--- title: "Run last year's event again | Ticket Fairy Guides" description: "Copy last year's event, change the dates and prices, and open the on-sale to last year's buyers before you announce it publicly." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-last-years-event-again" --- 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Guides](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides) 3. Run last year's event again Start to finish # Run last year's event again An annual festival, a returning club night and a second city on a tour all start from an event that already ran. You copy it, change the dates and prices, and sell the first tickets to the people who came last time. Takes: 12 minutes [Watch the video: Run last year's event again](https://d3lcdr963b5ubl.cloudfront.net/uploads/guides/video/run-last-years-event-again/f1a9bca75cf9cae6f3a301712fa513c80431e5254f94ef674e65effd140a2047/5af7d9be1abf24cb/guide.mp4) · [English](https://www.ticketfairy.com/resources/captions/guides/guide-run-last-years-event-again-5af7d9be1abf.vtt) ***Watch how it's done** 2 min 31 s, with captions.* - [Read what last year sold before you copy it](#step-1) - [Copy the event](#step-2) - [Copy last year's production setup](#step-3) - [Check the dates and change the prices](#step-4) - [Sell to last year's buyers first](#step-5) - [Open the public on-sale](#step-6) ## Before you start - Last year's event is still on your account. A copy starts from its setup, so you can't copy an event you deleted. - You have read what last year sold: which tiers went first, which were left at the end, and which add-ons buyers bought. - You know the new dates, and whether the venue, capacity or prices have changed. 1. ## Read what last year sold before you copy it [Play from here](#guide-video) Open last year's event and check **Sales by Type** for what each tier actually sold. **Note:** A tier that sold out in an hour was priced too low, and one that never sold is worth cutting rather than copying. ![Sales breakdown showing how each ticket type performed for an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-analytics--sales-breakdown.png) *The sales breakdown for a finished event.* 2. ## Copy the event [Play from here](#guide-video) Select **Duplicate Event** and choose what the copy takes with it. **Note:** The copy is a draft. Nothing about it is public, and last year's event is left exactly as it was. [Duplicate an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/duplicate-an-event) ![Duplicate event dialog with the new event name, dates and the choice of what to copy across](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-nightclub-operations--duplicate-night.png) *The duplicate dialog, copying a night that worked.* 3. ## Copy last year's production setup [Play from here](#guide-video) Optional: On the new event, select **Operations**, then **Set up** and **Copy from last event** to bring last year's stages, rota, passes, site map, hotel blocks and budget across. [Copy the setup of your last event into your next one](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/copy-the-setup-of-your-last-event-into-your-next-one) ![Copy from last event dialog with last year's festival first as the likely last edition](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-setup-copy--choose-the-event.png) *Operations, Set up, Copy from last event.* 4. ## Check the dates and change the prices [Play from here](#guide-video) Open the copy, check every sale window against the new date, and change any price that has moved. **Note:** If you enter the new dates in the duplicate dialog, Ticket Fairy moves the sale windows, door times and validity by the same number of whole days. Check the weekday, which a whole-day move can change. 5. ## Sell to last year's buyers first [Play from here](#guide-video) Email last year's attendees before the public on-sale, with an access code or an invitation. **Note:** They are the audience most likely to buy and the cheapest to reach. A presale to them also tells you what demand looks like before you commit to the public price. ![Email composer with the audience selector](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-messaging--email-composer.png) *Event, Messaging, Send Email.* 6. ## Open the public on-sale [Play from here](#guide-video) Put the copy on sale once the presale has run and the ticket types are right. **Note:** Treat the copy as a new event on its opening morning: the run-through in the on-sale guide applies to it in full. ![The Payment and Support step of the publish review, showing payment details, support contacts and promoter links](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-publish--payment-support.png) *Publish event, Payment and Support.