Getting started
Add your dates
- In the WordPress admin, go to Shows
- Select Add a date. A new line opens at the top of Upcoming
- Fill in the Date, Venue, City, and State or country. The rest is optional:
- Time — when you go on, or when doors open
- Status — Sold out, Cancelled, and Postponed replace the ticket button with a label. Free shows a label next to it
- Tickets link — where the ticket button goes
- Note — a short line under the venue, like “with Harlow and The Fellow Travelers”
- + Last day — for festivals and runs of dates
- + Event name — for a festival or a named night (“Mile of Music”). It shows in place of the venue name, with the venue under it
- Select Save shows
Each date is one line: date, venue, place, status and ticket link. Select a line (or Edit) to change it, and Done to fold it away again. Nothing is saved until Save shows.
If something’s missing or wrong, nothing is saved: the page lists what to fix and opens those dates.
To take a date off the list, open it, tick Remove this date, and save. Past dates stay under Past dates so you can keep a record; open one to change it. Times use the site’s timezone, under Settings → General.
Show them on a page
Add a Shows block to any page. Choose Upcoming, Past, or Both, as tabs, then a layout. See the Shows block for each option.
The block keeps up with the calendar: a show drops off the upcoming list the day after it happens, even if the page hasn’t been edited since.
Search engines
Under Search engines on the Shows screen, pick What are these dates? Upcoming dates are described to search engines as that kind of event, linked to the page with your Shows block. For concerts, comedy, theatre, and dance, your site is named as the performer.
Google only shows its own event listings for events that have a page each, so a list like this won’t add those. Ticket sites and venue pages usually cover that for touring acts.