Event document

Schema fields for the event document type, which represents workshops, showcases, and networking events.

The event document represents a scheduled event — a showcase, workshop, networking session, or lecture. Events appear in eventList page blocks and on dedicated detail pages at /events/[slug]. The Studio supports three orderings: by date descending, date ascending, and title.

Fields

Main group

title · string · required

Event name. Used as the display title in the Studio preview and as the source for the auto-generated slug.

slug · slug · required

URL slug for the event detail page (/events/[slug]). Auto-generated from title (max 96 characters).

site · string

Multi-site discriminator. Hidden on the production (Capstone) dataset. Required on the rwc dataset.

date · datetime · required

Start date and time of the event. Used for ordering and for the upcoming/past status fallback logic.

endDate · datetime

End date and time. Optional. Custom validation ensures endDate is after date when both are set.

location · string

Physical or virtual location (e.g. GITC 3rd Floor, Zoom). Displayed on event cards and the detail page.

description · text

Short description of the event. Displayed in event list items and the detail page.

isAllDay · boolean

When true, no time is shown alongside the date. Defaults to false.

category · string

Semantic event category. The front end maps categories to calendar colors in the eventList block.

Value	Label
workshop	Workshop
lecture	Lecture
social	Social
competition	Competition
other	Other

eventType · string

Program format — describes the type of event from a program perspective. Use category for semantic classification that drives calendar colors.

Value	Label
showcase	Showcase
networking	Networking
workshop	Workshop

status · string

Explicit upcoming/past flag. Takes priority over date comparison in resolveBlockEvents(). Defaults to upcoming.

Value	Label
upcoming	Upcoming
past	Past

SEO group

seo · seo object

SEO metadata for the event detail page.

Filtering in the eventList block

The resolveBlockEvents() helper in sanity.ts filters the pre-fetched event cache based on the block’s filterBy setting and applies the limit:

Filter	Behavior
upcoming	Events where status == "upcoming", or no status and date >= now (sorted ascending)
past	Events where status == "past", or no status and date < now (sorted descending)
all	All events, sorted by date ascending

The status field takes priority over date comparison. Set status explicitly when an event’s date has passed but you want it to remain in the upcoming list (or vice versa).

Date range query

For calendar month navigation, EVENTS_BY_MONTH_QUERY is available for fetching events within a specific date range:

*[_type == "event"
  && dateTime(date) >= dateTime($monthStart)
  && dateTime(date) <= dateTime($monthEnd)
  && ($site == "" || site == $site)
] | order(date asc) {
  _id, title, "slug": slug.current, date, endDate,
  location, eventType, status, description, isAllDay, category
}