Eventbrite: event cancelled, postponed or changed

Organizers must refund all orders when they cancel. Ask the organizer first; if the event was cancelled within the last 45 days (or postponed more than 90 days without a new date) and the organizer declines or does not answer within five business days, submit the Attendee Refund Request form to Eventbrite.

ACredibility A · last verified 2026-10-13 · 94% official or government sources

What does this mean?

Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 94% of 17 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.

All Eventbrite contacts Open in the interactive directory JSON

Collect

order ID
order email address
the cancellation or postponement notice
card statement line starting "EB"

Steps

Request a refund from the order in Tickets, or contact the organizer from the order.
OnlineRequest a refund from the order in Tickets Sign-in required
Wait up to five business days for the organizer's answer.
FormContact the organizer (from your order in Tickets) Sign-in required
If the organizer declines or does not answer, and the event was cancelled within the last 45 days or postponed more than 90 days without a new date, submit the Attendee Refund Request form with the order email and Order ID.
FormAttendee Refund Request form (to Eventbrite, when the organizer declined or did not respond)
If the order did not use Eventbrite Payment Processing, Eventbrite cannot refund it; dispute the charge with the payment provider or card issuer (rule fcba-billing-error).
Report an organizer that keeps the money for a cancelled event to the FTC and your state attorney general.
RegulatorFederal Trade Commission +1-877-382-4357

Facts you can cite

Deadline
Eventbrite's refund article says an order may qualify for an Eventbrite-required refund if "The event was cancelled within the last 45 days" or "The event has been postponed for more than 90 days without a new date scheduled". The organizer should respond within five business days. If the organizer denies or does not respond, contact Eventbrite through the Attendee Refund Request form; "you have 45 days and until the event is rescheduled to contact Eventbrite." Eventbrite can only refund payments processed using Eventbrite Payment Processing.
Source: eventbrite.com, verified 2026-10-13
Policy
Eventbrite's Cancelled Event Policy (events cancelled on or after April 15, 2021) says "When organizers cancel their event, they must refund all attendees". Cancelled means the event will not take place on the scheduled date and will not be rescheduled within 90 days. Eventbrite holds the event payout so refunds can be processed and "reserves the right to issue refunds on their behalf and at cost to the organizer."
Source: eventbrite.com, verified 2026-10-13
Deadline
Eventbrite's Postponed Event Policy (events postponed on or after April 1, 2023): organizers must give a new date within 90 days of announcing the postponement and may decide refunds at their discretion during days 0-90. During days 91-135 they must honor refund requests even if a new date has been set. From day 136 they must process refunds on request until the event is rescheduled. Organizers must respond to refund requests within five business days.
Source: eventbrite.com, verified 2026-10-13
Policy
The Terms of Service require binding individual arbitration or small claims court and waive class actions (Section 9). To opt out, email legal@eventbrite.com with the subject "ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER OPT-OUT" within thirty (30) days of your first use of the Services or your agreement to the Terms, whichever is later (Section 9.12).
Source: eventbrite.com, verified 2026-10-13

Tips

Community tip
An email from Eventbrite's own system can still be phishing. Researchers reported in October 2024 that scammers created fake events to send phishing invitations from noreply@events.eventbrite.com that impersonated banks, energy companies and delivery services. Check the event and its links, not only the sender.
Source: helpnetsecurity.com, verified 2026-10-13

If that fails, escalate

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

Customer service
FormContact the organizer (from your order in Tickets) Sign-in required
Written complaint
FormAttendee Refund Request form (to Eventbrite, when the organizer declined or did not respond)
Only for eligible cancelled or long-postponed events after the organizer declined or did not respond.
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for a cancelled event that was not refunded (rule fcba-billing-error).
Federal regulator
RegulatorFederal Trade Commission +1-877-382-4357
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).

Watch out

Refund requests and Contact the organizer from an order need an Eventbrite login; people who cannot log in can use the Find tickets form.
Organizers, not Eventbrite, set and issue refunds; Eventbrite steps in only for eligible cancelled or long-postponed events paid through Eventbrite Payment Processing.
The Help Center lists no phone number, chat or email for attendees.

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