CitySpark

Spec sheet

What it does

CitySpark provides publishers with a central hub for creating, sharing, broadcasting and discovering local events.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Purpose

CitySpark provides publishers with an event discovery hub where people can create, share, broadcast, and discover events.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Support

Phone and email support are included with the platform, with support handled through [email protected].Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Headquarters

Sandy, Utah, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · cityspark.com

Company

CitySpark, Inc. is described as a privately held, venture-funded Delaware corporation founded in Palo Alto, California and currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

API authentication

The documented API uses Basic Authentication with an API account username and password, while current documentation requires an API key and CitySpark account.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

API availability

The API exposes event categories, event lists, individual events, promotions and user-related endpoints.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

API data retention limit

API users may cache or store returned data only temporarily and never longer than 48 hours.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

API examples

Documentation includes curl, C# and Ruby request examples.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

API licensing

The API is licensed under revocable, non-transferable proprietary terms and may not be copied, sublicensed, reverse-engineered or modified.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

API rate limit

API terms set a default limit of 1,000 calls per hour and 60 calls per minute, subject to change.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

API version status

CitySpark states that API version 1 was deprecated in September 2025 and unsupported after November 1, 2025, with version 2 or later current.Read 15 Oct 2026 · api.cityspark.com

Approval and control

Submitted events require approval before going live, and administrators can edit or remove events with changes appearing in real time.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Attendee email

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · cityspark.com

Calendar features

The platform includes responsive portals and widgets, auto-populated listings, editorial controls, monetization, reverse publishing, and private-label ticketing.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

CMS compatibility

CitySpark says it works with many CMS systems but reports problems placing JavaScript correctly on free Wix sites.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Company founding location

CitySpark says it was founded in Palo Alto, California.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Company headquarters

The company lists 9690 S 300 W, 3rd Floor, Sandy, Utah 84070, and says it is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Company legal status

CitySpark, Inc. is described as a privately held, venture-funded Delaware corporation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists CitySpark as privately held with 11–50 employees and 27 discoverable employee profiles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Crunchbase founders

Crunchbase lists Bennett Cookson, David Haynie and Samuel Walker as founders.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Crunchbase legal name

Crunchbase identifies the legal name as CitySpark, Inc. and lists the company as active, private and seed-funded.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Editorial controls

Administrators can use role permissions, analytics, submission approvals and real-time editing or removal of events.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Event aggregation

CitySpark says its engine continuously scans more than 100,000 websites to collect and process local events.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Event categories

The event engine classifies listings into more than 500 categories.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Event curation

Its process includes screening and standardizing events, removing or merging duplicates, categorizing events, and human review before publication.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Event processing

Collected listings are standardized, geotagged, categorized, deduplicated and human-reviewed before publication.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Event sources

CitySpark says it works with more than 20 national event sources, including Ticketmaster and Eventbrite.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Independent submission limitation

An Indy Week guide says publishers retain discretion to reject events even though most submissions are approved.Read 15 Oct 2026 · indyweek.com

Intended customers

The event listing and promotion platform is presented as a solution for media companies.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Limit: onboarding and support

A G2 reviewer said onboarding and customer support were slow initially.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Limit: tutorials

A G2 reviewer wanted more tutorials for new users despite finding the product generally straightforward.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Monetization

Revenue tools include enhanced, featured and premium listings, sponsorships, syndication, email campaigns, mobile ads and voice promotions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

News: multi-site checkout

A CitySpark product update dated December 15, 2022 announced multi-site, single-checkout purchasing for event promotions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Payment security

The privacy policy says PayPal and Stripe process payments and are PCI-compliant, while CitySpark does not directly store financial information.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Praise: event submission

A G2 reviewer praised the simple public event-submission workflow and embedded calendar widget.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Praise: monetization and analytics

A G2 newspaper user praised sponsored events, revenue potential and user-friendly analytics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Privacy and payments

CitySpark says information is stored on servers in the United States and that it does not directly collect or store financial information; it uses PayPal and Stripe as payment processors.Read 12 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Publisher audience

The platform is aimed at media companies needing an integrated event-listing and promotion calendar.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Rating on AskmeOffers

2 out of 5 from 61 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · askmeoffers.com

Rating on G2

4.3 out of 5 from 2 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Responsive portals and widgets

Portals and widgets are responsive and can be embedded with a single line of text.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Reverse publishing

Exports can be customized by content, layout and field formatting and delivered in formats including text, RTF, tagged text, HTML, RSS, XML, JSON and PDF.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Security and privacy

CitySpark describes reasonable safeguards, U.S.-based server storage, deletion on request and GDPR access, correction, erasure and restriction rights.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Submission workflow

Event organizers can submit a basic listing free and optionally buy promotional placements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · indyweek.com

Ticketing

CitySpark offers private-label ticketing so events can create, manage and sell tickets under the publisher’s brand.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cityspark.com

Plans and prices

Every CitySpark plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Event Management Software#130 of 1817.4