Promote Your Event

What events can be included?

As a guide, events promoted on the events calendar need to meet the following criteria:

• Held wholly or partially within the City of Busselton boundaries
• Open to the general public
• Appealing to the City’s local community and visitors to the area
• Appropriate and not offensive, discriminatory, insular or political in nature
• Annual or one-off events, special events or event series
• Complies with local and state laws
• Categorised as one (or more) of the following:

  • Community festivals/events

  • Community markets

  • Live music and theatre performances

  • Food and wine festivals/events

  • Art and cultural exhibitions/workshops

  • Major cultural celebrations

  • Major sporting events

  • Charity or not-for-profit events.

Please note:

• Inclusion of your event on the events calendar is at the discretion of the City of Busselton
• Workshops, regular listings and ‘business as usual’ activities are unlikely to be included and will be considered only from not-for-profit organisations
• Inclusion on the event calendar is for advertising purposes only, event applications and approvals with the City will still need to be sought, separate to this listing. 

Other ways to promote your event

There are plenty of ways to promote your event for free including:

• Add it to the Margaret River Busselton Tourism Association Cape to Cape calendar of events.
• List your event on the Tourism WA website, by registering with Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) and following the below steps:

1. Register online for an account
2. Login to set up / update your record

If you’re unsure about this process or need help once you have logged in, contact atdw@westernaustralia.com or call 1300 369 125.

• If your event is on Facebook or Instagram, please send your link to events@busselton.wa.gov.au so we can promote your event through our social media channels.
• Use the following tags on social media:
  • Facebook  - @CityBusselton
  • Instagram - @citybusselton   #cityofbusselton #citybusselton #eventscapitalwa

Submit your event to our Events Calendar

Please fill out the form below to submit your event for inclusion in our Events Calendar. Our Events Team will assess your application. 

Please note that this is not the Event Application form.