The Best Free Event Listing Websites in the UK and US

According to TicketSource's 2025 User Survey, 78.7% of event organisers use free social media to promote their events. That is a good start — but your own social media reach is limited to people who already follow you. Event listing platforms put your event in front of people who are actively searching for something to do, often in a specific location, on a specific date, in a specific genre. That is a fundamentally different and complementary kind of reach.

Here are the best free event listing platforms for UK and US theatre, music, arts, community, heritage, and pop-up events — along with exactly what each one is best for.

TicketSource

Creating your event on TicketSource is the natural starting point. Your event page is your promotional home base — the one link you share across every other platform and channel, the place where every interested buyer ends up, and the place where the ticket sale actually happens.

• • What's On listings. When you create and activate an event on TicketSource, it is automatically published on TicketSource's own What's On event library — a publicly searchable directory of live events available on the platform. Your event appears in the What's On library from the moment it goes live, filtered by location and event type, so it is already in front of people searching for events near them before you have sent a single email or posted a single social update.

• • Real-time sales tracking. See which ticket types and sessions are selling fastest. A session that is 80% sold is promotional content — use it in your social posts and emails to create genuine urgency.

• • Discount codes and early bird pricing. Push slower nights or quieter sessions with a targeted discount code sent to your email list, or set a ticket price to increase automatically at a specific date without any manual change needed on the day.

• • Contact Customers. Email everyone who has booked for a specific performance directly from your dashboard — useful for pre-event reminders, accessibility information, last-minute updates, or a post-event thank you that starts building your next audience.

• • Waiting lists. When a session sells out, a waiting list automatically notifies interested buyers the moment a seat becomes available — so demand is captured rather than lost.

• • Telephone box office (UK only). TicketSource's free telephone box office handles incoming ticket enquiries on your behalf, so calls don't all land with the organiser in the week before the event.

• • Meta Pixel integration. Connect your Facebook Pixel to your TicketSource event page and retarget visitors who viewed your event but didn't complete their purchase.

"Your TicketSource event page is your single most important promotional asset. Every listing you add to every other platform should send people back to it. The shorter the distance between discovery and purchase, the more you convert."

- Terry Rosoman, Head of Marketing, TicketSource

Ticket Tactic

In all your social media posts, emails, and listing submissions, link directly to your TicketSource event page rather than to a general website homepage. Every extra click between discovery and the buy button reduces conversion. A direct link to the event page removes that friction entirely.

UK event listing platforms

Ents24

Ents24 is the UK's largest live entertainment guide, with 1.8 million monthly users browsing for concerts, theatre, comedy, festivals, and shows. Listing your event is free through Ents24 Backstage, their dedicated platform for event organisers, managers, venues, and promoters.

Once listed, Ents24 promotes your event through the site, their newsletters, tour alerts, and social media. Users can track artists and venues they follow, so your event is served directly to people who have already expressed interest in what you do.

Best for: Music, theatre, comedy, festivals — any ticketed live event across the UK.

Facebook Events

Facebook Events remains one of the most powerful free discovery tools available to organisers in both the UK and US. With 80.3% of over-35s using Facebook daily (TicketSource 2025 User Survey), a well-set-up Facebook Event is one of the most direct ways to reach a community audience in a specific location.

A Facebook Event appears in the Events tab, in local area recommendations, and in the feeds of users whose friends have shown interest. It also provides analytics showing reach and interest over time, so you can see whether organic momentum is building or whether a boosted post is worth considering.

Best for: Community events, theatre, music, arts — particularly for audiences aged 35 and over in a specific local area.

Read more: How to promote your event on Facebook in 2026

Museum Crush

Museum Crush is a dedicated platform for events at museums, galleries, and heritage sites across the UK. Each week it sends a curated digest of upcoming events to its subscriber list — an audience that has specifically opted in to hear about this type of event. The targeting is done for you before you even submit.

Best for: Museums, galleries, heritage sites, historic houses, art exhibitions, curator talks, and cultural events in arts or heritage venues.

Heritage Open Days

Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, taking place each September. It attracts around 800,000 visitors across over 5,000 events — all free to attend — and is supported and promoted nationally by the National Trust. Registering your event gives you access to national media coverage, local promotion, and an audience of engaged heritage enthusiasts.

Equivalent programmes exist in Wales (Open Doors), Scotland (Doors Open Days), and Northern Ireland (European Heritage Days).

Best for: Heritage venues, historic buildings, guided tours, community history events, civic societies — any event with a heritage or history dimension, September only.

Time Out

Time Out has been the go-to guide for what's on in London for more than 50 years, and its reach now extends to Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, and other UK cities. With millions of users across its platforms, it is particularly strong for reaching both residents and visitors looking for theatre, arts, food events, and pop-ups in urban areas.

Best for: Theatre, arts, music, food and drink events, pop-ups, and cultural events in London and major UK cities.

The List

The List is Scotland and northern England's leading entertainment guide, reaching over 2.2 million unique users. It covers music, theatre, comedy, art, film, and food events with particular strength in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the wider Scottish cultural scene.

