There’s a setting in The Events Calendar editor that allows you to “feature” an event. Featuring an event gives it a more prominent appearance in the calendar.

For example, here’s a featured event in the calendar’s month view:

A featured event displays the event’s featured image and is marked in blue.

And here it is in list view:


Featuring an event

Feature an event by selecting the “Feature Event” setting in the Event Options section of the post editor.

The setting is under “Event Options” in the post editor.

There’s nothing else you need to do to feature the event. Once the post is saved, The Events Calendar will take care of making the event stand out on the calendar.


Styling featured events

When an event is featured, the plugin adds a special CSS class to the event based on the view is in.

For example, in month view, the featured event class is .tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event--feature. This can be used to style featured events that are displayed in month view.

Notice that the event actually has a lot of classes, with the featured class being among them.

Here are all the classes for featured events and the views they apply to.

Calendar ViewCSS ClassnameWhat it Does
All Views.tribe-common-svgicon--featuredProvides the background image for the icon of a featured event.
List Viewtribe-events-calendar-list__event-row--featuredStyles the parent wrapper of a featured event in the calendar’s list view.
.tribe-events .tribe-events-calendar-list__calendar-event--featured:beforeProvides the blue border of a featured event in list view.
tribe-events-calendar-list__event-featured-image-wrapperStyles around the featured image in list view.
tribe-events-calendar-list__event-featured-imageStyles the featured image of a featured event in list view.
tribe-events-calendar-list__event-featured-image-linkStyles the link of a featured image for a featured event in list view.
tribe-events-calendar-list__event-datetime-featured-iconPositions the icon for a featured event in list view.
tribe-common-svgicon--featuredSets the background image that is used for the icon of a featured event.
tribe-events-calendar-list__event-datetime-featured-textSets the text style for the “Featured” label next to the icon of a featured image in list view.
Month Viewtribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event--featuredStyles the parent wrapper for a featured event in the calendar’s month view.
.tribe-events .tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event--featured:beforeProvides the blue border of a featured event in month view.
tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event-featured-image-wrapperStyles around the featured image in month view.
tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event-featured-image-linkStyles the link of a featured image for a featured event in month view.
.tribe-events .tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event-featured-imageStyles the featured image of a featured event in the calendar’s month view.
tribe-events-calendar-month__calendar-event-datetime-featured-iconPositions the icon of a featured image in month view.
Week Viewtribe-events-pro-week-grid__event--featuredStyles the parent wrapper of a featured event in the calendar’s week view.
tribe-events-pro-week-grid__event-featured-image-wrapperStyles around the featured image of a featured event in week view.
tribe-events-pro-week-grid__event-featured-imageStyles the featured image of a featured event in week view.
tribe-events-pro-week-grid__event-datetime-featured-iconPositions the icon for a featured event in week view.
Day Viewtribe-events-calendar-day__event--featuredStyles the parent wrapper of a featured event in the calendar’s day view.
.tribe-events .tribe-events-calendar-day__calendar-event--featured:beforeProvides the blue border of a featured event in day view.
tribe-events-calendar-day__event-featured-image-wrapperStyles around the featured image in day view.
tribe-events-calendar-day__event-featured-image-linkStyles the link of a featured image for a featured event in day view.
tribe-events-calendar-day__event-featured-imageStyles the featured image of a featured event in day view.
tribe-events-calendar-day__event-datetime-featured-textSets the text style for the “Featured” label next to the icon of a featured image in day view.
Photo Viewtribe-events-pro-photo__event--featuredStyles the parent wrapper of a featured event in the calendar’s photo view.
tribe-events-pro-photo__event-featured-image-wrapperStyles around the featured image in photo view.
tribe-events-pro-photo__event-featured-image-linkStyles the link of a featured image for a featured event in photo view.
tribe-events-pro-photo__event-featured-imageStyles the featured image of a featured event in photo view.
tribe-events-pro-photo__event-datetime-featured-iconPositions the icon for a featured event in photo view.
tribe-events-pro-photo__event-datetime-featured-textSets the text style for the “Featured” label next to the icon of a featured image in photo view.
Map Viewtribe-events-pro-map__event-card-wrapper--featuredStyles the parent wrapper of a featured event in the calendar’s map view.
tribe-events-pro-map__event-datetime-featured-iconPositions the icon of a featured image in month view.
tribe-events-pro-map__event-datetime-featured-textSets the text style for the “Featured” label next to the icon of a featured image in map view.

Not sure how to use these classes in your theme’s CSS? Check out our CSS guide for more information.

Featured events in Filter Bar

If you have our Filter Bar add-on installed, then it gives you the option to add a filter for featured events:

Featured events become an available filter when the Filter Bar add-on is installed.

Enabling the filter activates it in the calendar, allowing users to filter the calendar to display only featured events.