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Set up lots of events from a spreadsheet

Import a tour, a season or a month of nights in one go, as drafts you check before publishing.

If you're running lots of separate events (a comedy tour, a season of gigs, a month of workshops at different venues), you can set them all up at once from a spreadsheet instead of one by one.

If it's the same event on several dates at one venue, a recurring event may suit you better: buyers pick a date on one page.

Import your events

  1. Go to My events and press Import events.

  2. Press Download template. It's a spreadsheet with the right columns and two example rows.

  3. Open it in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets and add one row per event:

    • Event name
    • Date: day/month/year, for example 03/12/2026
    • Start time and End time: for example 7:30pm or 19:30. The end time is optional, and an end after midnight is fine.
    • Venue, Address, Town or city and Postcode, or an Online link for an online event
    • Ticket price (£) and Tickets available (both optional). A price of 0 or blank makes it a free event; leave tickets blank for no limit.

    The example rows are skipped when you upload, so it doesn't matter if you leave them in.

  4. Save it. Excel files (.xlsx) upload as they are. From Google Sheets choose File, Download, then .xlsx or .csv. From Numbers choose File, Export To, CSV.

  5. If your events share a description, images and tickets, choose an event under Copy an existing event. Every imported event becomes a copy of it, so your spreadsheet only needs the names, dates, times and venues. Leave the name blank to use the copied event's name, and leave all the venue columns blank to use its venue.

  6. Choose your file (or switch to Paste the rows and paste them straight from your spreadsheet) and press Check and import.

Every row is checked first. If anything needs fixing, nothing is imported and you'll see which rows to change, for example a date in the past or a missing venue. Fix them and upload again.

Check and publish

Your events are made as drafts, so nothing goes on sale yet. The next page lists them all. Open any event with Manage to change its details, tickets or page, then press Publish all when you're happy.

Paid events can only be published once you've connected a way to get paid (Stripe, PayPal or bank transfer). Free events can be published straight away.

Undo an upload

Uploaded the wrong file? On Import events, find it under Uploads and press Undo. That deletes every event the upload made. You can only undo an upload while nobody has booked any of its events; after that, delete or change the events one by one.

Good to know

  • You can import up to 200 events at a time.
  • When copying an event with several ticket types, leave the price and tickets columns blank and change them on each event afterwards.
  • Imported events are separate events, each with its own page, link, sales and check-in.

Last updated 13 November 2026