Free presence
A useful public page and core management access keep even the smallest venue visible and its essential information current.
For venue owners and managers
Your venue, part of tonight.
Help people choose your venue with Free Listing. Approved managers can update the description, location, hours, facilities, logo and cover without a paid subscription.
Management access is available now
Create your own free account, then arrange venue access. We review ownership and management requests before granting editing permissions.
Free Listing
Own, manage or work at a venue?
Help people choose your venue with Free Listing. Approved managers can update the description, location, hours, facilities, logo and cover without a paid subscription.
Basic events and staff profiles are included within your venue allowance. Optional paid plans add capacity; they are not required to keep your listing accurate.
Create your own free account, then arrange venue access. We review ownership and management requests before granting editing permissions.
Staff: ask your manager for a profile claim link to connect your own account. Linking a staff profile does not automatically grant management access.
For venues of every size
Start useful. Grow when the value is clear.
A small independent bar and a large multi-team venue need different capacity, but both should contribute a dependable public listing.
Growing venue
Venue and Venue Pro add practical capacity for galleries, events, team profiles and insight as a single venue becomes busier.
Larger operation
Venue Group is being designed for operators managing several locations, with shared teams, consolidated billing, group reporting and per-venue control.
Available with assigned access
One place to keep the public page useful
The tools shown here already exist. What a manager sees depends on the permissions attached to their venue record.
Keep details current
Update the practical listing information people use when deciding where to go.
Manage public imagery
Update the venue logo and cover, and manage the venue gallery within the current plan limit.
Show what is happening
Create and update event details. Venue Pro and Venue Group currently add event-image capability.
Keep followers informed
Assigned managers can publish venue announcements within the current plan allowance. Member preferences and moderation control where they appear.
Represent your team
Maintain public worker profiles and link individual accounts without making every public profile a manager.
Coming soon
Update your venue with your AI assistant
We’re planning a way to connect your AI assistant to MattBlack, so you can spot missing details, keep information current and prepare events through a conversation. You’ll review the changes before publishing.
Things you could ask
- “Check my listing and tell me what information is missing.”
- “We’re opening at 8 pm this Saturday—prepare the hours change.”
- “Turn this poster into an event draft.”
- “Copy last Friday’s event to next Friday and change the performer.”
- “Show me the changes before publishing.”
An example conversation
- Manager
- What should I update this week?
- Assistant
- You have no published events after Sunday, your holiday opening hours are missing, and your description still mentions an expired promotion. Let’s address those first.
- Manager
- Here’s Friday’s poster. Our usual hours apply.
- Assistant
- I’ve prepared an event draft from the poster. The start time isn’t shown—what time should I use?
This is a preview of a planned feature, not a live chat. Assistant connections are not available yet. Your venue permissions and publishing rules will still apply.
Access and control
Venue access is assigned, not assumed
A public listing, a worker profile, and permission to manage a venue are separate things.
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The listing comes first
Public venues can be browsed and reviewed whether or not a manager account is linked.
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An account is linked
MattBlack can assign management access. Existing managers with the relevant permission can issue time-limited links for workers to connect their own accounts.
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Permissions set the boundary
Permissions decide what each linked account can change: details, imagery, events, announcements, team records, or access settings.
Create your own free account, then arrange venue access. We review ownership and management requests before granting editing permissions.
Current controls and future plan direction
See the limits already enforced in the application separately from benefits that remain under consideration.
Accurate venues strengthen the whole community
Current venue details and events help members choose confidently. Member follows, reviews and check-ins give venues an audience and useful signals. Paid plans should deepen that exchange, not restrict the free network.