Best for: Music, theatre, arts, and cultural events in Scotland and northern England.

Evvnt

Evvnt distributes your event listing to a wide network of local and regional what's-on sites, event calendars, and search engines simultaneously. One submission creates multiple placements, making it useful for reaching local audiences who may never visit a dedicated ticketing or entertainment platform but do search locally for things to do.

Best for: Any event where local discovery matters — community theatre, music nights, pop-up events, local festivals.

Drama Groups

Drama Groups is the UK's dedicated resource for amateur theatre groups, societies, and individuals. Beyond event listings it covers show news, reviews, audition openings, and society profiles — a genuine community hub for the amateur dramatics world. To list your production, contact Drama Groups directly with your event details for inclusion in their monthly performance listings and social media channels. With 29.5% of TicketSource events being theatre productions, this is one of the most targeted platforms available.

Best for: Amateur theatre, drama groups, community theatre productions, pantomimes, and musical theatre.

Wherecanwego

Wherecanwego is a free UK what's-on directory where users search by location, date range, and event type — useful for people planning ahead or visiting an area. Events appear immediately after submission, listings can be added several months in advance, and past events are archived, keeping your organisation visible even after the event has ended.

Best for: Community events, local theatre, arts, festivals — anything with a strong local audience where date and location search is the primary discovery route.

Brit Events

Brit Events is a free UK events directory covering events of all sizes and organising listings by both genre and location. Sign-up is simple, listings go live quickly, and the platform regularly attracts thousands of visitors a day across its filters.

Best for: A broad range of UK events — community festivals, arts events, music, theatre, markets, and fairs.

Choose Your Event

Choose Your Event focuses on community, charity, and local events with free listings for non-commercial organisers. Once approved, your listing is live with a direct ticket booking link and an email contact for attendee queries. Its built-in dashboard lets organisers track listing views over time.

Best for: Community events, charity fundraisers, local fetes, markets, and neighbourhood festivals.

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US event listing platforms

Songkick

Songkick is one of the primary ways music fans track artists and discover upcoming shows across the US and UK. Users register interest in specific artists and are automatically notified when that artist announces a show in their area — meaning your listing is pushed directly to the people most likely to buy a ticket, rather than waiting for them to find you.

Best for: Live music, concerts, gigs, tours, and music festivals of all scales.

Bandsintown

Bandsintown is a music-specific platform with an artist-tracking feature that now powers concert listings on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube — meaning a single listing on Bandsintown puts your event in front of fans across all of those platforms simultaneously. Its own app adds another discovery channel, and you can contact RSVPs and ticket holders directly with updates and reminders.

Best for: Live music, touring artists, gigs, music festivals — any event where the artist has an existing following to notify.

Resident Advisor

Resident Advisor is the world's leading electronic music platform, with over 1 million monthly users globally. Listing your event is free through a basic RA account, and RA's editorial team reviews submissions to ensure fit. For electronic music events — club nights, DJ sets, raves, and dance music festivals — this is the most targeted and credible platform available.

Best for: Electronic music events, club nights, DJ events, dance music festivals — UK and US.

DoStuff Network

The DoStuff network operates city-specific what's-on guides across more than 20 major US cities, including Do312 (Chicago), DoNYC (New York), DoLA (Los Angeles), and DoATL (Atlanta). Each city site is an editorial guide to local events, with a pre-qualified audience of locals actively looking for things to do. Listings are free to submit and reach a city-specific, highly engaged audience rather than a broad national one.

Best for: Music, arts, theatre, pop-up, and community events in major US cities.

AllEvents.in

AllEvents.in is a global event discovery platform with a strong US presence, covering events across music, theatre, arts, community, workshops, food and drink, and more. Listings are free to create and the platform covers events in both physical locations and online, making it useful for hybrid and virtual events as well as in-person ones.

Best for: A broad range of US events — arts, music, theatre, community, workshops, pop-ups, and online events.

Meetup

Meetup has over 60 million members globally and is built around recurring community gatherings — exactly the model used by book clubs, theatre groups, music nights, and community arts events. Organisers can create a free group and list events within it, reaching people who have specifically opted in to hear about events in their interest area and location.

Best for: Recurring community events, workshops, book clubs, arts groups, literary events, and any event with a regular programme rather than a one-off.

Nextdoor

Nextdoor is a neighbourhood social network available in both the US and UK, with over 45 million households on the platform. Its Events feature lets you post local events directly to your neighbourhood or a defined radius. Because Nextdoor's audience is hyperlocal — people who literally live near your venue — it is one of the most targeted free channels available for community events, pop-ups, and neighbourhood festivals.

Best for: Hyperlocal community events, pop-ups, neighbourhood festivals, fetes, and any event where the primary audience lives within walking distance of the venue.

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Further reading from the TicketSource blog

• • How to promote your event on Facebook in 2026.
• • How to promote your event on Instagram.
• • How to write an effective press release for your event.
• • How to use email to sell more tickets.