Step 3: How the Tucson Local Bands Calendar Works
A Community-Powered Music Calendar
The Tucson Local Bands Calendar exists to help fans discover live local music happening all around Tucson.
Tucson’s music scene is incredibly active, and new events are constantly being added, updated, rescheduled, and shared across many different platforms.
Tucson Local Bands is volunteer-run by local music supporters Erika and Kandra, with help from musicians, venues, fans, and the community.
The calendar works best when bands and venues help keep their own public event information updated.
The Best Way to Stay on the Calendar
The most reliable way to appear on the Tucson Local Bands calendar is by connecting a public calendar feed with your band or venue listing.
This can include:
- Google Calendar,
- Apple Calendar,
- or any public calendar system that provides an iCal or ICS feed link.
When your calendar is connected, upcoming performances may automatically appear on the Tucson Local Bands calendar with:
- dates,
- times,
- venue information,
- descriptions,
- and other event details.
This also helps connect your calendar events directly to your Tucson Local Bands profile so fans can learn more about your music before attending a show.
Why Tucson Local Bands Uses Calendar Feeds
Calendar feeds help:
- keep event information more accurate,
- reduce duplicate event listings,
- allow updates to happen automatically,
- and make it easier for a small volunteer team to help support a very large local music scene.
Tucson simply has too much live music happening for a small volunteer-run project to manually track every show across the city.
That is why public calendars are such an important part of the system.
What About Facebook Events?
Facebook Events can also help increase visibility for upcoming performances.
If you already create Facebook Events for your gigs, we recommend:
- including clear dates, times, and venue information,
- using consistent event titles,
- and keeping your event details updated.
Facebook Events are optional, but they can work very well alongside your public calendar and Tucson Local Bands listing.
Do You Manually Add Events?
Sometimes — but only in limited situations.
Manual event entry is generally reserved for:
- one-time special situations,
- bands or venues truly unable to use calendar feeds or Facebook events,
- or a small number of recurring events.
Because Tucson’s music scene is so active, manual event entry simply does not scale well long-term.
Public calendars help keep the system sustainable, accurate, and easier to maintain for everyone.
Are All Events Guaranteed to Appear?
No.
Tucson Local Bands does its best to keep the calendar updated and accurate, but event visibility is never guaranteed.
Events may occasionally be missing, delayed, duplicated, canceled, or changed by bands, venues, promoters, or calendar providers.
Before heading out to a show, we always recommend:
- checking the venue directly,
- visiting the band’s page,
- or confirming event details through official event links.
Want to Help Support Tucson’s Music Scene?
Tucson Local Bands was created by local music fans to help support and promote Tucson’s live music community.
Ways to help include:
- maintaining accurate listings and calendars,
- sharing events,
- supporting local bands and venues,
- contributing ideas,
- writing for the fan blog,
- and helping spread the word about local music.
Tucson Local Bands exists because of the community, and we truly appreciate everyone who helps keep Tucson filled with live music.
Next Up: Facebook Events
Learn why Tucson Local Bands recommends Facebook Events as part of a simple promotional workflow for local bands and venues.