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title: "Create an event | Ticket Fairy Guides"
description: "Start from a template or a blank event, add the details buyers need, set up your ticket types before anything is saved, and choose how you want to sell."
canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/create-an-event"
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3. Create an event

Setting up an event

# Create an event

Whether you promote club nights, concerts, conferences or festivals, a new event should take minutes to get on sale. You start from a template or a blank event, enter the details buyers need, choose your sales options and set up the ticket types in one sitting.

Start from a template or a blank event, add the details buyers need, set up your ticket types before anything is saved, and choose how you want to sell.

For:  Creating a new event and preparing it for ticket sales

Takes:  15 minutes

- [Select Create Event](#step-1)
- [Choose a starting setup](#step-2)
- [Answer the template questions](#step-3)
- [Read what the template will create](#step-4)
- [Ask for a different setup in plain words](#step-5)
- [Select Use this template](#step-6)
- [Enter the event name and brand](#step-7)
- [Set the dates and times](#step-8)
- [Choose the event types](#step-9)
- [Add the venue, age limit, description and poster](#step-10)
- [Select Next Step](#step-11)
- [Set the sales window and buyer options](#step-12)
- [Review the ticket types](#step-13)
- [Select Create Event](#step-14)

## Before you start

- You're an owner or admin for the brand running the event.
- You know the event name, date, venue and the currency buyers will use.
- You have a poster or event image ready, if you want the event page to use one now.
- You know the price and quantity for the main ticket type. A template uses those answers to prepare the other ticket types without copying another event's prices.
- You have an idea of how you want to sell: one price, an early bird ladder or timed releases. Each template offers two or three of these and says who each suits, so you can decide on the page.

1. ## Select Create Event

   Select **Create Event** from the dashboard. The template gallery opens before the event details.

   **Note:** The brand that owns the event controls who can work on it and where its sales and customer information appear. You can still change it when you enter the event details.
          ![Ticket Fairy event template gallery with the event assistant and built-in event setups](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-templates--gallery.png)    Create Event, template gallery.
2. ## Choose a starting setup

   Describe your event to the **Event assistant**, choose a built-in template or one shared by another organizer, or select **Start from scratch**. The built-in gallery includes club shows, concerts, one-day and multi-day festivals, conferences, conventions, theater shows and exhibitions.

   **Note:** A template prepares ticket types, add-ons and useful defaults, and you can change every part before the event goes on sale. Start from scratch when none of the setups matches the way you plan to sell tickets.
3. ## Answer the template questions

   Enter the answers the template needs, such as the standard ticket price, your capacity, whether you want a VIP ticket and whether the room is standing or seated. When you chose the suggested template, Ticket Fairy has already filled in the answers it knows about your events: check them and change any that are different this time.

   **Note:** Ticket Fairy prices the other tiers around your standard price and sizes the limited ones against your capacity, so a template gives you a proven combination without copying another organizer's prices. Leave a question blank to set that figure yourself.
          ![Ticket Fairy concert template with its price, capacity, VIP and seating questions beside the list of what the template creates](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-templates--concert.png)    Create Event, Concert template.
4. ## Read what the template will create

   Read the **What you'll get** panel, which lists the ticket types, table types and add-ons the template makes.

   **Note:** A price shown as one you set is a figure the template leaves to you rather than a gap. The panel says **You can change all of it in the next steps.** and the Ticket types step is where you change a name, a price or a quantity.
5. ## Ask for a different setup in plain words

   Describe what you want in the **Event assistant**, for example "two-day festival with camping" or "club night with a guest list".

   **Note:** The event assistant picks a matching template and keeps adjusting the same one as you tell it more, so it is quicker than going back to the gallery when the first choice was close but not right.
6. ## Select Use this template

   Select **Use this template**.

   **Note:** Select **Back to templates** to return to the gallery with your answers still in place, or **Start from scratch** to build the ticket list yourself.
7. ## Enter the event name and brand

   Enter the event name and choose its brand.
          ![Ticket Fairy event details step with dates, event types, venue, age and description](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-templates--event-details.png)    Create Event, Event details.
8. ## Set the dates and times

   Set the start and end, then turn on separate doors-open or last-entry times if the venue uses them.
9. ## Choose the event types

   Choose every event type that applies, and select a primary type if the event fits more than one.
10. ## Add the venue, age limit, description and poster

    Search for the venue, choose the minimum age, add the event description and upload the poster.

