If you host cigar nights at a lounge, take a brand on the road, or run a festival, the hardest part is often getting the right people to find you. A Tuesday cut-and-light can stay invisible to a smoker who is in town for work. A festival can fill its home market and still miss travelers who would have come if they had seen the date in time.
That is why we built The Cigar Events: a free national calendar of cigar culture — tastings, pairings, lounge nights, herfs and festivals, from the big national weekends down to a Tuesday brand night at a local lounge. Using the calendar is free. Submitting an event is free. You do not need an account.
Why a national calendar matters
Cigar events are local by nature and national by habit. Guests travel for festivals and cigar weeks. Brand representatives work a circuit of shops. Retailers fill a room not only with regulars, but with people who searched for something happening that night in a city they do not live in. A single national directory gives smokers one place to search by event name, venue, city or date, and gives hosts a listing that can be found by someone who has never walked through the door. The more complete the calendar is — lounge nights as well as headline festivals — the more useful it becomes for everyone.
We also draw from the calendar for the events section of our Monday newsletter. A listing on The Cigar Events is the best way to make sure we know your night is on the books.
What you’ll find on The Cigar Events
The homepage is a chronological upcoming list, grouped by month. You can search by name, venue, city or date, and narrow the list by city or event type. Types currently on the calendar include lounge nights, socials, festivals, tastings, pairings and trade shows. Shortcuts at the top of the search area jump to Las Vegas, Miami, festivals or pairings. If the site recognizes a known cigar city from your connection, it will show that city first. That location is not stored, and “Show everywhere” brings the full national list back.
Open any event and you get the details that help a guest decide: date and time, venue, city, and, when the host provides them, a street address, a short description and a photo. Each event page has an “Add to calendar” button, with Google Calendar, Outlook.com and Apple/iCal options, and an “Open in Google Maps” link. If the organizer has a ticket or details page, the listing links straight there. We do not sell tickets, we do not sell tobacco, and we are not affiliated with any manufacturer or venue.
Past events sit in a “Recently held” section under the upcoming list, kept as a record of the scene. As of this writing, the calendar lists more than 90 upcoming events across dozens of U.S. cities, with dates on the books into 2027.
Listings come from three places: events we curate and verify against organizers’ own announcements; community submissions, which are free, need no account, and go live after an automated check; and a weekly automated sweep of organizer calendars, which we review by hand before anything from that sweep is published.
How to submit an event
Go to thecigarevents.com/submit and fill in:
- Event name. The title people will scan in the upcoming list.
- Starts, and an optional Ends date for multi-day weekends.
- Time, in plain language (for example, 7–10 pm).
- Venue name, city and venue address.
- Event type. Choose lounge night, pairing, tasting, herf, class, festival, trade show or social.
- Link to the event. The organizer’s page or ticket link.
- Short description. What happens, what is included, and anything guests should know.
- Photo (optional). Your own flyer or a photo you have the rights to, as a JPEG, PNG or WebP file up to 5 MB.
Then hit “Submit event.”
Every submission is checked automatically. If the link you provide confirms the details on the form, the listing publishes immediately. If there is no link, or if the page says something different, the submission waits for a person to review it. When the event itself is verified, the listing can go live right away; a photo appears once it has been looked at.
If the automated check declines a submission, it is usually because the listing did not look like a genuine cigar-related event — spam, unrelated ads, offensive content or gibberish. The form shows the reason, and you can edit and resubmit. To correct or remove a listing, including one you did not submit yourself, email events@thecigarguys.com with the event link and what needs to change.
Tips for a stronger listing
A complete listing is easier to trust and easier to find:
- Use a clear title. “Crowned Heads Cut & Light — Sarasota” tells a guest more than the shop name alone.
- Put the real date and time on the form. For a multi-day festival or cigar week, add the end date.
- Give a full street address, not just the city. Event pages feed that address into Google Maps.
- Include a link that matches the listing. A page that confirms the name, date and venue is what lets a submission go live immediately.
- Write the description for someone who has never been to your shop. Say what is happening, what is included, and who will be there, including brand representatives if they are attending. There is no separate field for that, so put it in the description.
- Add a photo you have the rights to. A flyer or a photo of the venue or the event is enough.
Always confirm times, tickets and details with the venue or organizer before making plans. Events change, sell out and get canceled without notice. The calendar is a directory, not a box office.
Who it’s for — and how to list
The calendar is for anyone who hosts a premium cigar event: retailers and lounges running a weekly brand night, a pairing dinner or a one-off social; brand owners and representatives who want a tour stop or cut-and-light on a national calendar; and festival operators putting on a cigar week, a trade show or a multi-day weekend. The size of the event does not matter. A Tuesday night at a neighborhood lounge belongs on the same calendar as a national festival.
If you have an event coming up, add it. Browse the calendar at thecigarevents.com, then submit your event for free. No account is required, and there is no charge to list. Questions, corrections or an event we should know about can go to events@thecigarguys.com.
We first wrote about The Cigar Events in 2024. The calendar has grown since then, but the idea is the same: one free national place for people who host cigar events, and for the people who want to find them. For more on planning the night itself, see our guide to crafting cigar events for lounges and brands.
