Up & About
Events & Things to Do Nearby
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Up & About helps you discover the best things happening around you.
Whether you're planning a weekend, looking for something fun tonight, or exploring a new city, Up & About makes it easy to find events, restaurants, and local experiences all in one place.
Discover What’s Happening
Browse local events including concerts, festivals, nightlife, community events, and more happening near you.
Explore Local Businesses
Find restaurants, cafés, bars, and local shops with details about specials, deals, and what makes each place unique.
Plan Your Weekend
Use our built-in planner to discover activities and experiences that match your interests.
Save Your Favorites
Bookmark events and businesses so you can easily return to them later.
Explore Your City
Up & About helps locals and visitors discover hidden gems and popular spots around town.
Perfect for:
• Planning date nights
• Finding weekend activities
• Discovering local restaurants
• Exploring new cities
• Supporting local businesses
Download Up & About and start discovering what your city has to offer.
more What's New
Up & About keeps getting better.
• Refund policies are now clearly shown before ticket purchase
• Ticket emails now include secure View Tickets access and better purchase details
• Cleaner Event Details layout with improved actions
• New location map preview
• Improved publisher profile cards and navigation
• Better event sharing with the native iOS share sheet
• Improved Favorites layout and dark-mode support
• Better organizer event date/time formatting
• Reliability and security improvements
4.1.6 Sep 12
What’s New
Up & About ticketing just got a major upgrade.
• Improved ticket purchases, refunds, and order reliability
• New Event Staff access for organizers and door teams
• Assign staff to specific events or all organizer events
• Guest lists and complimentary tickets
• Promo codes and discount support
• Better attendee lookup and event operations tools
• Improved organizer ticket sales and financial reporting
• Enhanced ticket scanning and staff permissions
• Security and performance improvements throughout ticketing
Tap to Pay support is being finalized and will be enabled in a future update.
4.1.5 Sep 7
What’s New
Up & About just got a major upgrade.
• Native Ticketing for All Publishers — Businesses, organizers, and community partners can now sell tickets directly through Up & About, manage ticket types, track sales, check in guests with QR codes, view financials, and manage payouts from one place.
• Seasonal & Holiday Discovery — Discover events, promotions, and local places tied to upcoming holidays and seasonal moments. Look for new holiday filters like Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Juneteenth, and more as they become relevant.
• Smarter Seasonal Recommendations — Featured events, trending picks, community picks, and holiday discovery sections now adapt to the season so it’s easier to find timely things to do nearby.
• Holiday Deals & Local Specials — Businesses can tag seasonal promotions, helping you quickly find holiday specials, experiences, and offers around your city.
Plus additional improvements to event management, publisher tools, notifications, discovery, and overall app performance.
4.1.4 Aug 30
Native ticketing is here!
You can now discover events, purchase tickets, and manage them right inside Up & About.
• Buy tickets securely in the app
• Access your tickets and QR codes anytime
• Add eligible tickets to Apple Wallet
• Transfer tickets to friends
• Improved event and ticket management for organizers
• Faster, smoother event check-in
Plus, we’ve made performance improvements and fixes throughout the app to make discovering what’s happening around you even better.
4.1.0 Aug 29
What’s New
We’ve made discovering local places even better.
• A refreshed Places experience with easier city and map access
• New image-based Explore categories for faster browsing
• Improved filters for finding the right restaurants, bars, activities, coffee shops, and more
• Visual updates throughout Places for a cleaner, more polished experience
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
Thanks for using Up & About — get out there and Discover More.
3.1.0 Aug 18
We’ve made Up & About smoother, faster, and easier to manage.
• Improved event discovery and scrolling performance
• Better return-to-position behavior after viewing event details
• Faster, more stable local discovery results
• Improved creator and community discovery sections
• Enhanced notification management with swipe-to-delete and Clear All
• Improved admin tools for businesses, events, and promotions
• Better business editing and profile hydration
• Search improvements across admin management screens
• Performance improvements and bug fixes throughout the app
Plus, additional behind-the-scenes improvements to reliability, loading behavior, and overall app stability.
3.0.8 Aug 9
Up & About is faster, smarter, and more reliable.
• Improved performance across Places and event discovery
• Faster loading and smoother scrolling throughout the app
• Improved event and business recommendations based on your selected city
• More efficient event and business activity tracking
• Improved notifications and event interest features
• Better support for local organizers, businesses, creators, and community partners
• Search, analytics, and admin improvements
• Reliability improvements and bug fixes throughout the app
Keep exploring what’s happening around you — and discover more with Up & About.