    **Note:** Choose **Enter manually** when the venue search cannot find the right address. Turn on **Hide venue** when buyers should receive the location later, then set the date on which it is revealed.
11. ## Select Next Step

    Select **Next Step**. Ticket Fairy saves a draft automatically.
           ![Ticket Fairy sales settings with referral rewards, sale dates, attendee checks, resale and booking fees](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-templates--sales-and-settings.png)    Create Event, Sales Settings.
12. ## Set the sales window and buyer options

    Set when ticket sales open and close, choose the attendee checks and resale under **Anti-Scalping/Fraud Settings**, then choose whether buyers pay the booking fee or you absorb it. Ticket Fairy saves the switches as you leave them, including any the template turned on.

    - **Names required**: Buyers enter a name for every ticket. It starts off.
    - **Name checks**: Door staff check the name on each ticket against the person holding it. It starts off and needs Names required on.
    - **ID required**: Attendees show ID at the door. It starts off.
    - **Ticket resale**: A buyer who can no longer come passes the ticket on through Ticket Fairy. It starts on.
    - **Add-on resale**: A buyer passes an add-on on through Ticket Fairy in the same way. It starts on.
    **Note:** You can turn on referral rewards here too, with their ticket and rebate targets. Use **Advanced options** for the waiting list, order approval, nationality, phone number, date of birth and extra ticket PDF text.
13. ## Review the ticket types

    Open the Ticket types step and complete any row marked **Price needed**, **Allocation needed**, **Stock needed** or **Booking terms needed**.

    **Note:** Add a ticket type if the event has none; Ticket Fairy asks before continuing when there are no ticket types or when a template row still needs information. The Set up ticket types guide, under Related guides, covers the complete ticket form.

    [Set up ticket types](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/set-up-ticket-types)
14. ## Select Create Event

    Select **Create Event**. The event is published, and tickets become available at the sales start you chose.

    **Note:** Choose **Save as Draft** when you want to finish the event page, tickets or team before publishing it.

## Try these steps on your own event

Create a free account, build your event and follow the steps above in your own dashboard. It takes a few minutes and you do not need to book a sales call.

    Your email address    [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo)

No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. No credit card required.

## Or have it done for you

Fai can recommend built-in and organizer-shared templates, lead with the one suggested for your brand, ask for the details and prices that belong to your event, and prepare the event with its ticket types and add-ons. She shows you the complete setup and asks before creating it. MCP and the CLI can create an event directly from the details you provide.

### In your dashboard, with Fai

Create an event for \<EVENT DESCRIPTION\>. Compare the built-in and organizer-shared templates, recommend the closest setup, ask me for every missing detail and price, then show me the event, ticket types, add-ons and sales settings before creating it

### From your own assistant, over MCP

Connect your assistant to [our MCP server](https://www.ticketfairy.com/mcp-server) and ask it:

The copied MCP configuration includes `--read-only`. Remove `--read-only` only when you want your assistant to make changes. Routine changes run when requested; destructive actions ask you in a compatible client. If your client cannot ask, make the change in your dashboard.

Pick the brand and event details from this request: \<BRAND\>, \<EVENT NAME\>, \<VENUE\>, \<START\> to \<END\>. Ask me for anything missing, show me the complete event and then create it as a draft

## From your terminal

Install the CLI from [our CLI page](https://www.ticketfairy.com/cli), sign in with `ticketfairy auth login`, and choose the brand you are working on with `ticketfairy brand use <BRAND_ID>`. `ticketfairy brand list` and `ticketfairy event list` show the IDs the other commands use.

Set your active brand first. Running the command without event details in an interactive terminal opens a guided setup. The command creates the event from the details you enter; add --draft when you want to keep it off sale while you finish the setup.

### A guided event setup in your terminal

ticketfairy event create --interactive

### A draft from the main event details

ticketfairy event create --name "\<EVENT NAME\>" --start \<START\> --end \<END\> --venue-search "\<VENUE AND CITY\>" --currency \<CURRENCY\> --draft

### A complete event from a JSON or YAML file

ticketfairy event create --from-file event.json

## Let Fai do it for you

Fai works inside your Ticket Fairy dashboard. Create your account, open Fai and paste the prompt above.

