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A Complete Guide to Setting Up Your Event

The Eventbrite platform gives you the built-in tools and technology to create unforgettable events quickly and easily.

Complete Guide to Setting Up Your Event

Everything you need for creating events, all in one place

This guide shows you how to use Eventbrite's powerful tools to set up your event. Access the world's largest events marketplace and reach millions of potential attendees.

Step 1: Create your event page for free

Easily post and manage your virtual or in-person events. Our tools let you quickly set up a professional page that elevates your brand and attracts attendees.

Step 2: Reach your audience and sell more tickets

Tap into the world’s largest events marketplace and expand your reach with integrated social media marketing tools that leverage our exclusive data to find your ideal audience.

Step 3: Engage your community and build momentum

Stay connected with your attendees before, during, and after your event. Use our email marketing tools, automated notifications, and real-time insights to keep your community engaged.

Create your event for free on the top global ticketing platform

Create your event for free on the top global ticketing platform

Your toolkit for seamless event creation

Easily create your own event and custom ticketing system featuring event promo codes for virtual and in-person events in just minutes.


Flexible ticket types

Charge less and make more with a successful discount ticket promo code strategy that offers various discount types and helps incentivize ticket purchases.


Design a professional event page

Provide a seamless checkout experience for your attendees with beautifully designed, mobile-friendly event pages that allow for quick and secure online ticket purchases.

Promote your event with an all-in-one marketing platform

Promote your events with the all-in-one marketing platform

Eventbrite Marketing Tools

Power your business growth with our all-in-one event marketing platform, featuring time-saving social media ad tools, and reach your ideal audience with intelligent targeting and insights. Creators sell 16% more tickets after using our tools to promote their events.


Sell on social

Share your events and sell tickets on Facebook and LinkedIn directly from your Eventbrite account. Enable more people to discover your events where they are and use event promo codes to save on registration at checkout.


Attendee discovery

Event-goers searching for unique things to do account for 1 out of 4 tickets sold on Eventbrite with personalized recommendations in our consumer app and newsletters.

Engage and cultivate your community

Engage and cultivate your community

Email marketing tools

Use our tools to easily send emails to your community with no contact limits and up to 10,000 daily sends. Our open rates are 59% higher than the industry average.


Organizer profile

A branded hub for your business, events, and collections — all in one view so attendees can be informed and engaged.


Automated event notifications

Keep your community engaged and your events top-of-mind with automated event reminders and updates when event-goers attend “Follow” or “Like” your events.

More tools to help you set up and grow your event

The do-it-all app for your events

Manage your event on the go

The Eventbrite Organizer app helps you manage your event from anywhere. Monitor ticket sales and attendance in real-time, right from your phone.

Multiple ticket types

Multiple ticket types

Creating a diversified ticket pricing strategy will help you sell more tickets and grow attendance.

Embedded checkout

Embedded checkout

Our embedded checkout technology enables you to sell tickets directly on your website, WordPress blog, Facebook page, and more.

Success stories from our community

I love Eventbrite’s simplicity and how easy it is to get started…the value and simplicity we can offer using Eventbrite will secure more registrations and help our conferences grow even further.
Morgan Laskey, Community Marketing Events Manager, KlaviyoMorgan Laskey, Community Marketing Events Manager, Klaviyo
Let your performing arts event steal the show

In 2024

Eventbrite helped transact

270M

total tickets

To over

4.7M

events

Across a global community of

89M

monthly average users

Resources for event organizers

Free event planning and management courses

Eventbrite’s free online courses will help you expand your skill set and learn new proven best practices to create an event that’s unforgettable — and grow your business.

Explore online courses

Be inspired by event organizers’ success stories

Discover how your peers are growing their businesses by bringing the world together through live experiences, from music festivals and fundraisers to goat yoga and air guitar contests.

See the success stories

Discover new insights from the Eventbrite Blog

From informative how-to articles and event industry trend reports to meaningful stories of success from fellow event creators, we’ve got a trove of tips to help you learn, develop your skill set, and spark new inspiration in your work.

Dive into the blog

Publish your events for free

Reach more people on the world's largest and most trusted events marketplace. Everything you need to host standout events and earn more.

The all-in-one toolkit to grow your events

  • Flexible ticket types for in-person or online events
  • Integrated email and social media marketing tools
  • Secure and seamless attendee checkout
  • Payouts before your event
  • Detailed analytics and reporting

Hosting a large or complex event?

We offer tailored plans for event pros with unique needs. Get personalized support, customized pricing, and more by partnering with our sales team.

Hosting a large or complex event?

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Grow eventfully

Explore all the built-in tools and technology you need to start, run, and grow your business with events.

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