How to build an event calendar in Bubble

The simplest way to build an event calendar in Bubble is to create a Thing called Event in your database, store dates inside it, and then display those events inside a repeating group or a calendar plugin. You let users create Events through a form, save them with a date or date range, and then you show them by filtering Events where the date falls in the currently displayed month or day.

Set up your Event data type

Create a new data type called Event. Add fields:

• title (text)
• start\_date (date)
• end\_date (date)
• details (text, optional)

These fields let you store the information the calendar will show.

Create the form that adds events

On a page, add inputs for title, start date, end date, and a button. Set a workflow on the button: Data → Create a new thing → Event, and map the inputs to the fields. This makes every event you add appear automatically in your calendar.

Show events on a calendar

You have two real options:

• Use a Repeating Group → You create a list of dates for the current month and filter events whose start_date/end_date overlaps each date.
• Use Bubble’s Calendar plugin → Install the official plugin and drop the Calendar element on the page. Set Type of events = Event and Data source = Search for Events.

The plugin automatically renders events in month/week/day views.

Filtering events for current month (repeating group method)

Use a repeating group with type date and a list of days you generate manually or with a plugin. In each cell, add another repeating group that searches for events like this:

Search for Events
  start_date ≤ Current cell's date
  end_date ≥ Current cell's date

Making events clickable

Inside the cell, put a group showing the event title. Add a workflow on click → Show popup and display that event’s information. This makes the calendar interactive.

Optional: Only show events to the right users

Use Privacy rules in the Data tab. Example: allow the creator to view their own events, or allow everyone to view but only the creator to modify.