   [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo)

No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. No credit card required.

## Return to a saved draft

Open **Events**, find the draft and open it. Its event details, sales settings and ticket types stay as you left them, ready to complete before you create the event.

**Note:** A saved draft keeps the work already completed, including the template it started from and any ticket types or add-ons that were created successfully.

Fai can find the draft, show you what still needs attention and continue the setup after you approve each change. MCP and the CLI can inspect the saved event. The dashboard is the clearest place to review the whole setup.

### In your dashboard, with Fai

Find my draft event called \<EVENT NAME\>, show me its event details, ticket types, add-ons and sales settings, then ask what I want to finish before making any changes

### From your own assistant, over MCP

The copied MCP configuration includes `--read-only`. Remove `--read-only` only when you want your assistant to make changes. Routine changes run when requested; destructive actions ask you in a compatible client. If your client cannot ask, make the change in your dashboard.

Find my draft event called \<EVENT NAME\>, show me its current details and tell me which required event fields are still missing

### From your terminal

List drafts to find the event ID, then open its current details. Use the dashboard or the event update command to finish it.

#### Your events and their statuses

ticketfairy event list

#### The current details for the draft

ticketfairy event get \<EVENT\_ID\>

## Start an event before you sign up

Open the **Start your event** page at "/start", enter the event name, dates, event type, venue, age limit and description, then select **Continue** to create your free account or sign in. Ticket Fairy saves the event as you type, with no account needed, and turns it into a draft event with everything you entered when you create your brand.

**Note:** A started event that is never given a brand is offered again on your dashboard home as **Finish setting up**, for as long as you want to come back to it.

Fai can list the events you started before signing in and, after you approve, attach one to a brand as a draft event. Starting or editing the draft happens only on the page itself, before you have an account.

### In your dashboard, with Fai

Show me the events I started before signing in, then attach \<EVENT NAME\> to my brand \<BRAND\> as a draft

## Use the classic event form

Select **Use Classic Editor** on the Event details step when you need the established full-page event form. Everything you complete and save there works the same way.

**Note:** The classic form creates the same event. Use the guided setup to be led through it, and the classic form when your team already knows that layout.

Open the classic editor in the dashboard. Fai, MCP and the CLI can edit event data, but they cannot open this editor.

## Questions you might have

Why is a template marked Suggested for you?:  Ticket Fairy suggests the template that fits what you told Fai about your events, and shows what Fai noted under it. When Fai has not learned enough about your events yet, Ticket Fairy suggests the template your brand's last event was created from. It is only a suggestion: you can choose any template or start from scratch.

Where do the filled-in answers come from?:  From what you told Fai and from the last event you created from the same template. The ticket price is never filled in, because the page asks for the event's country, and so its currency, only after the template: enter the price yourself. You can change every answer before you select Use this template.

I run several brands. Which brand is the suggestion for?:  The brand you choose above the templates. Choose another brand there to see the template suggested for it. You can still change the brand later in the event details.

How do I change what the suggestion is based on?:  Tell Fai what has changed, for example that your events are now bigger or run over two days. She updates what she remembers, and the next event you create is suggested from the new details.

Do I have to use a template?:  No. Select Start from scratch for a blank event. A template saves time when its tickets and settings are close to what you need, and every prepared value remains editable.

Does a template copy another organizer's ticket prices?:  No. You enter the standard ticket price and capacity for your event. Ticket Fairy uses those answers to calculate the starting prices and quantities for the template's other ticket types.

When does the event become public?:  Selecting Create Event publishes the event. Tickets become available at the sales start you chose. Select Save as Draft when the event should remain private while you finish the setup.

Can I change a template setup after choosing it?:  Yes. Change the ticket list on the template panel before you save anything, use Change template on the event details step to pick a different setup until the draft is saved, and change the event details, sales settings, ticket types and add-ons at any point before the event goes on sale. Choosing a different template starts its own ticket list, so changes you made to the previous list do not carry across; your answers and changes are kept only while you stay on the same template. The template remains a record of where the event started, not a live link to the event.

Which selling strategy should I choose?:  Each option says who it suits. One price suits a first event or a small room; an early bird ladder suits most events; timed or phased releases suit a large room where rising prices keep buyers moving. Enter your capacity and Ticket Fairy suggests one, and you can change the ticket list whichever you choose.

