Free event page templates: how to start an event from a template, and what to change before you publish

The short answer

A good event page template gives you the parts that are the same for every event of its kind, already written: a name, a description, ticket types with example prices, and the questions to ask at checkout. You add what only you know, like the date, the place and your prices, and check the rest before you publish.

One Ticket has more than 80 free event templates, from a supper club to a charity gala. Open one, choose Use this template, and the event builder opens with it filled in. You don’t need an account to look around and change it: you make a free one when you save or publish.

Why start from a template

A blank event page asks a lot of small questions at once. What should the ticket types be? What do people need to know before they come? What should I ask them when they book? It’s easy to answer them from memory, miss one, and find out on the night: nobody was asked about allergies, or a table of six was sold as one place.

A template answers those questions for an event like yours, so you’re editing instead of starting from nothing. The slowest parts to write, the description and the ticket setup, are already there.

What a good event template includes

Whatever you sell tickets with, a useful template covers:

• A name and one line about it. The line shows in listings and when the link is shared, so it should say what the event is like, not just repeat the name.
• A short description. What happens, then what to know: what’s included, what to bring or wear, age limits, access.
• Ticket types that match how people come. Single players and tables for a trivia night, a couple ticket for a date-night class, adult, concession and child for a show.
• A cap on each ticket type, counted in people. A table of six uses six places, not one.
• Checkout questions you’ll act on. Dietary needs for a dinner, experience for a class, a team name for trivia.
• Sensible times and a repeat. A weekly class repeats every week; a gala is one night.

What to change before you publish

A template is a starting point. Before it goes on sale:

1. Add the date and the place. A template never sets them.
2. Make the name yours. “Trivia Night Fundraiser” is a placeholder; “Riverside Primary Trivia Night” is an event.
3. Set your prices. Template prices are examples. Work yours out from your costs: see how much to charge for event tickets.
4. Set the caps to your room. Make each ticket type’s cap add up to your chairs, stations, wheels or mats.
5. Add the specifics to the description. The menu, the speaker, where to park, what’s included.
6. Trim the questions. Keep the ones you’ll use. Each one is another step before someone pays.
7. Preview it on a phone, where many people will see it.

Templates for common events

Each template’s page shows its tickets, checkout questions, description and what to check before publishing, so you can see what you’ll get before you choose it.

How to start from a template on One Ticket

There are two ways in, and both fill in the same things.

From the gallery. Go to event templates and browse by kind: nights out, classes and workshops, wellness and fitness, clubs and social sport, community and causes, and business and networking. Open one and choose Use this template. Without an account you make a free one first, then the event builder opens with the template filled in.

From the builder. Signed in, choose New event. Under Event name, choose Start from a template, search (for example “yoga” or “trivia”) and pick one.

What a template fills in:

• Always: the event name, the line about it, the description, the ticket types (name, example price, cap, description and people per ticket) and the checkout questions. These replace any you already had.
• Only if you haven’t set them yourself: the start and end times, whether it repeats weekly or monthly, the cap per order, the button label on the event page, the waitlist and the colours.
• Never: the date, the place, the time zone, your refund policy, the font and the cover photo.

Nothing is saved when you pick a template. The draft changes on screen, and it’s yours to change; choose Save draft or Publish when it’s right. Pick a different template and it replaces the first.

Then choose Pick a date and Add a place. The line at the bottom of the builder says what’s still needed before you can publish. For the full walk-through, see Create an event and Tickets and prices.

Templates are free on every plan, and their tickets are fixed prices. An online template works on Free with your own Zoom, Google Meet or Teams link; on Pro or Team, One Ticket can also make the Zoom meeting for you, and on any plan you can send a replay to everyone who booked.

It costs nothing to set up. Free tickets cost nothing; on a paid ticket by default the customer pays a small booking fee and you receive your full price. See pricing.

Go further

• What ticket types should my event have? Examples for classes, workshops and galas
• AI event description generator: how to write an event description, with examples
• How to create an event in seconds with AI, if you’d rather describe it in a sentence
• How do I collect information from attendees at checkout?