Create events
Add an event to your Basker site — a production or show with its own dates, event instances, venue, and people
Events are how you add live productions, runs, or shows to your Basker site — anything with dates, event instances (also called performances), a venue, and people involved. An event holds the details your audience needs: when it runs, where it runs, who's involved, and the wider season or series it belongs to.
Each event sits at the top level. Underneath, you can add the individual dated event instances of the event — for example, each night of a run. One event with five instances is one record with five children, not five separate events.
Build an event
Open the Events area under Event Model in Basker. The screen is subtitled Add shows, performances, and other events.
Start a new event
Click CREATE NEW to open the event editor. The editor has six tabs: Event Detail, Content, Instances, Theme Settings, Custom Attributes, and SEO. The procedure below walks the Event Detail tab first, then the others as needed.
Set the title and description
On the Event Detail tab, fill in the Title (required) and Description. The title is the headline used across listings and on the event's public page.
Set the venue, duration, and company
Pick the Venue from your existing venues, or create a new one inline. Enter the Duration in minutes if you know it. Pick the Company — the producing organization for the event.
Set the dates
Fill in the Start Date and End Date with their Timezone pickers. The dates are the run as a whole; the individual showtimes are added as event instances later.
The right-hand sidebar has a Hide Start Time option for events that aren't yet on sale or whose start time isn't being announced.
Set the season, series, and works
Pick the Season — typically your current programme cycle. Add the event to one or more Series if it belongs to a festival or sub-programme. Pick the Works being performed. See Seasons and series and Works.
Add participants
Below the main fields is a Participants section. Add the cast, creative team, and other named participants from your People records.
Add a main image and configure the sidebar
The sidebar has a Slug section with a Generate from title toggle (on by default), a Main Image with CREATE NEW or CHOOSE FROM EXISTING options, and a Show in Search checkbox (on by default).
Build the event page content
Switch to the Content tab and add blocks for the body of the event page — synopsis, programme notes, gallery, ticketing call to action. Use whichever blocks your theme exposes for events. See Building pages with blocks.
Set SEO and any custom attributes
Use the SEO tab to set meta title, description, and image. If your site uses custom attributes for events, fill them in on the Custom Attributes tab.
Save as a draft
Click Save Draft at the top right. Click Publish when you're ready to make the event live. See Drafts, preview, and publishing.
Add the event instances
Switch to the Instances tab and add the individual dated occurrences — typically one per performance. See Event instances.
How an event is structured
The procedure above touches several things; the sections below cover them in more detail for when you need them.
Performances and event instances
The dates you set on the event are the run as a whole. The individual showtimes — the dated occurrences your audience books tickets for — are added as event instances underneath the event, on the Instances tab. See Event instances.
Programming context: seasons and series
Events sit inside a season (the programming cycle) and optionally inside one or more series (festivals, themed weekends, sub-programmes). The same event can belong to a season and several series at once.
Drafts and publishing
Like every other content type, events go through draft → scheduled → published. Save as a draft while you build, schedule for an announcement moment, or publish immediately. See Drafts, preview, and publishing.