Akron Never miss a beat
Amazing concerts, exhibitions, games, gatherings, and experiences are happening every week. Akron Pulse has them all.
Our Mission
To create the region's ultimate discovery platform where every event, opportunity, and experience is easy to find, so people can always see what's going on before it happens.
Our Vision
A city where showing up is easy: fuller venues, louder blocks, neighbors who actually know each other.
Akron Pulse will make sure you learn about an event a week early, not a day late. We pull data from local websites, venue calendars, ticketing platforms, community mailers, and user submissions (updated daily and deduplicated) to give you the most comprehensive and reliable events calendar in Summit County. The best part: you can tailor it to the cadence that works best for you. Check it out!
Find Your Reason to Go Out
Not sure where to start? Pick a vibe.
Date Night
Music, theater, comedy, film, food & a game — a great evening out
Family
Kid- and family-programmed things to do
Arts & Stage
Galleries, theater, film & comedy
Give Back
Fundraisers, benefits & volunteering
Outdoors & Active
Parks, sports, fitness, festivals & markets
Why we built this
For more than ten years here, the line we heard most was always the same: “there's nothing to do.” We never believed it. Something is always happening in Akron. People just find out a day too late.
So we built what we wished existed: one free, complete view of everything going on across Akron and Summit County. Big concerts and quiet community gatherings, markets, fundraisers, classes, games, all of it. It will always be free, and it will never run ads. It's for everyone here, no exceptions.
No more finding out too late.
Byron Delpinal & Mac Love
Free, forever.
No ads, no paywall, no catch.
Everything, in one place.
More local listings than anywhere in Summit County, pulled from venues, parks, city feeds, and neighbors, refreshed every day.
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Submit it on the Submit page or email intake@akronpulse.com, live within 24 hours.
On your schedule.
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See Something Missing?
Wrong info, duplicate listing, new venue in town? Reach out. We read everything: byron@akronpulse.com and mac@akronpulse.com
Technical Transparency
Built in the Open
Akron Pulse is fully open source: every scraper, data pipeline, and line of this frontend is public on GitHub. Nothing is hidden.
Live somewhere else? The whole stack is designed to be forked. Swap the data sources, point it at your city's venues and parks departments, and you've got a community events calendar for Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, or wherever you call home.
View on GitHub →What We’re Watching
We pull from 158 sources: venues, parks departments, university calendars, city feeds, and more. Search by name or URL fragment to find a specific one.
Want to go deeper? The Technical Details page shows live event counts, scraper health, and exactly how each source is ingested.