Welcome to the GOOD TIMES Community Calendar online.
Events under $10 will be considered for printing in our weekly paper. Submissions adhering to the following guidelines will be approved, and given consideration for the print edition. Have your event posted by Wednesday at 5pm for possible inclusion in the following week’s GOOD TIMES.
1. You must be a registered user on our site. To register simply go to our home page to the top right hand corner and click on “Create an account.”
2. Create your user name, add your email address and a password. Please make note of your user name and password for reference.
3. Once your registration request is submitted you will be instructed to go to your personal email and click “Verify Address” on the link that was sent. Once this is completed you can log on to our web site and post your event. Note: if you do not receive check the junk mail folder.
4. Log in to GoodTimesSantaCruz.com top right of the site. Click the Community Calendar icon on the home page, or Events tab > Community Calendar.
At the top of the page and click: To add an event click here.
5. On the screen you will see the “Edit Event” fill in the following information:
Subject: Type in the event headline - Please DO NOT use all CAPS - 40 characters maximum.
Category: Select your Category (drop down menu)
Arts, Business, Classes, Food & Wine, Groups, Health, Outdoors, Spiritual, Volunteer, Music
Activity: Type in the details of your event in this space - 600 characters maximum. (Do not include formatting, photos, date, time, location or price information here, no image or web address please)
Location: Include address information - 50 characters maximum.
Contact: include telephone, email, web site and any other relevant contact information Note: When users click on your name next to the event they will be sent to your email address as well - 40 characters maximum.
Cost: include Free, or event fee if any - 30 characters maximum.
Note: Event text should not be pasted in to this form. Please type event information in. Please do NOT use all CAPITAL letters, your event will not be approved. Events are saved and can be edited later to change information, times, dates and locations.
Please proof your own work before hitting Save so the listings are clean and accurate. 
6. Below you will see the “Calendar” area. Select No Repeat (one time event), Weekly or Monthly event options. Select the Start Date and time for your event. Be sure to change the date to the date of the event and only use Repeats when the event repeats on the same day/time each week/month. **Repeat Until MUST be checked and Calendar. Date MUST be selected for repeat events. Check AM or PM..
Plan ahead and post your events at least 5 weekdays in advance of your event date. Events are typically approved within 48 hours and are not approved on weekends.
For event that happen each Week:
For event that happen Monthly:
7. Hit the Apply button at the top to save your work and keep editing, Hit the Save button at the top to close and submit your posting.
NOTE: be sure to double check that your Event Category is selected before hitting SAVE.
Your event is now submitted for approval and should show up online within 1 day.
8. To edit an event already posted: Log in with the same account used to make the posting, go to the calendar date of the event, open the event and you will see the pencil to the right of the headline, click on the pencil and you will have the option to Edit repeat, Edit event or Copy and edit event (handy to repost an event with a new date). Event will need to be approved by Good Times after editing before it shows on the calendar again.
Note: Please check your work after the event gets posted and edit as necessary.
Please keep your event posting current, or delete if not happening.
If you are have difficulty posting your event contact Community Calendar Coordinator Lori H. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or at 458-1100 x 218.
Press releases for editorial consideration can be FAXed to 831-458-1295 or emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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