* ## Or have it done for you Fai, your AI teammate, can check sales, update your event or change a ticket when you ask. Fai can tell you what last year's event sold, tier by tier, and copy it once you approve. The CLI copies the event in one command. ### In your dashboard, with Fai ``` Copy for next year, keep the ticket types and add-ons, and show me the new event in draft with the dates I give you before anything is published ``` ### From your own assistant, over MCP Connect your assistant to [our MCP server](https://www.ticketfairy.com/mcp-server) and ask it: Keep `--read-only` in your MCP configuration. This task only reads data, so your assistant does not need tools that make changes. ``` Pick the brand, find the event and show its ticket types, add-ons and final sales ``` ## 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 `. `ticketfairy brand list` and `ticketfairy event list` show the IDs the other commands use. Copy the event with its new dates and what it takes with it, then edit the copy. ### Copy last year's event as a draft with its ticket types, team, emails, contacts and FAQs. Enter the start and end as local date and time, such as 2026-10-10T22:00:00; sale windows and door times move by the same number of whole days. ``` ticketfairy event clone --body '{"data": {"displayName": "", "slug": "", "shortName": "", "startDate": "", "endDate": "", "ticketTypes": true, "team": true, "credentials": false, "preRegistration": false, "promotions": false, "delegations": false, "emailTemplates": true, "contacts": true, "faqs": true}}' ``` ## Repeat an event every week or month [Play from here](#guide-video) 1. ### Make it a series instead of a copy Set up a recurring series when the event repeats on a schedule rather than once a year. **Note:** With a series, Ticket Fairy carries the setup forward for you and keeps the dates together, which a copy doesn't do. ![The Create Event Series dialog with a public page and automatic event rules](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-nightclub-operations--public-event-series.png) *Brand, Event Series, Create Event Series.* Fai can open the recurring-event setup for you. You build the series in the dashboard; she creates one event at a time. ### In your dashboard, with Fai ``` Open the recurring-event setup for so I can make it a weekly series ``` ### From your own assistant, over MCP Keep `--read-only` in your MCP configuration. This task only reads data, so your assistant does not need tools that make changes. ``` Pick the brand, find the event and show its dates ``` ### From your terminal Copy the event once per date when a series does not fit. #### Copy the event as a draft for one new date, with its ticket types, team, emails, contacts and FAQs. Enter the start and end as local date and time, such as 2026-10-10T22:00:00; sale windows and door times move by the same number of whole days. ``` ticketfairy event clone --body '{"data": {"displayName": "", "slug": "", "shortName": "", "startDate": "", "endDate": "", "ticketTypes": true, "team": true, "credentials": false, "preRegistration": false, "promotions": false, "delegations": false, "emailTemplates": true, "contacts": true, "faqs": true}}' ``` ## Save the setup as a template for another promoter [Play from here](#guide-video) 1. ### Share the event as a template Share the setup as a template when you want another promoter to start from it without seeing your event. **Note:** A template includes the tiers and allocations, not your prices or sales. ![The Share an event as a template dialog with an event selected](https://www.ticketfairy.com/embeds/posters/marketing-event-templates--share-event.png) *Brand settings, Event templates, Share an event.* Fai can open the sharing page for the event. ### In your dashboard, with Fai ``` Open the template sharing page for ``` ### From your own assistant, over MCP Keep `--read-only` in your MCP configuration. This task only reads data, so your assistant does not need tools that make changes. ``` Pick the brand, find the event and show its ticket types ``` ### From your terminal Sharing a template is done in the dashboard. #### Show the event you are about to share ``` ticketfairy event get ``` ## Questions you might have **Does a copy carry last year's orders?** No. A copy takes the setup, not the sales. Last year's orders, tickets and buyers stay on last year's event, which is where you look them up. **Does copying change the event I copied?** No. The original is untouched and stays exactly as it was, including its reports. **What happens to the sale windows in a copy?** They move with the event when you enter new dates in the duplicate dialog, by the same number of whole days. If you copy without new dates, the windows keep last year's dates, which have usually passed. ## Still have a question? Book a demo and we will answer it on a call, on your kind of event. 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No credit card required. ## Related guides - [More ways to use Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/multiple-events-and-brands) - [Duplicate an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/duplicate-an-event) - [Run a recurring event series](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-a-recurring-event-series) - [See how your ticket sales are going](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/check-your-sales) - [Open your ticket on-sale](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/open-your-ticket-on-sale) - [Change the date or call off an event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/change-or-call-off-an-event) - [Prepare your door team for event day](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/prepare-your-door-team) - [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. 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