Add your first event

Why this matters

An event is one booking — a wedding, a party, a shoot. The client, the other suppliers, the contract, the money and the running order all attach to it. Adding a real one is also the fastest way to see what the rest of the app is for.

Do this

1. Click New event
   Home → Add your first event, or the button on the events list.
2. Use a real booking
   A test event teaches you nothing and then sits there needing deleting.
3. Fill in what you know
   Client, date, venue. Times can be blank — most bookings start that way and the app expects it.
4. Open it and look around
   Contract, invoice, questionnaire, timeline and files all live on this one record.

You’ll know it worked when

You have at least one event that is not archived.

If it doesn’t go to plan

Coming from another tool? Import instead of typing — there is a HoneyBook, Aisle Planner, Dubsado and spreadsheet importer on the events screen.

If you are a…

DJs. The run of show and the song requests both hang off the event, so this is the record you will have open on the night.

Photographers & videographers. Galleries and the shot list attach here too.

Coordinators. Add the other suppliers as you get them. The event becomes the one place anybody can see who is doing what.

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