What if the venue search finds several places with the same name?:  Choose the result with the correct full address. If none is right, choose Enter manually and enter the venue name and address yourself.

Where do I require names and ID, or allow resale?:  Set them under **Anti-Scalping/Fraud Settings** while you create the event. To change them later, open your event, select **Tickets**, then **Settings**, and select **Settings** under **Anti-Scalping/Fraud Settings**.

Does Ticket resale add a fee?:  Yes. When a ticket sells through resale, we charge the seller a resale fee of 10% of the price they paid for the ticket, not counting the booking fee, unless your event is in India, where resale carries no fee, or we've set a different fee for it. The fee applies from when you create the event with **Ticket resale** on. If you save a draft before you choose the venue, it applies once you save the event with its venue.

Can I create an event without tickets?:  Yes. Ticket Fairy asks you to confirm first because buyers will have nothing to purchase. For a ticketed event, create at least one priced or free ticket type with an allocation before putting it on sale.

## Still have a question?

Book a demo and we will answer it on a call, on your kind of event. Or create your account and see it for yourself.

   [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome)

No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. No credit card required.

## Related guides

- [More ways to use Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing)
- [Duplicate an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/duplicate-an-event)
- [Create a reusable event template](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/create-a-reusable-event-template)
- [Schedule when your event goes live](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/schedule-when-your-event-goes-live)
- [Set up ticketing for a multi-day festival](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-a-multi-day-festival)
- [Run ticketing for a nightclub](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-a-nightclub)
- [Run ticketing for a club night](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-a-club-night)
- [How do you keep touts and bots off your tickets?](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/keep-touts-off-your-tickets)
- [Let buyers resell their tickets at face value](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/let-buyers-resell-their-tickets-at-face-value)
- [Use Freefund to reduce no-shows at free and RSVP events](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/reduce-no-shows-at-free-rsvp-events)
- [Run an A/B test for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-an-ab-test-for-your-event)
- [Make your event invitation-only](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/make-an-event-invitation-only)
- [Password-protect your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/password-protect-your-event)
- [Sell tickets by personal invitation](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-tickets-by-personal-invitation)
- [Unlock hidden tickets with an access code](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/unlock-hidden-tickets-with-an-access-code)
- [Approve orders before buyers receive tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/approve-orders-before-buyers-receive-tickets)
- [Postpone or reschedule an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/postpone-or-reschedule-an-event)
- [Cancel an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/cancel-an-event)
- [Take pre-registrations before your ticket on-sale](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/take-pre-registrations-before-your-on-sale)
- [Sell parking, camping and merchandise with your tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-add-ons-with-your-tickets)
- [Group your tickets into categories](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/group-your-tickets-into-categories)
- [Issue reusable event passes to crew and artists](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/issue-entry-passes-to-your-crew)
- [Set up ticket types](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/set-up-ticket-types)
- [Limit who can buy a ticket type](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/limit-who-can-buy-tickets)
- [Sell tickets only to your NFT holders](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-tickets-only-to-your-nft-holders)
- [Add your flyer and description to your event page](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/design-your-event-page)
- [Answer your buyers' questions on the event page](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/add-faqs-to-your-event-page)
- [Choose who Ticket Fairy support contacts about your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/choose-who-ticket-fairy-support-contacts-about-your-event)
- [Sell timed-entry tickets for an attraction, exhibition or food event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-timed-entry-tickets)
- [Run a recurring event series](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-a-recurring-event-series)
- [Sell VIP tables and bottle service through your promoters](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-vip-tables-and-bottle-service)
- [Hold back tickets for later](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/hold-back-ticket-stock)
- [Schedule ticket releases](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/schedule-ticket-sale-windows-and-release-tiers)
- [Every Ticket Fairy guide](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides)

## Do this on your own event

Create your account, build your event and follow the steps in your own dashboard. You do not need to book a sales call.

  [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo)

## Sell tickets with Ticket Fairy

Everything in these guides is in your dashboard from the day you sign up.

- Set up your event in minutes
- Free events are free
- Fai, your co-pilot, is built in

 [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome)

No setup fees. No required monthly ticketing fee. No credit card required.

## See it on a call

Book a demo and we will show you how Ticket Fairy handles your kind of event.

 [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) [More ways to use Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing)

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