Events

This section was added in v1.4.0 on Oct 6, 2022. See our Changelog and theme update guide to learn more.

The Events section displays a calendar of upcoming events. Create custom event blocks in the theme editor or integrate your Eventbrite) account to sync and display your latest events.

Set up section

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Editing a template changes all pages that use that template. To edit specific pages, you can create new templates or insert dynamic content with metafields

In the editor side panel, click (+) Add section and select Events. Click and hold the drag handles ⋮⋮ to re-order sections.

Click the section to edit the general section styles: Padding | Top divider | Animation

Add custom event blocks

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Add blocks with the date, venue, summary of your event. Choose to add an Image, Link, and display a Date badge.

See the next section if you want to sync and display your Eventbrite events instead.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click (+) Add Event to add a new block and/or click on an Event block to open the settings.

   

   Click Remove block or the eye icon to delete or hide a block.

2. Enter text for the Name or title of your event.

   We recommend a short title of a few words for your event.

3. Enter text for the Date of your event to display below the event name.

   You can also use the date field to list an event as "TBA (To be announced)".

4. Enter text for the name of Venue.

5. (Optional.) Enter text for a Summary of your event.

   We recommend a short event description of a few sentences.

6. Select a Link to make the event block a clickable link and redirect customers to the event page.

7. (Optional.) Click Select image to upload an event image to display above the event headings.

   The Event badge will appear overlayed the image in the top-right corner.

8. (Optional) Set the Day and Month of your event for the Date badge. You can uncheck the Enable date badge option to hide it.

   To edit the month abbreviations, click the more icon [...] and Edit default theme content next to your theme in the Shopify admin. Search 'abbreviations' and edit the fields, then click Save.

9. Repeat steps 1 - 5 to create all your event blocks.

10. (Optional.) Click and hold the drag handles ⋮⋮ to rearrange the blocks:

    

    Click Remove block in the block settings to delete a block.

    Click the Eye icon to hide or unhide a block.

11. Click Save.

Click Event block to find settings

Setting	Description
Name	Enter the name of the event.
Date	Enter the date and time of the event.
Venue	Enter the name of the location for the event.
Summary	Enter multiple lines of text to describe the event.
Link	Select or paste a link to show a "Learn more" text button below the event.
Image	Select or upload an image to display above the event details. The date badge, if enabled, will appear overlayed the image.
Enable date badge	Show a badge with the day and month of the event. Select the Day and Month using the dropdowns.

Integrate Eventbrite events

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Eventbrite is an event planning and ticket sales website. To use this feature, you must have an Eventbrite account with at least one published upcoming event.

If you have an Eventbrite account, you can add your Access token to sync and display your upcoming events. The event info entered in Eventbrite, including the Image and Summary, will automatically appear in the event block.

Note: When Eventbrite events are enabled, custom event blocks will not appear.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click on Events to open the section settings.

   
2. Paste your Access token in the field provided.

   To find your Private token, go to your API keys page on Eventbrite. Click the copy icon of the Your private token field to paste it in your theme editor.

3. Choose the Number of events to display using the slider.

   You can add a section Link in the settings above if you want to link to all events on your Eventbrite page.

4. Click Save.

Click Events section to find settings

Setting	Description
Access token	Log into your Eventbrite account to get your Access token here.
Number	Select the maximum number of events to show from your Eventbrite account: between 3 and 12 events.

Change events layout

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Adjust the section Layout by choosing the number of columns and the image shape (aspect ratio) of the event blocks.

Click Events section to find settings

Setting	Description
Number of columns on desktop	Select the number of event blocks to show per row for desktop screens. Either 2, 3, or 4.
Number of columns on mobile	Select the number of event blocks to show per row for mobile screens. Either 1 or 4.
Image aspect ratio	Crop the shape of images for the event blocks to Square (1:1), Landscape (3:2), or Portrait (2:3). Choose Natural to display the original image shapes.

Section header

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The Section header appears above the section. Add a Heading, Subheading, and optional Link.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click on the Events section to open the section settings.

2. Enter Heading text for the title of your section. The default heading is "Events".

   Delete the text in this field to remove the heading.

3. Enter Subheading text to display one or a few sentences below the Heading. The default subheading is "Our upcoming events".

   Use the formatting buttons to add text styles, links, or lists. To learn more, see Shopify's Rich text editor guide ↗.

4. Choose a Link and enter Link text to display a clickable link to another page beneath the headings.

5. Select an Alignment for the headings and link at the top of the section. Either: Left, Center, or Right.

6. Click Save.

Click Events section to find settings

Setting	Description
Heading	Enter text to display a section title above the collection list.
Heading tag	Change the heading tag to modify the page structure. Use H2 to indicate important topics, and use H3-H6 for related topics. This option doesn't change the heading's appearance.
Subheading	Enter text to display a section subheading below the heading.
Link	Select or paste a URL for the link.
Link text	Enter text to display a link label. Leave this field blank to remove the link.
Alignment	Position the headings and link at the top of the section. Either: Left, Center, or Right.

Section colors

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Change the colors of the background, text, and button elements.

Click Events section to find settings

Setting	Description
Background	Select the color of the section background.
Text	Enter multiple lines of text.
Invert date badge	Swap the text and background colors to use for the date badge.

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Related links

Multi-column section Eventbrite