# Building an Event

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Let's create an event in Sparrow!  While Sparrow supports automatically importing events from a few sources, we'll be manually building an event in this example. If you

1. **Go to the Event Creation page.**  From the homepage, <mark style="color:green;">click "Events"</mark> in the navigation and <mark style="color:green;">select the "+ Add New"</mark> button.
2. **Complete the event build information.**

   &#x20; Event Date: *12/01/2023* \
   &#x20; Date(s)*: Click "+Add New" and enter:* \
   &#x20;                *Date/Time: 10/10/2023 10:00AM*\
   &#x20;                *Type: Announce Date* \
   &#x20;                \
   &#x20;                *Click "Save", then "+ Add New" and enter:*\
   &#x20;                *Date/Time: 10/13/2023 11:00AM*\
   &#x20;                *Type: On Sale Date*\
   &#x20; Event Name: *My Sparrow Test Event*\
   &#x20; Headliner: *Jimmy Buffett*\
   &#x20; Support: *Margo Price*\
   &#x20; Venue: *\[Your Venue]*\
   &#x20; Budget: *$5,000*\
   &#x20; Genre: *Country > Other*\
   &#x20; Press Photo: *Click +Add and* [*upload this image*](https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FqAQ90jsQ9Dz1TDhvquxy%2Fuploads%2FZVY9htSbh1ZB6vYjEHSe%2Fab6761610000e5ebc51b2d9deea2b3cc8360828d.jpeg?alt=media\&token=dd35e3f2-ae64-4cc1-98f1-c6ed725c1301)*.*\
   \ <mark style="color:green;">Click "Save".</mark>

Watch a video of the process:

Congratulations! You just created your first event in Sparrow.  Now, let's fill in some additional information.


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