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A guided pub crawl to some of Madison’s most iconic pubs, with a science festival twist!

A guided pub crawl to some of Madison’s most iconic pubs, with a science festival twist!

Each pub will have researchers stationed there to answer your craziest questions about their research. Pub themes will range from microbiology to astronomy to cannabis research!

Registration includes a lineup of exclusive Wisconsin Science Festival swag, and more!

Check-in starts at 4:30pm at the Up North pub. See the whole line-up below – more details still to come!

Pub Crawl Schedule and Topics:

  • 4:30pm – Check-in at Up North Pub
  • Up North Pub – What ancient rocks can tell us about Wisconsin, life, and the universe
  • One Social Food Hall – Plants vs bacteria vs fungi: The Thunderdome
  • Merchant – What doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again
  • Rigby Pub – Utilizing nature to tackle the plastic problem
  • Genna’s – Microbes hidden in the workforce: beers to biofuels to biopharmaceuticals
  • Paradise Lounge – How the adolescent brain makes decisions
  • Gamma Ray – Cosmic rays, neutrinos, dark matter, and other stuff that are going through your drink as we speak

Anyone is welcome to stop into a pub on the lineup to chat with a scientist but you must be registered with a ticket to get your festival swag and travel with the pack!

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