For event hosts
List your event, sell the tickets, keep the takings.
Clubs, community groups, pubs and bars, fetes, school PTAs, scout and guide groups, charity fundraisers, residents’ associations — anyone running a local event can put it in the Parish Larder What’s On diary, sell tickets online and run the whole thing from one dashboard.
Free to list. Tickets settle straight to your bank account via Stripe — usual Stripe + Parish Larder fees apply, no monthly charge.
Who’s it for
- Sports clubs & supporter groups
- Pubs, bars & micro-breweries
- Village fetes & summer fairs
- Charity fundraisers & quiz nights
- School PTAs & parent associations
- Scouts, guides, cubs & beavers
- Women's Institutes & U3A groups
- Residents’ associations
- Churches, chapels & faith groups
- Community choirs & amateur theatre
- Allotment & gardening societies
- Local history & heritage groups
What you get
Everything you need to publish, promote, sell and run the event — no separate ticketing platform, no spreadsheet, no chasing PayPal requests.
A listing in the What's On diary
Your event appears on the public Parish Larder What's On page — searchable, filterable by category and region, and dropped onto the regional map. Free events, paid events and waiting-list events all welcome.
Online ticket sales with QR codes
Set the price, set the capacity, hit Publish. Customers buy with any major card via Stripe. Each ticket carries a unique QR code that we email straight after payment — and that they can pull up at the door on their phone.
Door scanning that just works
Open the scan page on a phone or tablet and point the camera at each ticket. Valid tickets get a green check, already-used tickets warn you, tickets for a different event are clearly rejected. Works offline-tolerant — scans queue and sync when you're back online.
Repeat events and recurring diary entries
Running a weekly quiz, monthly market, or fortnightly singing group? Set the recurrence rule once and we'll create one diary entry per occurrence. Each instance is independently editable so you can cancel a single date without disturbing the rest.
Send announcements to ticket holders
Weather change. Parking moved to the field gate. A guest speaker pulled out. One subject + body in your dashboard, one click, every non-refunded ticket holder gets the email. Logged so you can see what you've already said.
Comp tickets for guests, sponsors, press
Issue a free ticket directly to an email address — same QR-coded confirmation, capacity-aware, tracked separately from paid sales so your gross-takings stat stays clean.
Attendee list + CSV export
See who's coming in real time as tickets sell. Download a CSV of names, emails, ticket codes and statuses any time you need to email guests outside the platform or hand a list to your venue.
Calendar feed + share links
Every event has its own page with an Add-to-calendar link. Your own diary publishes as an iCal feed people can subscribe to in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Share the URL anywhere — Facebook, WhatsApp, parish newsletter.
One follower list across all your events
People who buy tickets for one of your events can opt in to hear about the next one. Build a mailing list of your own audience — without paying for Mailchimp.
How it works
- 1
Sign up & verify
Create a Parish Larder account in two minutes. For paid tickets we ask you to connect a Stripe Connect account (a 5-minute identity check) so payouts go straight to your bank — we never hold your money.
- 2
Create your event
Title, description, date and time, venue postcode, category, cover image. Save as draft until you're ready, then flip the switch to publish.
- 3
Set ticket types & prices
Adult / Child / Concession / Member / VIP — as many types as you want, each with its own price and capacity. Free? Set the price to £0; you still get the booking list. Members-only? Use a private link.
- 4
Publish & share
Your event lands on the public What's On page and on your own page. Copy the link and paste it anywhere — Facebook, parish newsletter, Twitter, WhatsApp groups.
- 5
Sell tickets
Customers pay through the same fast Stripe checkout the rest of Parish Larder uses. They get an email with a QR-coded ticket the moment payment clears. You see the booking on your dashboard the moment it lands.
- 6
On the day
Open the scan page on any phone or tablet, point the camera, tick people in. Door staff don't need an account — they just need the link.
- 7
After the event
Money settles to your bank on Stripe's standard payout schedule. Download a CSV of attendees for your records or for a follow-up email.
What does it cost?
Diary entries
Free
Posting a free event in the What’s On diary costs nothing. List markets, fetes, open days, free quiz nights, community meetups — as many as you like.
Paid tickets
Stripe + small platform fee
Pay the standard Stripe processing fee plus a small Parish Larder fee per ticket, taken automatically at checkout. No monthly charge, no setup fee, no minimum volume.
Refunds
At cost
If you need to cancel an event, every paid ticket can be refunded with one click. We don’t take a cut of refunded sales.
Exact platform fee is shown during sign-up and on every checkout. We don’t hide anything in the small print — the price your customer sees is the price they pay, and the figure on your payout line tells you exactly what landed.
Common questions
- We're a small charity — does that matter?
- Not at all. The platform is built for community-scale events. Charities, PTAs, residents’ associations, faith groups — anyone running a legitimate event in the UK can sign up.
- We don't sell anything else — can we still join?
- Yes. You don't need a product catalogue, you don't need to take orders. An events-only account is supported. Set up the events you're running and ignore the rest of the dashboard.
- How fast does the money reach our bank?
- Stripe pays out on a rolling 2- or 7-day schedule depending on your country and account history. Funds aren't held by Parish Larder at any point — they go from the customer to Stripe to your bank.
- What about door staff who aren’t in our committee?
- You can give door volunteers a direct scan link — no account needed. They open it on their phone, point the camera at each ticket, and tick people in.
- Can we limit ticket sales to members only?
- Yes — keep the event unlisted (private), and share the URL only with your members. We can also add a simple promo-code gate on request.
- What if we need to cancel?
- One click cancels the event and refunds every paid ticket automatically. Customers get an email; you get a clean record in your dashboard.
Ready to put your event on the map?
Sign-up takes a couple of minutes. You’ll have your first event live by the end of the morning.