What gets listed and how we check it

Events and places

If it happens on a date, it's an event, and every event needs at least one date from the organizer. When the organizer hasn't published a start time, the listing says “Time to be confirmed.” Something that happens regularly without published dates isn't listed as an event. It can show up in a guide instead, with no dates attached.

Every fact has a source

Each event and place links to the official page it came from, like the organizer, the venue or the city. Events, places and guides all show the date we last checked them. That date tells you when we looked, and plans can change after it, so check with the organizer before you go.

Checked and confirmed are different

Two labels can appear on a listing. “Checked against the official source” means we compared the listing with the organizer’s or venue’s own page on that date. “Details confirmed by the organizer” means someone who runs the event or group emailed us to say the details are right, and we checked who they are through a public contact, like the organizer’s own website or published phone number, before we recorded it. A forwarded email or a link on its own never counts as a confirmation. Each label shows its own date, and neither one replaces the other.

When we can't confirm something

Sometimes an official page is down, blocks us, or disagrees with another official page. When that happens we write down the question, the sources and the next step. An event with an open date question keeps its page with a warning, and it stays out of date lists, calendar downloads and the event data search engines read until the question is settled. When the question is about one detail of a place, like its hours or phone number, it stays tied to that detail and the rest of the place page stays up.

Cancellations stay up

When an event is cancelled or postponed, its page stays up with a notice so you can see what changed. Those dates drop out of upcoming lists and news feeds. In a calendar subscription the date stays, marked Cancelled or Postponed, until it passes, so the change shows up instead of the entry quietly disappearing.

Corrections are free

Spot something wrong? Send a correction with the page and an official source if you have one. Corrections, basic event suggestions and ordinary listings are free, and a person reviews every request before anything changes. Each fix to a published fact is recorded in the corrections log.

How fast corrections show up

A correction goes live with the next version of the site we publish. After that, pages show it within about two minutes. The network that delivers our pages keeps each copy for 60 seconds, and for up to 60 seconds more it can hand out the older copy while it fetches a new one. On October 21, 2026 we were served a page copy 119 seconds old, inside that two-minute window.

Calendar and news feeds are kept longer. Each copy is fresh for 10 minutes, and an older copy can be handed out for up to an hour more while a new one is fetched. If you subscribe to one of our calendars, your calendar app also checks the feed on its own schedule. The feed suggests every 12 hours, but each app decides when to look, so a subscribed calendar can trail the site.

Paid placements are labeled

A paid placement carries a “Paid partnership” or “Sponsored” label right beside it. Paying doesn't buy a fact check, editorial approval, a hidden spot in the order, or keeping another business off the site. The full policy is on the editorial and sponsorship page.

A featured business we have a working arrangement with, such as a consulting pilot, is labeled “Business connection”, and its profile cannot be published without a sentence naming that arrangement. These labels follow the FTC Endorsement Guides, 16 CFR 255.5 (disclosure of material connections), which we read on October 21, 2026.

Questions

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