> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.theharvest.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Events

> Publish an event, take registrations, and handle paid tickets without a card processor.

Events cover anything you want people to sign up for — a conference, a crusade, a youth weekend, a members' meeting.

<Warning>
  **Event registration is a Ministry plan feature.** Publishing an event and taking signups for it needs Ministry. See [Plans and limits](/getting-started/plans-and-billing).
</Warning>

## Creating an event

Add a title, a date, a location and an image. You can view your events as a **list** or a **month calendar**.

Each published event gets a public registration page and a QR code:

```text theme={null}
yourchurch.theharvest.app/event/abc123
```

Anyone can register from that link — no Harvest account needed — which matters for outreach, where most attendees are not members yet.

<Warning>
  That link and QR code may end up on printed flyers. It does not change once published, so print with confidence, but pick your church address carefully at setup.
</Warning>

## Ticket types and capacity

Add ticket types — adult, child, concession — each with its own capacity. When one fills up, the waitlist takes over.

Discount codes work across ticket types.

## Paid events

Harvest does not process card payments, so paid events work like the rest of [giving](/giving/how-giving-works): your church collects the money and confirms it.

### What the attendee does

<Steps>
  <Step title="They register">
    Immediately, as **unpaid**. They get their ticket code straight away.
  </Step>

  <Step title="They pay you directly">
    Through whichever of your payment links you chose for this event, putting the **reference code** in the payment note.
  </Step>

  <Step title="They press I've paid">
    This confirms nothing. It tells your church to go and look.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### What you do

The claim appears in your **inbox**, top right. Open your own payment account, find the payment by its reference, and only then press **Confirm**.

Confirming records the payment, creates the invoice and updates your dashboard — exactly like [recording a gift](/giving/recording-a-gift).

<Note>
  You are notified by email when someone claims they have paid, so you are not expected to sit watching the inbox.
</Note>

### Nobody is turned away at the door

<Card title="Check-in never blocks on payment" icon="door-open">
  Somebody pays on Friday, nobody confirms until Sunday, and they arrive with a ticket reading unpaid. **Let them in.** Check-in shows the unconfirmed flag to your volunteer and waves them through. Sort the money afterwards.
</Card>

### Harvest verifies nothing

<Warning>
  Your church confirms payments. Harvest records what your church says.

  If an attendee disputes a payment later, **your payment account is the truth**, not Harvest.
</Warning>

## Check-in

On the day, scan tickets or search by name. Attendance is recorded per person, and you can export the whole list as a CSV.


## Related topics

- [Payment links](/giving/payment-links.md)
- [How giving works in Harvest](/giving/how-giving-works.md)
- [What's new](/changelog.md)
- [Plans and limits](/getting-started/plans-and-billing.md)