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How do I create an event?

To create an event:

  1. Go to the event creation page, or press "Create New Event" on the Events page
  2. Add a "Name" and, if you like, a "Cover Picture", "Tagline", and "Description"
  3. Optionally add friends as "Co-Hosts" to help you run the event
  4. Choose a "Category"
  5. Optionally press "Additional details (dress code & accessibility)" to add a "Dress Code" or check "Wheelchair accessible"
  6. Choose the "Cost": "Free" or "Paid"
  7. Set when the event starts ("Start the Party") and ends ("Return to Real Life"), and choose the "Timezone"
  8. Choose the "Type" of event and add where it takes place
  9. Choose the "Privacy" of your event
  10. Optionally press "Additional privacy settings" to fine-tune who can see and do what
  11. Press "Create your Event"

Free or paid

  • Free: You can add "Additional Details", for example "Food and drinks are on you". Free events show a "Free" label.
  • Paid: You can add a "Ticket Price" and a "Ticket Link" to the page where people buy tickets. If you add a ticket link, members see a "Get tickets" link on your event.

Where the event takes place

Under "Type", choose:

  • In-Person Event: Add the city, the "Address", and the "Name of Location"
  • Virtual Event (local): An online event for people in a specific area. Add the city and the "Link"
  • Virtual Event (worldwide): An online event for anyone. Add the "Link"

Privacy

You can make your event "Public", "FetLifers", "Friends", or "Private". Under "Additional privacy settings" you can also make it request-only, hide the address and attendee list from people who haven't RSVPed, and choose who can invite people. See What are the event privacy options? for what each option means.

Good to know

  • Events can last up to a week and can start up to 5 years in the future.
  • If you leave the page before creating your event, what you've filled in is saved as a draft in that browser, so you can pick up where you left off.
  • You can change most details later. See How do I edit my event?
  • To create a similar event quickly, you can duplicate an existing event.