Find, share , promote events !

event-plaza combines the features of an event calendar and a social networking site.
Primarily, the site is a searchable, browseable repository of upcoming events, such as music concerts, art exhibits, business conferences, and so on. Event information can be contributed by the user community, although an increasing percentage of event data now comes from commercial sources.

Users can indicate their plans by marking that they are "going" to or "interested" in an event. Users may also establish "friend" relationships with each other and receive notifications about what their friends are planning.
event-plaza also offers users reminders via email or text messages when a particular event is about to occur.

event-plaza uses iCalendar, RSS, and GeoRSS for content syndication and supports an open API for searching or submitting event data. It also uses hCalendar microformats, so that events can be downloaded directly into calendar applications. Finally, users can also post badges on their own websites, powered by Javascript, which list all their upcoming events.

event-plaza lets you browse and search the database using one or a combination of the following parameters:

• Categories (10) and subcategories (30), e.g. 'business:fairtrade'
• Target group, e.g. 'Kids and Family'
• Genre (depending on the category), e.g. 'music:heavymetal' or 'film:commedy'
• Performer, e.g. 'Tina Turner'
• Theme, e.g. 'Christopher Street Day'
• Location name, e.g. 'Cologne Arena'
• Any geographical parameter, e.g. 'city name' or 'zip'
• Per Creator name
• Day or date of the event, e.g. 'Monday 15th'
• A certain time window, e.g. 'next 7 days'
• Title, subtitle or event description
• Popularity, e.g. 'most attended'