Recurring events

Use recurring events for weekly classes, monthly meetups, or a concert residency: you set up one event and Dirigible creates a dated copy for each occurrence.

On the parent event (the one you create first):

1. Set Starts to the first occurrence date and time.
2. Turn on Recurring Event.
3. Choose Repeat — Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly — and Every how many days, weeks, months or years (every 2 weeks, every 3 months).
4. For a weekly series, pick the days of the week under On. For a monthly or yearly series, choose whether it falls on the same day of the month (the 18th) or the same weekday (the third Wednesday, the last Friday); the choices come from the Starts date. A yearly series can run in more than one month (March and September).
5. Choose how it Ends: on a date (the series runs through the end of that day), after a number of times (counting the first date), or never.
6. A line under the controls says what you've set, like "Every 2 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday, until March 3, 2027". Check it before you publish.

Dirigible creates a separate occurrence event for each date in the series. Each occurrence gets its own URL and appears in listings like any other event. When you open an occurrence, the editor notes that it belongs to a recurring series and hides the Recurring Event toggle.

Search engines: occurrences point search engines to the parent event as the main page, so the sitemap lists the parent and leaves the occurrences out. An occurrence that sells its own tickets counts as its own page and stays in the sitemap. The parent's page gives search engines the series' next 10 dates (cancelled or postponed ones say so, past ones drop off), so a series that started months ago still shows its upcoming dates in search results.

Weekly on several days: the first date is always the Starts date; the other days follow from there. With a series that repeats every 2 or more weeks, the days you pick stay in the same week, counted from the day your site's week begins on (Settings → General → Week Starts On).

Monthly and yearly series on a day of the month: occurrences fall on the same day of the month as the first one. A series that starts on the 29th, 30th or 31st uses the last day of any shorter month (January 31, February 28, March 31, …). A series on "the third Wednesday" skips a month that has no third Wednesday; one that starts on a fifth Wednesday repeats on the last Wednesday of each month.

A series with no end date gets its dates two years ahead. Once a week, Dirigible adds the next month's dates to every such series, so it never runs out. Give the series an end if you'd rather it stopped.

Skipping a date: on the parent, add the date under Skip dates and save; its occurrence moves to the Trash, and the date stays skipped when you save the parent again, even after the Trash is emptied. Moving an occurrence to the Trash from Events → View recurring events skips its date the same way, and the date appears in the parent's Skip dates list. To bring a date back, remove it from Skip dates (or use Restore next to the date in the "Skipped dates" line at the top of the occurrences list); the occurrence comes back from the Trash if it's still there, or is made again.

Changing the start time: edit Starts on the parent. Every occurrence moves to the new time and keeps its page address, including dates that already sold tickets. Occurrences you edited yourself keep their own time.

Changing the repeat: occurrences on dates that are still in the series stay the same events (same addresses, same ticket products); dates that left the series are removed, except sold or customized ones, which are kept; new dates are added. A series made before these options (Weekly, Bi-Weekly…) keeps exactly the dates it had.

Editing an occurrence: Changing an occurrence detaches it from the parent. A warning appears the first time you edit; detached occurrences keep their own dates and content and no longer inherit parent updates. Use Re-Attach Event in the editor status area to discard your edits and sync back from the parent (this cannot be undone).

Tips for recurring series:

• Edit shared copy, event details, location, categories, featured image, and ticket settings on the parent — non-detached occurrences stay in sync.
• When you save the parent, a toast shows while its occurrences update in the background, then says when they're updated or if something went wrong.
• Sold or customized occurrences are protected when you change the repeat schedule; they are not deleted silently.
• Detached occurrences keep their own dates and content and no longer inherit parent updates.
• Moving the parent to the Trash moves its occurrences too. Restoring the parent restores them; dates you had skipped stay skipped.
• One series creates up to 730 occurrences (two years of daily dates).
• The Events list's Status column shows the repeat (Weekly, Every 2 weeks, Monthly…); hover it for the whole rule.
• For ticketing on a series, configure tickets on the parent — see Usage → Ticketing.
• Import & Export carries every repeat setting and the skip dates (the Repeat columns), so a spreadsheet can set up "every 2 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday, 10 times" too.