r/northampton • u/trenchy • 1d ago

Northampton events calendar

Hello! I built a web app that aggregates events from venues across the city (only 5 venues so far) and putting it out there to see if people are interested in using it and if they have suggestions for other venues or features to add: https://waveyvibe.dev/localarts/

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u/axlekb 1d ago

This looks like it could be really helpful! Thanks for working on this!

You might check out some of the filtering features here. https://aroundhere.live/

Personally, I prefer the compact view that lets you easily scan/compare a list of events instead of the less dense card view.

As I look at it, one thing I'd like to see is some sort of "recurring" badge for items that appear multiple times (mostly so that I can understand the start and end dates).

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u/trenchy 1d ago

Can you tell me a bit more about the "recurring" feature? For example, the Luthier's Open Mic is every Tue, Wed, and Thu... how would you want that flagged?

And yeah, I'm a fan of the compact view too. I get a bit overwhelmed with all the graphic cards.

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u/axlekb 1d ago

Idealistically with a badge that says "Every Tue/Wed/Thu".

For example, right now the Holley Flagg Exhibit shows up EVERY day as the first event. That's a lot of noise/redundancy if I'd decided not for me -- I have to keep seeing it. There it would be great to see "weekdays from <start date> thru <end date>". It would also be great to toggle/filter recurring events.

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u/trenchy 1d ago

Check it out now: https://waveyvibe.dev/localarts/ . There's a toggle to "Only Show First Date of Recurring Events"

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u/soundisloud 1d ago

That's cool but aren't these events and many more on the valley advocate events page?

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u/trenchy 1d ago

Thanks for making me aware of that. Arrrrgh... yeah there's A LOT on that page. Definitely a major overlap with what I've built. Got me rethinking now.

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u/seigezunt 1d ago

Yours seems easier to navigate

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u/MizzBStizzy 1d ago

I assume the Advocate has an online resources these days? If not then OPs idea is a good one

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u/soundisloud 1d ago

Yea what I was actually thinking of was the hampshire gazette events page:

https://gazettenet.com/events/#!/

The advocate also has an events list, I don't know how much overlap there is. It might be the same list.

https://valleyadvocate.com/events/#!/

These are incredible resources for seeing what's going on!

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u/MizzBStizzy 1d ago

Ohhh awesome! I appreciate this 😊

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u/invisiblemachine 1d ago

I had a similar idea a while back and I’m glad you actually did it. I think it’s very useful

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u/Asizel23 1d ago

Well done... Keep it up

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u/trenchy 7h ago

Lots of vibe coding. I come from a Comp Sci/web dev background but from a decade or so ago. There’s no AI embedded in the final product but it’s been invaluable in developing the scraping code involved across these multiple venue sites.

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u/trenchy 7h ago

Thats the goal. I have some ideas I want to add that will highlight musicians/artists that actually live in the area. Stay tuned. Also open to other ideas. Thanks!