Northside Festival 2026
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NPC Board Secretary

Dawn Mortimer e1727110334393Are you a Northside Madison business that is impacting your community? Want to engage with other businesses and community members that are making a difference? You won’t want to miss the North Star Awards on October 18th, 2024, at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center from 5:30-8:00 p.m., sponsored by the Northside Planning Council (NPC).

As a member of a business on the Northside of Madison, Total Administrative Services Corporation (TASC), I think it’s important to celebrate people and companies that are changing the way we live and inspiring others they engage with. For so many businesses, and frankly all of us, we tend to focus on the work in front of us and urgency of life, that we don’t take the time to celebrate the success of each other. The North Star Awards is night of mingling and music with an amazing program commencing at 6 p.m., where we can enjoy being together and cheering on our fellow Northsiders. Be sure to come hungry as there will be delicious food and a cash bar throughout the evening.

With Madison Gas & Electric Foundation as the major event sponsor and our other valued sponsors, we very much appreciate the investment and support. It takes a village to bring events like this together so let’s commemorate these relationships and make new ones. You just never know where connections may lead when you revel in the awesomeness of others. It’s part of what makes the North Star Awards so special. We welcome businesses, local elected officials, neighborhood and community leaders, and Northside residence of all ages to come out for an inspiring evening. We hope you can join us in celebration of our friends and neighbors!

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