Credit system — users can add credits to events, artists, venues, special events, sub special events and parties
Credits pages — pages for credits, sources and curators, etc.
Improved
Multi-day select on Upcoming calendar. Select a range of days to view events for.
Email templates redesigned with new UI
Reworked permissions system. Added manager and entity-creator privileges. Certalized permissions and capabilities.
April 2026
Added
Artist name variations.
Added share button on all pages
Added Spotify player to Artist pages. Lookup spotifyId when adding a Spotify URL
Maintain slug history redirects. Old slug will redirect to new slug.
Improved
Event timeline redesigned with new UI
General Pages redesigned with new UI
Moved sidebar to Filter/Sort button on desktop
nofollow faceted pages
Added createdBy on event edit pages
Hardened and expanded entity slug regeneration on enity changes.
March 2026
Added
Advanced Uploader options — Ability to paste event URLs or text and extract event information from text, URLs or images.
Image picker dialog for Flyers and Photos — a dialog for selecting existing images
Changelog page — a record of new features, improvements, and changes to GainesvilleShows.com
Edit Submission comments — users can add comments to their edit submissions
Open edits system — users can suggest changes to events, artists, venues, soecialEvents, subSpecialEvents, curators and sources with or without logging in.
Trusted Contributor role for verified community editors
Multi-day event support with date extraction and UI
Anonymous flyer submissions with email notifications
International address support for venues
Artist location tracking
Improved
Better Event PendingQueue UI. Ability to save changes without publishing. Ability to navigate directly to a pending event form.
Relative time event banners
Fixed counts and tenant filters in Nav Menus
Cleared all console errors/warnings
Expanded Unknown functionality — now handles unknown months, days and/or years for events
Entity pages redesigned with tabbed interface
Navigation overhaul — new menu design, better mobile nav
Unknown date handling for events without specific dates
Changed
Migrated from Yarn to pnpm
February 2026
Added
Event Finder — AI-powered agent that discovers and imports events automatically
Follow events feature — users can follow events and get updates
User profiles and personal event history pages
Embeddable widget system for external sites
Map tab on venue pages
Data audit system for identifying data quality issues
Improved
Pending event queue with better UI and bulk actions
Sitemap generation with more comprehensive coverage
Auto-merge for duplicate events
Changed
Authentication migrated from Clerk to BetterAuth
January 2026
Added
Multi-tenant support via ShowSpace platform
Widget deployment and preview system
Flyer types and dedicated flyer page tabs
Theme configuration with tenant-specific color pickers
Improved
Upcoming page with search and faceted filtering
Address matching during flyer text extraction
SEO and Lighthouse performance optimizations
Social media posting reliability
Changed
Dev/prod environment separation
December 2025
Added
Complete ShowSpace API integration — all entity CRUD operations
Filter counts and facets on search pages
New admin interface sections for all entity types
Improved
Lighthouse performance audit and optimizations
Image processing and function consolidation
Changed
Fully removed direct database access (Prisma) and local Typesense — all operations now go through the ShowSpace API
November 2025
Added
Curator system for attributing content sources
Previous/next day navigation buttons
Multi special event support for events spanning multiple series
Improved
Video management system overhaul with new UI
Infinite scroll for video listings
Flyer uploads with TIFF and HEIC format support
Location features across the site
October 2025
Added
Plausible analytics integration
YouTube video auto-connection to events and artists
CTA images for social media posts
Search description system replacing search badges
Related events on event pages
Improved
Social media management suite redesign
Event page layout with new sidebar and related content
Pre-signed URL uploads to R2 storage
Admin interface consolidation
Duplicate event detection
September 2025
Added
Photo and video tabs on entity pages
Media counts displayed on pages
Improved
Page header restructuring across all entity pages
Typesense search connection handling and performance
Tab system overhaul with new component architecture
