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# Importing Shows

If you already keep your dates in a spreadsheet, you do not have to retype them one by one. On a tour link, choose to add shows and pick **Upload CSV** to bring in a batch all at once.

## What the file needs

Your file has to be a `.csv`. Each show is one row with four pieces of information:

* **Venue**: the venue name or title
* **Location**: the city or place
* **Date**: the show date
* **Ticket Link**: where fans buy tickets

You can name your columns and the importer will recognize common variations. It matches a column to **Venue** from headers like `Venue`, `Venue Name`, or `Location Name`; to **Location** from `Location`, `City`, `Address`, or `Place`; to **Date** from `Date`, `Date and Time`, `Datetime`, `Time`, or `Event Date`; and to **Ticket Link** from `Ticket`, `Ticket Link`, `Tickets`, or `Ticket URL`. If your file has no header row the importer reads the columns in order instead: Venue, Location, Date, Ticket Link.

A row needs at least four columns, and it needs a **venue, a location, and a date** to come in. If a row is missing one of those three, it is skipped. The ticket link is the one field a row can come in without, though a sales-mode show is not much use without it.

{% hint style="info" %}
Write your dates in a clear, consistent format. `YYYY-MM-DD` (for example `2026-08-14`) is the safest choice.
{% endhint %}

## What happens after you upload

You get a preview of the shows the importer found so you can check them before anything is saved. Every imported show comes in as a **ticket sales** show. If some of them should collect RSVPs instead, import them first, then switch those shows to RSVP mode on the tour link. See the two modes in [Tour Links](/links/tour-links.md).

A CSV import is a one-time load. It does not stay in sync with your spreadsheet, so if you add dates to the file later you will import them again or add them by hand.

## Related

* [Tour Links](/links/tour-links.md)
* [Collecting Fan Data](/links/collecting-fan-data.md)