3.0.6 Aug 8
We’ve made Up & About smoother, clearer, and easier to share.
• Improved event sharing with shorter links and better deep-link support
• Added separate Website and Ticket buttons on event details
• Promotion subtitles now save correctly and appear on promo cards and detail pages
• Improved organizer analytics and event performance tracking
• Fixed several bugs affecting event and promotion details
• Community News with local updates from trusted community partners
• Personalized news recommendations based on your location, interests, and follows
• Follow community partners and view a dedicated Following news feed
• Save important community updates for later
• Improved search with Community News included in results
• New professional tools layout for business owners, organizers, creators, and community partners
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
3.0.0 Aug 3
* Promotions are now ranked by distance when location is available.
* Sponsored and featured promotions now appear correctly without duplicates.
* Promotion browsing and sorting have been improved.
* Today’s Specials can now be searched and filtered by category.
* Admin promotion management now clearly identifies expired promotions and keeps them organized below current promotions.
* General performance improvements and bug fixes.
2.9.1 Jul 20
Thanks for using Up & About! This update includes improvements to make discovering local businesses even better.
**New in this version:**
* Improved nearby business discovery with more accurate location-based results.
* Smarter city-aware recommendations when browsing and searching.
* Faster business loading and improved search performance.
* Bug fixes and stability improvements throughout the app.
* UI refinements for a smoother browsing experience.
We're continuously adding new businesses, events, happy hours, specials, and local experiences. Update today and discover what's happening nearby!
2.9.0 Jul 13
* New complimentary Pro access for selected early businesses and event organizers.
* See when complimentary access ends directly in your account.
* Improved account status details for business owners and organizers.
* Admin enhancements for managing complimentary Pro access and account access periods.
* General improvements and bug fixes for a smoother experience.
2.8.8 Jul 8
* Browse local specials more easily with a new full-screen Special Details view.
* Tap a special to see the full offer, photo, category, day, time, and business location.
* Quickly jump from a special to the business profile, automatically focused on its Specials section.
* Expanded long special descriptions with new “View more” options.
* Improved special photo quality for clearer images in the details view.
* General performance improvements and bug fixes.
2.8.6 Jul 6
* Businesses can now add custom photos to individual specials.
* Specials without a photo automatically use the business’s cover image.
* Improved image quality for special photos throughout the app.
* Small performance and stability improvements.
2.8.5 Jul 2
What’s New
• Push notifications are here — get updates when your events, promos, business claims, and local tips are approved or need attention.
• Never miss a plan — receive reminders for events you’re interested in, including local-time reminders before they begin.
• Personalized local picks — opt in to nearby event recommendations, weekend plans, new places, deals and specials, and occasional helpful reminders.
• More control — manage notification preferences anytime from your Profile.
2.8.4 Jun 30
What’s New
• Introducing Local Tips — see helpful recommendations and insider notes from locals on participating business pages.
• Local Tips now appear across the app, including business cards, Business Details, Home, and Smart Suggestions for your plans.
• Smarter plan suggestions — businesses with approved Local Tips can now surface with helpful local context before you add them to your itinerary.
• Tap business suggestions in your plan to view full business details before adding them.
• Improved Featured promotion previews so deals and event promotions display cleaner, more readable descriptions.
• Additional improvements and fixes for a smoother discovery experience.
2.8.0 Jun 26
What’s New
• Discover Today’s Specials from local businesses, including recurring food, drink, nightlife, and activity deals
• Browse all local specials in a new dedicated See All screen
• Find nearby specials more reliably when browsing a city or using your current location
• Business owners can now add, edit, pause, and manage specials directly from their dashboard
• Improved special details with clearer descriptions, times, and weekly availability
• General performance and discovery improvements
2.7.15 Jun 21
What’s New
We’ve added new ways to discover and manage local specials.
• New Today’s Specials section on the Businesses screen
• New See All Specials page for browsing local deals in one place
• Better category filtering for food, drinks, nightlife, activities, and more
• Business owners can now add and manage specials from their dashboard
• Improved specials cards with sharper images, better spacing, and dark mode support
• General performance and display improvements across business discovery
2.7.14 Jun 16
Improved All Events browsing with better event discovery across local listings, Ticketmaster, and SeatGeek.
