Editing Madison, Wisconsin (section)

===Other cultural events===
Madison was host to [[Rhythm and Booms]], a large fireworks celebration coordinated to music. It began with a fly-over by [[F-16s]] from the local [[Wisconsin Air National Guard]]. This celebration was the largest fireworks display in the Midwest in length, number of shells fired, and the size of its annual budget.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhythmand Booms - San Francisco Real Estate Photographer |url=http://www.rhythmandbooms.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917193004/http://www.rhythmandbooms.com/about/index.php?category_id=696 |archive-date=September 17, 2009 |website=Rhythm and Booms}}</ref> Effective 2015, the event location was changed to downtown and renamed Shake The Lake.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2, 2015 |title=New fireworks show to replace Rhythm and Booms |url=http://www.channel3000.com/news/report-new-fireworks-show-to-replace-rhythm-and-booms/32148558 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229180144/http://www.channel3000.com/news/report-new-fireworks-show-to-replace-rhythm-and-booms/32148558 |archive-date=February 29, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Severson |first=Gordon |title=Rhythm & Booms replaced with Shake the Lake in downtown Madison |url=http://www.wkow.com/story/28704047/2015/04/02/rhythm-booms-replaced-with-shake-the-lake-in-downtown-madison |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052333/http://www.wkow.com/story/28704047/2015/04/02/rhythm-booms-replaced-with-shake-the-lake-in-downtown-madison |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2015 }}</ref>

There are several cooperative organizations in the Madison area, ranging from grocery stores (such as the [[Willy Street Cooperative]]) to housing co-ops (such as [[Madison Community Cooperative]] and [[Nottingham Housing Cooperative]]) to worker cooperatives (including an engineering firm, a wholesale organic bakery and a cab company).{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Every April, the Wisconsin Film Festival is held in Madison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin Film Festival {{!}} Madison |url=http://www.wifilmfest.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908122947/https://wifilmfest.org/ |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2015 |website=www.wifilmfest.org}}</ref> This five-day event features films from a variety of genres shown in theaters across the city. The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute sponsors the Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Arts Institute |url=https://artsinstitute.wisc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531233133/https://artsinstitute.wisc.edu/ |archive-date=May 31, 2018 |access-date=October 28, 2015 |website=artsinstitute.wisc.edu}}</ref>

Madison's official bird is the [[plastic flamingo]], a type of lawn ornament.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 2, 2009 |title=Council Makes Plastic Flamingo Madison's Official Bird |publisher=WISC-TV |url=http://www.channel3000.com/news/20678416/detail.html |url-status=dead |access-date=September 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903083954/http://www.channel3000.com/news/20678416/detail.html |archive-date=September 3, 2009}}</ref> The city council adopted the plastic flamingo in 2009 following a campaign by a local newspaper columnist in reference to a 1979 prank by UW–Madison students who planted 1,008 plastic flamingos on Bascom Hill.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 2, 2009 |title=Madison, Wis., names the lawn flamingo its official bird |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/la-unleashed/story/2009-09-02/madison-wis-names-the-lawn-flamingo-its-official-bird |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=October 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dominguez |first=Rosario |date=May 31, 2017 |title=UW exhibit pays tribute to 'man behind the pink flamingos' |url=https://captimes.com/entertainment/city_life/uw-exhibit-pays-tribute-to-man-behind-the-pink-flamingos/article_d380105a-3272-5b13-a7dc-d3a2e5661870.html |work=The Capital Times |accessdate=October 29, 2024}}</ref> The flamingo appears in the logo of the city's professional soccer team, [[Forward Madison FC]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Joyce |first=Jason |date=November 26, 2018 |title=A fierce flamingo: The making of Forward Madison F.C.'s team identity |url=https://captimes.com/news/local/city-life/a-fierce-flamingo-the-making-of-forward-madison-f-c-s-team-identity/article_de1d1671-bc2e-573c-9fdd-68f22d0d475f.html |work=The Capital Times |accessdate=October 29, 2024}}</ref>