# Happenly: free WordPress theme

URL: https://symelo.com/tools/wordpress-themes/happenly

Free WordPress theme. A vibrant what's-on events theme: big date blocks, gradient posters, a weekend strip, scroll-snap rails, ticket buttons and venue pages.

A vibrant what's-on events theme: big date blocks, gradient posters, a weekend strip, scroll-snap rails, ticket buttons and venue pages.

- Price: free (GPLv2 or later)
- Category: Directory
- Version 1.0.0, 2026-10-22. WordPress 7.0+, PHP 7.4+. GNU General Public License v2 or later.
- Style variations: Daytime, Festival, Jazz club
- Fonts: Instrument Sans, Epilogue
- Works with: [Secure Custom Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-custom-fields/), a free plugin by WordPress.org, optional

## Description

Happenly is a block theme for city what's-on guides, venue networks, festival programmes and community calendars. It is dark by default (midnight ground, signal coral, electric blue and sun yellow) with a Daytime scheme one click away, and it behaves like a wall of posters: oversized Epilogue type, big date blocks, sticker tags and scroll-snap rails.

Built in, with no plugins:

* Events and venues with typed details: category, area, tags (free, family friendly, outdoor, accessible), start and end dates, price, ticket button, address and map (loaded only after a click), galleries and a live "Ended" state.
* Search and filters: category, area, tags, price and sort orders, soonest first by default so past events sink.
* A weekend hero with the next Friday to Sunday, a day strip, a date ticker, a poster grid, a featured event with its date block, a venue spotlight and a hero with a background video and a pause button.
* A designed event page: big date block, photo mosaic with lightbox, ticket card, where and when facts, map and organiser form.
* Category and area pages with a banner and icon.
* About 30 patterns: heroes, rails, lists, galleries (masonry and carousel), forms (contact, newsletter), FAQ, stats, testimonials, footers and full pages.
* Forms with a Messages screen, motion classes, galleries and lightbox, featured video, light and dark schemes (the Symelo Theme Kit).
* Three style variations: Daytime, Festival and Jazz club.

The event details are edited with the free Secure Custom Fields plugin; the theme offers to install it. Listings already show before it is installed.

## Frequently Asked Questions

#### Where do form messages go?

Contact and newsletter forms are stored under Messages in the dashboard and emailed to the site's admin address. Change the recipient under Messages → Settings, or per form in the block's settings.

#### How do I add an event?

Go to Events → Add New. Set the category, area and tags in the sidebar, and fill the details (dates, price, ticket link, photos) in the event details box. Appearance → Import demo installs a sample guide to start from.

#### How are past events handled?

The default order is soonest first. An event that has finished gets an "Ended" label and is hidden from the soonest-first list.

#### Can I use a light design?

Yes. Visitors can switch with the sun and moon button in the header, and Appearance → Editor → Styles offers the Daytime, Festival and Jazz club variations.

#### Can I turn animations off?

Visitors who prefer reduced motion see no animations and the background video starts paused; everyone else can pause it with the button in its corner.

## Downloads

- [Happenly 1.0.0](https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/1.0.0/happenly-1.0.0.zip) (2026-10-22, 2.4 MB, SHA-256 2958c6d4ee81532f1cb841d5219d730e64937e4060000de676bf5bd73c5c5ec3)

## Screenshots

- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/home-4d4f4371a9.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/about-2-1611f9202c.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/events-1d3befdaa0.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/events-vintage-bistro-chairs-fd39db79e1.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/pros-4d4f4371a9.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/pros-open-1-4d4f4371a9.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/happenly/shots/admin-fields-3d00d95173.webp

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