This update improves event loading, sorting, and pagination so users can see a fuller list of nearby upcoming events without missing results. We also refined location-based event filtering, boosted event ordering, and overall search performance for a smoother experience.
2.7.12 Jun 14
Improved event discovery and feed ordering.
This update fixes event feed sorting so Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, and local events display together more reliably while preserving fair boosted event placement. We also improved event pagination, source handling, and overall search results consistency.
Additional improvements:
• Fixed All Events feed visibility for Ticketmaster and SeatGeek events
• Improved boosted event placement so boosted events no longer stack above all organic events
• Better chronological event ordering across local and external event sources
• Improved event loading and pagination behavior
• General performance and reliability improvements
2.7.10 Jun 11
What’s New
This update improves local discovery across Up & About.
• Improved sponsored and featured placement so boosted businesses, events, and promos appear more naturally alongside organic results.
• Added better rotation for boosted placements to keep discovery fresh.
• Improved business and event feed ordering for a more balanced browsing experience.
• Added Up & About website, Instagram, and TikTok links to Login and Profile.
• General performance, layout, and discovery improvements.
2.7.5 Jun 9
What’s New
This update introduces a redesigned planning experience built around custom itineraries.
You can now create your own plans like Date Night, Family Trip, Guys Trip, Vacation, and more. Add businesses, events, and promos directly to a plan, organize your itinerary, add notes and planned times, and share your plan with others.
We also added Smart Suggestions to help you discover nearby places, promos, and events based on what you’ve already added to your plan.
Also included:
• Add to Plan buttons across businesses, events, and promos
• Custom itinerary editing and item reordering
• Plan sharing improvements
• Smarter duplicate protection when adding items
• Better dark mode support in event and promo editors
• Image quality improvements for Smart Suggestions
• General bug fixes and performance improvements
2.7.4 Jun 6
We’ve made Up & About easier to browse and plan with.
What’s new:
* Explore is now focused on events, making it easier to find what’s happening nearby.
* Places now has smarter discovery rows for nearby spots, open-now businesses, date night ideas, creative experiences, group activities, and family fun.
* Improved badge visibility and layout consistency across event and business cards.
* Fixed display issues where badges could overlap or be hard to read.
* General performance, UI, and reliability improvements.
2.7.1 May 31
Improved restaurant menus and business profile tools.
This update includes:
• New restaurant menu support so businesses can share PDF, image, or external menu links
• Dynamic menu support for eligible businesses with categories, item photos, descriptions, pricing, and availability
• Larger menu item photos for a better browsing experience
• Improved menu organization with menu and section tabs
• Added review protections for newly submitted menu uploads and links
• Better owner/admin menu management tools
• Dark mode improvements for menu screens
• General UI, stability, and performance fixes
• Adds in-app account deletion
• Improves email verification
• Includes reliability improvements for account management.
2.6.9 May 29
What’s New
This update improves location accuracy and makes discovery feel smoother while you’re out and about.
• Improved “Near me” behavior with fresher location updates
• Nearby places now refresh more naturally as you move around
• Cleaner business filters with improved price, sort, vibe, and neighborhood options
• Simplified Tampa neighborhood filtering for easier local discovery
• Improved activity category filters with better grouping and fewer duplicate options
• General performance improvements and bug fixes
2.6.0 May 13
This update improves the Up & About map experience with a smoother, more polished way to discover places and events nearby.
What’s new:
• Redesigned full-screen map experience
• New floating search, filters, and discovery chips
• Improved “Search this area” when browsing the map
• Better map pin clustering for smoother performance
• New compact result cards for businesses and events
• Improved bottom sheet gestures with smoother snapping
• Better city filtering accuracy for business results
• General performance improvements and bug fixes
Thanks for using Up & About to discover what’s happening around you.
2.5.5 May 1
What's New
Up & About keeps getting better.
• Refund policies are now clearly shown before ticket purchase
• Ticket emails now include secure View Tickets access and better purchase details
• Cleaner Event Details layout with improved actions
• New location map preview
• Improved publisher profile cards and navigation
• Better event sharing with the native iOS share sheet
• Improved Favorites layout and dark-mode support
• Better organizer event date/time formatting
• Reliability and security improvements
more Version 4.1.6 Sep 12
Data Not Linked to You The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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