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title: Event calendar
customers-call-it: addition
url: /docs/features/sites/presets/event-calendar-section
---

# Event calendar

Add a calendar of your shows to your website. One step makes the table you keep them in, puts it in this site's sidebar and gets it ready to show on a page as a month calendar.

## Use it when

Use it when your venue or band lists shows and visitors check which nights are taken. Your team keeps the shows in a table called **Event calendar**, with photos, support acts, tickets and a **Publication** setting for each. The same shows appear on your business's **Calendar**. The website shows only each show's date and title, and only for shows whose **Publication** is **Published**.

## Use something else when

For show cards with photos, support acts and ticket links, use [Upcoming shows](/docs/features/sites/presets/upcoming-shows-section). For a venue's wedding and closed days, use [Wedding calendar](/docs/features/sites/presets/wedding-calendar-section). For any other table that has dates, use [Calendar](/docs/features/sites/presets/calendar-section).

## How to add it

Open **My Sites** and press your site to open it in the site editor. Then:

1. Under the list in the site's sidebar, press **Add item**. It shows when you point there.
2. Press **Add to site**.
3. In **Add to this site's sidebar**, press **Event calendar**. **Search** finds it faster.
4. Under **Table**, keep **New table** and its name **Event calendar**, or type another name. To use a table of yours that already holds these columns, pick **Use existing table** and choose it.
5. Press **Review changes**.
6. Check what it adds, then press **Apply**.

You see **Added**, and a row named **Event calendar** in the site's sidebar. Nothing goes live until you publish.

## How to add a show

1. In the site's sidebar, press the row **Event calendar**, then press **Add to Event calendar**.
2. Fill in **Show** and **Show date and time**.
3. Set **Publication** to **Published** when the show should appear on the site.
4. Press the create button at the bottom of the window.

## How to put it on your site

1. In the site's sidebar, press the row **Event calendar**, then the **Event calendar** line under **On the website**.
2. Under **Layout**, keep **Month calendar**.
3. Press **Put on a page**, pick the page, then press **Put it here**.
4. Press **Publish** when you're ready. Nothing goes live until you publish.

Put it on the same page as another calendar and visitors see one month calendar with both.

## What it adds or changes

- **Table**: A new Event calendar table, or one you already have
- **Website shows**: Each show's date and title
- **Rows**: Only shows whose Publication is Published

Makes a table and adds dates to your site · your site draws them

It brings these with it:

- [Event calendar](/docs/features/data/presets/event-calendar)

## Settings

| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Table | Where the event calendar is kept: a new table made for it, or a table of this business that already holds its columns. | {"mode": "new", "name": "Event calendar"} |

## Example

The Lantern Rooms, a fictional music venue, adds an Event calendar, enters three gigs and sets two of them to **Published**. Its "What's on" page shows a month calendar with those two nights marked; the draft gig stays hidden until it is published.

## If something isn't working

- **"Set the business's time zone first."** Set your business's time zone in **Business profile**, then add it again.
- **A show is missing from the website.** Check its **Publication** is **Published** and its date hasn't passed. Past shows drop out when your site is prepared again.
- **The card isn't offered.** Your role can't make tables. Ask an admin of your business for access.
- **Two tables were made.** You added it twice with **New table**. Remove the section you don't want, then use the other table's row.

## Limits

- Only upcoming shows appear, up to 200, soonest first.
- Only the date and the show's title reach your website. For photos, support acts and ticket links, use Upcoming shows.
- Visitors without JavaScript see the same shows as a plain list.

## Related

- [Event calendar](/docs/features/data/presets/event-calendar): Your shows on a calendar, with a Table tab