# Two performances on one day in a single event — MijnEvent [Home](https://mijnevent.nl/en) / [Blog](https://mijnevent.nl/en/blog) / Two performances on one day in a single event performances time slots theatre capacity # Two performances on one day in a single event A matinee and an evening show of the same production do not have to be two separate events. Switch the event to Performances and your visitor picks the one they want at the top of the page. [Jasper Koers](https://mijnevent.nl/en/author/jasper-koers) · 14 September 2026 · 5 min read ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/two-performances-in-one-day.webp) Photo: [Dimitris Asproloupos](https://unsplash.com/@dimaspros?utm_source=MijnEvent&utm_medium=referral) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=MijnEvent&utm_medium=referral) In short - An event with several start times on the same day belongs in Performances mode; each performance gets its own name, time and capacity inside the same event. - Visitors first pick their performance at the top of the event page and only then see the ticket types and prices. - The chosen performance travels along to the ticket, the confirmation email, the wallet pass and the calendar invite, and the steward sees it while scanning. - If your event has no fixed start time at all — a street market or an open day — tick 'Show the date only' and the clock times disappear everywhere. # One show, twice on the same day A gymnastics club running its annual show twice. A drama society with a matinee and an evening performance. A brass band playing the autumn concert at 15:00 and again at 20:00, because the hall is too small otherwise. Same show, same hall, same prices — only the time differs. Until recently that forced a choice where neither option was right: create two separate events (two pages, two links, two sets of sales figures to track) or one event with a single time, leaving half of your audience at the door at the wrong moment. Now you decide per event how to handle times. Set the event to **Performances** and visitors first pick which performance they want, right at the top of the event page, before they pick their tickets. # Spreading or performances The event form offers two modes: - **Spreading (arrival times)** — you distribute visitors across the day, for instance a group every half hour at an open day or a museum. The time is a practical measure against crowding. - **Performances** — the time is the product. The visitor deliberately buys a ticket for the matinee or for the evening show. Behind the scenes it is the same mechanism, with the same capacity per block, the same reservation during checkout and the same check-in. Only the wording and the position on the page follow your choice. Already using time slots? They keep working exactly as they did; there is nothing to convert. ![The performances tab in the dashboard, with the choice between spreading and performances and below it a matinee and an evening show on the same day](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/inline/voorstellingen-tab.webp)*The mode sits at the top; below it the performances with their own capacity and sales.* # A name for every performance A performance gets a name you choose yourself: "Matinee", "Evening show", "Preview", "Dress rehearsal for guests". That name is what your audience sees — on the event page, in the confirmation email, on the ticket, on the wallet pass and in the calendar invite. The time never disappears in the process. Where there is room it reads "Matinee · Sat 3 Oct 14:00–16:00", so nobody has to rely on the name alone. Leave the name empty and the time window itself becomes the label. Each performance has its own capacity. The matinee can therefore be sold out while the evening show still has plenty of room — visitors see that the moment they choose, and you can switch on a [waitlist](/en/blog/enable-waitlist) for the sold-out one. # What your audience sees On the event page the row of performances sits at the top, above the ticket types. That order is deliberate: first when, then which ticket. The buyer picks a performance, sees availability, picks their tickets and pays. The event header lists all start times for that day, so somebody arriving through Google or a shared link immediately sees there are two moments. The structured data that search engines read also knows each performance separately now, with its own start and end time. # At the door Stewards scan the way they always did. What is new is that the scanner names the performance on the ticket, and gently warns when somebody arrives well outside their performance window: "this ticket belongs to Evening show". It is a warning, not a block — you decide whether to let them in or point them to the right performance. Your statistics show sales per performance, so you know which of the two is the draw and where your promotion should go. # And when there is no start time at all? The opposite case is just as common: a street market that runs "all Saturday", an open day you walk into whenever you like. A single clock time then suggests a start that does not exist. For that, the same form carries a tick box below the date fields: **"Show the date only (no start and end time)"**. Switch it on and the form asks for a date only, while the clock times disappear everywhere: on the event page, on the ticket, in the confirmation email, on the wallet pass, in the calendar invite (an all-day entry) and at Google. If individual activities on such a day do have their own times, those time blocks keep showing them. Without an explicit sales deadline, ticket sales for such an event now run until the end of the last day, instead of until a start time nobody ever agreed on. # In short - Two start times on one day do not need two events: set the event to **Performances**. - Every performance has its own name, time and capacity; visitors choose at the top of the page. - The performance travels along to the ticket, the email, the wallet pass, the calendar and the scanner at the door. - No fixed start? Tick **"Show the date only"** and the clock times disappear everywhere. Still building your first event? [This walkthrough](/en/blog/creating-your-first-event) is a good starting point; choosing between spreading and performances takes two clicks afterwards. Frequently asked questions ## Frequently asked questions ## Do I need two separate events for a matinee and an evening show? No. Put the event in Performances mode and create two performances with their own name, time and capacity. You keep one event page, one link and one sales overview. ## Can each performance have its own capacity? Yes. Every performance has its own capacity, so the matinee can be sold out while there are still seats left for the evening show. ## Does the steward at the door see which performance a ticket belongs to? Yes. The scanner shows the performance with the ticket and warns you when somebody arrives well outside the time of their performance. You then decide to let them in anyway or send them to the right one. ## How is this different from time slots? It is the same mechanism with a different face. With spreading you use time slots to distribute arrivals across the day. With performances the time is the whole point: the visitor deliberately buys a seat for the matinee or the evening show. [ Back to blog ](https://mijnevent.nl/en/blog) MijnEvent ## Read more [ ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/event-poster-on-your-event-page.webp) poster Jasper Koers · 14 September 2026 · 4 min read ## Putting your poster on your event page The poster you already had designed belongs online too. Upload it once and it appears on your event page, on the overview card, in the widget and in the preview on social media. ](https://mijnevent.nl/en/blog/event-poster-on-your-event-page) [ ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/waiting-list-for-a-sold-out-event.webp) waiting list Jasper Koers · 14 September 2026 · 6 min read ## Who is on the waiting list? Now you can see The waiting list already worked on its own: sold out, someone signs up, and the moment a ticket frees up the email goes out. You just could not look inside it. Now you can — with names, positions and a button to email them yourself. ](https://mijnevent.nl/en/blog/waiting-list-for-a-sold-out-event) [ ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/change-the-email-address-on-an-order.webp) orders Jasper Koers · 14 September 2026 · 4 min read ## A visitor gave the wrong email address — now what? A typo in an email address used to mean a manual detour. 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