Public calendar
Updated August 24, 2026
A public calendar broadcasts your availability to a community. It pulls together your Fieldspace bookings, schedules imported by ICS feed, and multiple locations into one view-only calendar that anyone can check without an account.
What is the public calendar?
Most facilities answer the same question all day: when is the gym open? A public calendar answers it once. It is a published, view-only schedule that shows your community when space is available — no login, no account, no phone call.
The value is that it is fed by the schedule you already keep. You are not maintaining a second calendar for the public; the public calendar reflects what is already booked in Fieldspace.
What can it combine?
A single public calendar can pull from more than one place, which is what makes it useful for a community rather than just one building.
| Source | What it contributes |
|---|---|
| Fieldspace bookings | Everything booked against your Resources — the schedule you already maintain |
| External ICS feeds | Schedules maintained outside Fieldspace, imported by feed URL |
| Multiple Projects or locations | Several facilities combined into one community-wide view |
The multi-location case is the one worth calling out. A league or a parks department running several sites can publish one calendar covering all of them, instead of sending people to check each facility separately.
ICS is the same standard feed format used for importing outside schedules into Fieldspace.
View-only, by design
No booking from the public calendar
This is a deliberate split. Broadcasting availability to a wide audience and taking payment for a reservation are different jobs, and keeping them separate means you can share the calendar freely without exposing your booking or payment surface.
When to use one
A public calendar earns its keep when the audience is wider than your paying customers:
- Open gym or drop-in hours — people need to know when to show up, not to reserve a slot.
- A league or association — families check one schedule instead of chasing each venue.
- Multi-site operators — several locations presented as one community calendar.
- Reducing inbound calls — a link you can send instead of answering the same availability question.
Common questions
What is a public facing calendar?
A public calendar is a view-only schedule you publish so your community can see when space is open. It shows availability without requiring anyone to log in to Fieldspace.
Can people book from the public calendar?
No. The public calendar is view-only. It broadcasts when space is open, but booking happens through your normal booking flow rather than on the calendar itself.
Can one public calendar show more than one location?
Yes. A public calendar can combine multiple Projects or locations into a single view, so a community sees one schedule instead of checking each facility separately.
Can the public calendar include schedules from outside Fieldspace?
Yes. Alongside your Fieldspace bookings, a public calendar can pull in external schedules by ICS feed, so events maintained elsewhere appear in the same view.