15 Share Your Holidays, which benefits Second Harvest, in order to help people have holiday meals and support the ending of food insecurity in our community. Good Foods will match up to $2,500 in gifts. Donations are optional and can be made without attending. Want to support the ending of food insecurity before the event? Click here or the button below to make a gift. 

Make a Gift

The Open Seat, a food pantry run by UW–Madison students, supplies any UW-Madison student experiencing food insecurity with free boxes of food packed and distributed by Second Harvest. To learn more about The Open Seat, visit asm.wisc.edu/the-open-seat.

Plan a Private Tailgate Event

Reserve your private tailgate space at Union South during Badger Bash. Party with the crowd, retreat to your private space or both! Perfect for groups from visiting teams and company-sponsored events.

Contact our Campus Event Services Office to learn more: (608) 262-2511 or events@union.wisc.edu.