# Event Chat Channels Now Available **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885 **Category:** Announcements **Tags:** events **Created:** [May 28, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885 "2025-05-28T06:23:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 7 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/1 "2025-05-28T06:23:16Z")
We’ve added the ability to create dedicated chat channels for calendar events. **What’s new:** - Admins and moderators can enable chat integration when creating events - A private chat channel is automatically created for the event - Users who mark “Going” or “Interested” are automatically added to the channel - Events display a link to their associated chat channel ![The image shows the "Edit Event" settings in an application, with "Public" selected and "Chat integration" enabled to create and manage an event-specific chat channel. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/9/5/495d942977ae1fdb6b18f5274992ba447663e56d.png) ![The image shows a calendar event titled "Magic Event" scheduled for June 21, 2025, at 2:41 PM, created by someone named Sam. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/a/c/dac26cd19712a5271afa504ce9c649e7f7f2d6bc.png) **How to use:** When creating/editing an event, check the “Chat integration” option. The system handles the rest - creating the channel and syncing attendees automatically. This works well for coordinating meetups, workshops, or any event where participants benefit from real-time discussion. :bullseye: **Note:** Chat channel creation is currently limited to staff (admins and moderators) only. Requires both Calendar and Chat plugins enabled. For more information about Discourse Calendar: [Discourse Calendar and Events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-calendar-and-event/97376) ---
### Author: ![Sean\_Dahlberg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sean_dahlberg/32/220688_2.png) [@Sean\_Dahlberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sean_Dahlberg) #### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/2 "2025-05-28T13:58:27Z")
@sam does this one complement the livestream plugin or replace it? ref: [Discourse Livestream](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-livestream/341335) ---
### Author: ![Bas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bas/32/294929_2.png) [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas) #### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/3 "2025-05-28T14:37:00Z")
Complement for now! There are obvious similarities and there might be a future where they converge. But for now, they are separate. ---
### Author: ![opcourdis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@opcourdis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/opcourdis) #### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/4 "2025-06-18T01:12:53Z")
Great plugin and thanks for the effort but the most basic option of limiting the number of participant to an event(like with pavillon’s plugin) could be taken into account [Limit the amount of people who can attend an event - #4 by pbstgbr](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-the-amount-of-people-who-can-attend-an-event/305032/4) ---
### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank) #### Post date: [June 27, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/5 "2025-06-27T06:02:56Z")
This is a killer feature! I’ve just re-enabled chat on an instance in order to utilise this. It will really help with the often messy event shenanigans that happen all too often! ---
### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank) #### Post date: [July 1, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/6 "2025-07-01T21:41:20Z")
I’ve got a bug for this - when I attempt to add a chat channel to an event in a PM I get an **internal server error**. While this might be a bit of an edge case, it doesn’t make sense to have the option to create a chat channel where it is going to error out. May I suggest that: 1. this feature be extended to work with Events in PMs _or_ 2. that the option does not appear when an Event is created in a PM The former would provide some resilience if a topic is converted to a PM in future. ---
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [July 21, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-now-available/367885/7 "2025-07-21T22:43:00Z")
3 posts were split to a new topic: [Event chat channels error if name clashes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-chat-channels-error-if-name-clashes/375162)