Upcoming
Social event calendar website
title: "Upcoming" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["discontinued-yahoo!-services", "calendaring-software", "internet-properties-established-in-2003", "social-planning-websites", "yahoo!-acquisitions", "kickstarter-funded-software", "2005-mergers-and-acquisitions"] description: "Social event calendar website" topic_path: "general/discontinued-yahoo-services" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcoming" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Social event calendar website ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Upcoming |
| logo | Upcoming.org logo.png |
| screenshot | Upcoming Screenshot.png |
| caption | Upcoming homepage in July 2017 |
| commercial | Yes |
| type | Events, Social Networking |
| registration | Not required |
| owner | Yahoo! (2005-2013) |
| author | Andy Baio, Gordon Luk, Leonard Lin |
| launch_date | |
| current_status | Active |
| url | |
| :: |
| name = Upcoming | logo = Upcoming.org logo.png | screenshot = Upcoming Screenshot.png | caption = Upcoming homepage in July 2017 | commercial = Yes | type = Events, Social Networking | registration = Not required | owner = Yahoo! (2005-2013) | author = Andy Baio, Gordon Luk, Leonard Lin | launch_date = | current_status = Active | url =
Upcoming (formerly Upcoming.org) is a social event calendar website that launched in 2003, founded by Andy Baio.
Features
Upcoming combines features of an event calendar and a social networking site. Primarily, the site is a searchable, browseable repository of upcoming events, such as art exhibits, conferences, and music concerts. Event information is primarily contributed by the user community, although in its later years, an increasing percentage of event data originated from commercial sources. Users can indicate their plans by marking that they are "watching" or "going" to an event. Users can also establish "friend" relationships with each other and receive notifications about what their friends are attending.
The site switched to the Yahoo! user accounts system in early 2007, and changed its domain name to upcoming.yahoo.com. At the same time, the site formally changed its name from "Upcoming.org" to simply "Upcoming".
Upcoming uses iCalendar, GeoRSS, and RSS for content syndication and supports an open API for searching or submitting event data. It also uses hCalendar microformats, so that events can be downloaded directly into calendar applications. [[File:Upcoming yahoo com.png|thumb|Upcoming homepage in October 2008]]
History
On October 4, 2005, Upcoming.org was acquired by Yahoo!. In April 2013, Yahoo! announced the retirement of Upcoming.
On May 7, 2014, Andy Baio launched a Kickstarter campaign to re-launch upcoming.org independently of Yahoo!
References
References
- [http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/09/19/upcoming.shtml Waxy.org: Upcoming.org Launch!]
- (2007). "The Web's Most Useful Sites, 2007, Event Calendars". PC World.
- Udell, Jon. "Upcoming events in Keene, NH". [[InfoWorld]].
- (April 19, 2007). "The New Upcoming".
- (April 19, 2007). "Upcoming.org Absorbed By Faceless Corporation, Free T-Shirts for All".
- "Yahoo! Local adopts Microformats". ZDNet Video.
- [http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000193.html What's Upcoming at Yahoo! Local] {{webarchive. link. (2008-02-16)
- [http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-acquires-Upcoming.org/2100-1026_3-5889189.html Yahoo acquires Upcoming.org. CNet News]
- Protalinski, Emil. (April 19, 2013). "Yahoo cuts the deadwood with closures". The Next Web.
- (May 7, 2014). "Andy Baio crowdfunds $30,000 in 90 minutes to relaunch community event site Upcoming". The Next Web.
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