In Slack, browse upcoming community events, open Details to RSVP or join a chapter, follow events for change alerts, and use slash commands in channels that show your chapters.
Community Events (Bevy) is a Slack app your workspace uses with one Bevy community (one Bevy site). After an admin connects the community and maps chapters, you can browse those events in the App Home and in channels, RSVP or join from Slack, and get alerts when an event you follow changes.
Replies to slash commands and mentions are ephemeral: only you see them. The app never posts a digest of events in a channel. The only channel posts are alerts that admins configured.
Note: If the app is not installed yet, or your channel shows no chapters, an admin needs to finish setup first. See Install the Community Events app in Slack.
Open the App Home
- In Slack, open Community Events (Bevy) from the Apps sidebar.
- Use the tabs on the App Home to browse events and groups.
When you open the App Home again, it restores the tab and filters you used last.
| Tab | Shows | When it appears |
|---|---|---|
| My events | Events that you registered for. | You linked your Bevy account. |
| My groups | Chapters that you are a member or an organizer of (up to 40). | You linked your Bevy account. |
| Discover events | Events the workspace shows, with filters. | Always. |
| Newly added | The 20 most recently added upcoming events (no filters). | The App Home shows at least one community. |
| Discover groups | Public chapters that you can join. | The App Home shows at least one community. |
Discover events
The Choose events menu selects the source:
- Just for you: Near me, My communities, My events. These need a linked account, except Near me when you have set a location.
- Shown in this workspace: All communities, or one community.
You can filter by search text, format (virtual, hybrid, in person), region, country, hub, dates, and topic. Some filters appear only when they apply (for example, region when one whole community is in view).
Each page shows 10 events. Select Details on an event to see more, RSVP, or follow the event.
The app reads at most 100 events from each source, then merges and sorts them. If a source has more than 100 events, the total can show as Showing 1–10 of 100+. That means at least 100 — not that the list is complete. Narrow the filters to see more.
Near me
If you set a location, Near me shows events within a radius of that place. The default radius is 50 km. If nothing is found, you can widen the search to 100, 250, 500, or 1000 km.
If you have no location, Near me uses places from your own chapters. It merges chapters within about 11 km of each other, uses at most 5 places, and searches 100 km around each one.
To set a location, select Set location and enter a city or postal code. Postal codes work for the US, Canada, and the UK. The app uses your location only to find events and groups. It never posts your location.
Discover groups
This tab lists chapters you can join. The app reads them from Bevy as an anonymous visitor, so it never shows a private or hidden chapter — even when the App Home shows that chapter’s events.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (no label) | Open. Select View details, then Join. |
| Asks for an application | Select Apply to fill in the form in Slack. |
| Invite only | Open it on Bevy to learn how to get an invite. |
| You're a member | Nothing to do. |
| Application pending | An organizer has not yet answered your application. |
| Full right now | The chapter is not taking new members. |
| Not taking applications right now | No application form is open. |
If you linked your account or set a location, the list is sorted by distance. If not, it is sorted A–Z.
Group details can also list up to three public channels in this workspace where the chapter shows (Connect with fellow members in #…).
Slash commands and mentions
These answer only you, in the channel where you type them. They show only what that channel shows.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/upcoming-events [search] | Lists upcoming events for chapters the channel shows (10 per page). |
/join-community | Lists public chapters the channel shows so you can join one. |
@Community Events (Bevy) [search] | Same as /upcoming-events. |
If the channel shows nothing, the reply tells you to use Manage in the app — or ask an admin to map chapters (Install the Community Events app in Slack).
Link my Bevy account
You do not have to link a Bevy account. Linking connects your own Bevy account to your Slack user. It does not change what other people see, and it never puts content in a channel or the App Home.
To link, select Link my Bevy account at the bottom of the App Home, or select a button that needs your account (such as RSVP or Join). The app asks you to link first, then returns you to the same event after you sign in.
Without a linked account
- You see events the workspace shows, on the App Home and in channels.
- You can open Details, follow events (DM alerts), and start discussions.
- You can browse Discover groups (A–Z, or by distance after you set a location).
- You can use Near me after you set a location.
- To RSVP or join, you continue on Bevy.
With a linked account
| Feature | What you get |
|---|---|
| My events tab | Your registrations. |
| My groups tab | Your chapters, as member or organizer. |
| My communities source | Events from your own chapters, including private chapters you belong to. Other members do not see these. |
| Near me without a location | Events near your own chapters. |
| RSVP in Slack | Register for free (RSVP-only) events from Details. Slack shows the form when the event asks questions. The app also follows the event for you. |
| Join and Apply in Slack | Join an open chapter, or send an application, from Discover groups or after an RSVP. |
| Member marks | You're a member and Application pending in Discover groups. |
| Sort by distance | Discover groups sorts by your chapters’ places. |
The app always registers you with your own account. It never uses the connection owner’s account. For a ticketed event, or a form Slack cannot show, the app sends you to Bevy.
Important: A community can limit who may approve apps on Bevy. If you are refused access on Bevy, ask your community administrator. A community must also enable RSVP from Slack; otherwise the app says the community has not enabled RSVP from Slack yet and sends you to Bevy. If your link is older than the RSVP feature, the app may ask you to re-authorize for one new permission.
Get alerts and discuss events
Personal change alerts (DM)
- Select Details on the event.
- Select Alert me to changes.
When you RSVP from Slack, the app follows the event for you. You get a DM when the start date, end date, place, or status changes. For a place change, the DM says the location changed without the address. To stop, select Stop alerts for this event in the DM, or Stop change alerts in Details. If you lose access to the event, alerts stop.
Discussion threads
In a channel, Details for a public event can show Discuss in this channel. Select it to start one thread for the event in that channel. If a thread already exists, Details shows Open the discussion. Each event has at most one thread per channel. Later change alerts go into the same thread.
Discussions are not available on the App Home, for private events, or in a channel where an admin muted the chapter.
When something goes wrong
| You see | Meaning and action |
|---|---|
| Your Bevy account link has expired. Re-link it… | Your personal link stopped working. Link again from the App Home. |
| No communities are set up for #channel yet. | The channel shows nothing. Ask a workspace admin to map chapters — see Install the Community Events app in Slack. |
| The community has not enabled RSVP from Slack yet | Continue on Bevy to register. Ask your community admin if RSVP from Slack should be turned on. |
| Couldn't reach that community just now. Please try again. | Bevy did not answer. Try again later. |
| This sign-in started in another browser. | Start again from Slack in the browser you will use for Bevy. |
| A list shows fewer events than Bevy | Check whether chapters are private or hidden on Bevy, and whether the total shows 100+. Narrow the filters. |