Confirmation statuses

Every label you see on an event card or a venue page, and what it's actually telling you.

Use the status on an event or venue page to see where its schedule information came from and whether that date was checked directly.

Event statuses

Confirmed: someone checked this specific date by attending, asking the host or venue, or finding a current post from the host or venue.
Scheduled: the date comes from an active recurring schedule with fixed timing but has not been checked for that specific date.
Check first: the date follows a recurring schedule whose timing can vary. Check with the host or venue before going.
Needs check: the listing has not had a recent confirmation. Check with the host or venue before going.
Not happening: someone reported that this specific date is cancelled or incorrect.
Recurring karaoke night ended: the date came from a recurring night that has since ended or paused. Open the venue page for current listings.

Select Confirm Event only when you checked that specific date by attending, asking the host or venue, or finding a current date-specific post from them. Do not confirm from an old schedule, a generic weekly listing, or another directory alone.

Venue banners

PERMANENTLY CLOSED: the venue has closed. Its page remains available for historical reference.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED: the venue is currently closed and may reopen.
NEEDS CHECK: the venue may still run karaoke, but no recent event has been confirmed.
NO KNOWN KARAOKE NIGHTS: no active recurring night or upcoming event is currently listed for the venue.
Temporarily unavailable karaoke: a recurring karaoke night is paused, so it is not generating upcoming dates.
Missing Location Data: the venue has no coordinates and cannot appear on the map. Submit an edit with the address.

Recurring karaoke night statuses

Active, fixed schedule: generated dates appear as Scheduled.
Active, variable schedule: generated dates appear as Check first.
Needs check: generated dates appear as Needs check until a date is confirmed.
Paused: no dates are generated while the night is paused.
Ended: no future dates are generated.

See Events and recurring karaoke nights for schedule generation and date changes.

Last confirmations

Last confirmed on a venue is the last confirmation that the venue was open and running karaoke as listed.
Last confirmed on a recurring karaoke night is the date of its most recently confirmed event.

How long a confirmation keeps a listing current depends on how often the karaoke runs: about 2 months for frequent karaoke nights, around 3 months for monthly ones, and up to about 6 months for venues and rooms. After that window the listing shows Needs check. Without a newer confirmation it later becomes Stale: after 180 days for karaoke nights, or a year for venues and rooms.

Confirming a date that has not happened yet

If you run a listing, once a week we ask you to look over your dates for the next seven days. Confirming a date that is still ahead means something different from confirming one that has already happened.

Confirming a past date reports what happened: you were there, or you saw a current post about it.
Confirming an upcoming date is a promise: it is going ahead, and you will keep the listing true if that changes.

So confirming an upcoming date tells singers they can plan around it. If it stops running, cancel it. If the date or time moves, reschedule it. A date that stays confirmed and then does not happen is worse for a singer than one that was never confirmed, because they travelled for it.

You are welcome to confirm dates further ahead than the coming week. The weekly ask is a rhythm, not a limit.

Correct a status

Select Confirm Event after checking a specific date.
Select Report when a date is not happening or has the wrong time.
Submit an edit when a recurring karaoke night has ended or its schedule changed.

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