It's completely FREE to list your events on the nearfield website, and always will be.Click here to access the Uploader and add your event / venue
THE RULES
We are an event listings platform and user experience is our top priority, so we have some basic rules as to what constitutes an event listing:
🙌 AN EVENT IS... any unmissable event, from a one-off gig to an exhibition run at an art gallery, a sporting fixture to a workshop. It could be a weekend sale in retail or a weekly meet-up.
🛑 AN EVENT IS NOT... a food/drink promotion or anything where it’s a price-based offer. These fall into the category of promotions and we have advertising packages to suit which are very competitively priced. A place is not an event! Please do not list a bar in events UNLESS it’s a special Father's Day Jazz Funk Day or a New Menu Launch Night. You get the picture.
❓ COURSES... We can take courses - but it’s not really why people are here. We’ll build on that in the future if there’s enough interest. Drop us a line if you’re interested in listing courses.
IMAGES
- Use dimensions 3:4 or 4:3 - the system is quite flexible and there’s an image editor built in
- Put your subject in the centre of the image (so if we crop it to square for a thumbnail - it still looks good)
- Avoid text and please don't upload a flyer for a main image. Try to have something that shows the actual event itself - it’s far more appealing to the audience!
- There’s a gallery you can add 2 or 3 images too - including a flyer
WORDS: TITLES
- Please make the title short and do NOT include dates or venue names in the title - these will get rejected
- Consider that more than half the users are on mobile and short titles always win!
WORDS: BODY COPY
- Write in the third person if possible - and think about the audience - how can you inspire them to want to come?
- Whilst we can take a lot of words, more than 50% of people are accessing via mobile - so think about that. Keep it punchy and to the point!
- We want to get them from nearfield TO your site / ticketing platform - so consider this when writing
PRICING
- Even if you have very complex ticketing - maybe keep it simple on nearfield - the basics Adult / Release 1 / Child / Concession etc. - some festivals have very complex pricing but that’s probably best left for your site when the user is in the purchasing flow
LINKS
- You can add extra links to instagram, performer websites, artist YouTube’s - it’s always nice for the audience to easily find out more with a single click, so do consider using these to help create appeal
