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Get your gigs listed

For musicians and venues. It's free, and once we have your calendar your shows appear here every morning without you doing a thing.

How your shows get here

Every morning we check the calendars and gig lists of 138 Niagara venues and a growing list of local acts. There are four ways onto the site, from least effort to most:

  1. Your venue already lists you. If the venue posts who's playing on its website, your show is probably here already. Search for your band name to check.
  2. You have a gig list on your website. Send us the link once. We can read most band sites: Squarespace, Wix, Bandzoogle, WordPress and plain lists. Tips
  3. You keep a public calendar. Send us the link once and every gig you add shows up the next morning. Best if your gigs are only on Facebook or Instagram. Set one up
  4. One-off shows. Use the Add a gig form. We usually add it the same day.

Send us your link Website gig page or public calendar. We'll set it up and let you know.

If you already have a gig list on your website

Send us the page link. A few things help us read it reliably:

  • One gig per line or block, with the date, venue, town and start time.
  • Include the year, or keep the list in date order.
  • Remove or move past shows, so an old list isn't mistaken for a new one.
  • Widgets that only show your Bandsintown or Facebook events can't be read by us yet.

Only on Facebook or Instagram?

Meta doesn't allow other websites to read gig details from Facebook or Instagram pages, so we can't pick them up from there, even public ones. A free Google Calendar fixes that: you add each gig once, and it appears here (and anywhere else that reads your calendar). Keep posting to Facebook as usual.

Set up a gig calendar in Google (about 5 minutes)

You need a Google account. Do this on a computer; the phone app doesn't show these settings.

  1. Open Google Calendar and, on the left, next to Other calendars, click + then Create new calendar. Name it something like "Band name – gigs". Use a separate calendar so your personal appointments stay private.
  2. Open that calendar's Settings (hover over it, click the three dots, then Settings and sharing).
  3. Under Access permissions for events, tick Make available to public and choose See all event details.
  4. Scroll to Integrate calendar and copy the Public address in iCal format (it ends in basic.ics).
  5. Send us that link with your band name.

Then add each gig to that calendar:

  • Location: the venue name and town, for example Doc Magilligan's, Niagara Falls. This is how we match the gig to the venue, so it matters most.
  • Time: your set time. Leave out load-in and soundcheck.
  • Private gigs: leave them off, or put "Private" in the title and we'll skip them.

Apple Calendar (iCloud) and Outlook work the same way: make the calendar public and send us its link.

How we show your gigs

  • We list shows at public venues in Niagara, from Grimsby to Fort Erie. Private parties, weddings and out-of-town gigs are left off.
  • If the venue's own calendar and your list disagree, we go with the venue, and you can tell us if that's wrong.
  • Shows from your own list are marked "Listed on the band's website", and your band gets its own page with your upcoming dates.
  • Listings are free. We're independent and not tied to any venue, band or agency.