Overview
Your calendar's category settings control which types of events are allowed to appear. By selecting or deselecting categories in your publishing settings, you define the content boundaries for your calendar — only events tagged with your allowed categories will be accepted.
This works alongside your catchment area to filter both submitted and backfill events. Together, location and category settings ensure your calendar shows only relevant content for your audience.
How to Access Category Settings
- Log in and select your site from the dashboard
- Click Publishing in the site admin menu
- Scroll to the category section within your publishing settings
How Categories Work
Evvnt's system uses a library of over 600 event categories organized into parent groups. When configuring your calendar, you can enable or disable categories at the parent level or individually select specific subcategories.
When a category is enabled:
- Submitted events tagged with that category will be accepted onto your calendar
- Backfill events matching that category will be imported from data sources
When a category is disabled, events tagged with it will not appear on your calendar regardless of their location.
Common Category Configurations
General Community Calendar
Enable all or most categories to capture the broadest range of local events — concerts, festivals, sports, classes, community meetings, and more.
Niche or Vertical Calendar
Enable only the categories that match your focus. For example, a live music calendar might only enable music-related categories, while a sports calendar would focus on athletics and recreation.
Excluding Specific Content
If certain event types are not appropriate for your audience, disable those categories. This is a simple way to prevent unwanted content without manual review of every listing.
Best Practices
Start broad, then refine — if you are unsure which categories to enable, start with a wide selection and narrow down based on what content actually appears.
Review periodically — as your calendar grows, check whether your category settings still match your editorial goals. You may want to add or remove categories over time.
Combine with catchment — category and location settings work together. A well-tuned combination ensures your calendar is both geographically and topically relevant.