Before You Create an Event
Listed vs. Managed Events at a Glance
Side-by-side capability matrix| Capability | Listed Event (Community / External) | Managed Event (Full Venue Production) |
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Space & Calendar Locks
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Tags a venue or street address without locking rooms
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Locks parent buildings and sub-spaces against double-booking
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Ticketing & Door
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Links out to Eventbrite, Dice, Resident Advisor, or free RSVP
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Native tiers, passes, PWYC, Eventbrite consignment & /door QR scanner
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Schedule Structure
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Single or multi-date public showtimes
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Parent series + child dates + timed Event Parts (Load-In, Sets, Strike)
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Staffing & Finance
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Not needed
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Quotes, contracts, /org/tech plots, crew shifts & night-of settlement
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Listed Events: Public Directory & Community Listings
Monthly listed allowances: 12 events on Free, and on a paid plan 25 event dates on Base, 50 on Medium, 120 on Large and 300 on Pro, each date counted in the month it happens.
Create from your dashboard, accept community form submissions, or let artists post directly.
Tag a directory venue without locking rooms, type a street address, or paste a stream link.
Managed Events: Series Hierarchy & Child Dates
What stays shared on the main show page versus what you can customize per night.
Add dates via Copy from an existing date or Start fresh, and turn on Recurring edition URLs.
Use Scope → Multiple dates… to Set times or Shift by, or batch-edit rows in List view.
Timed Event Parts, Packages & Producer Proposals
Break a show date into sequential timed blocks so rooms, sound engineers, and workshop tickets only lock the hours they actually need.
Sell tickets to single workshops or blocks alongside full-weekend passes.
Review schedule changes in /org/changes, check released room hours, and reply via Message Producer.
Holds, Approvals, Consolidation & .ics Feeds
Move bookings from tentative hold to confirmed show, combine duplicate events cleanly, and share live calendar feeds.
Message producers with one-click presets, re-lock released hours, and sync Asana (Beta) or Google Drive.
Move a single date or merge a duplicate event while keeping all ticket orders and redirects intact.
Subscribe in Apple Calendar, Outlook, or Google Calendar using live .ics links.
Ready-to-use show blurbs, accessibility notes, and stage schedules.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not yet. The kind is set when the event is created.
Cancel or reschedule just that child date without disturbing the rest of the run.
Venue Family is not owned, developed, or controlled by Eventbrite, and we are not an Eventbrite partner. Eventbrite is a trademark of its owner; we name it here only to say what our software connects to. You will need your own Eventbrite account, and their fees on tickets sold there stay theirs.