Seasons and series
Group events into programming cycles, festivals, or sub-programmes
Seasons and series are two ways to group events together. They serve different purposes and an event can belong to both at the same time.
- A season is a programming-cycle grouping. Most performing-arts organizations organize their year as a season ("2026/27 Season", "Summer 2026") and an event belongs to at most one.
- A series is a curated grouping that may span seasons or sub-divide one. Festivals, themed weekends, recital series, and sub-programs are all series. An event can be in many series at once, or none.
Both seasons and series have their own public pages on the site. You can link to "everything in the 2026/27 Season" or "the chamber music series" as a single discoverable URL.
Seasons
A season contains:
- A title, e.g. "2026/27 Season".
- A description: a short text summary, translatable per language.
- A date range the season covers.
- An optional image for the season.
- The events belonging to the season (set from each event, not from the season itself).
Set an event's season when you create the event. Changing an event's season afterwards moves it between season pages and updates listings accordingly.
The Season editor shows an Events list of every event currently pointing at that season. This is useful for reviewing the line-up at a glance. The list is read-only here. To move an event in or out of the season, edit the event itself.
Series
A series contains:
- A title, e.g. "International Festival 2026" or "Late Night Concerts".
- A description.
- An optional image.
- A start date (required) and an optional end date for time-bounded series.
Add an event to a series when you create the event. An event can be in multiple series. If you tag an event with several series, it appears on each series page.
When to use which
- A new programming cycle needs a season.
- A festival, themed weekend, or curated program needs a series.
- A recurring annual program that repeats each season needs a series, since it spans multiple seasons.
- An event that does not quite fit your default season needs a series for the special program it is part of.