📆 Hackney Cinema Calendar

Automatically generated calendar of events at Genesis Cinema, Hackney Picturehouse, Prince Charles Cinema, Rio Cinema, and The Castle Cinema

Data retrieved from: https://genesiscinema.co.uk, https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/hackney-picturehouse, https://princecharlescinema.com, https://www.riocinema.org.uk, and https://thecastlecinema.com

The latest calendar files are available at:

• https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/genesiscinema.co.uk-calendar.ics
• https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/picturehouses.com-calendar.ics
• https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/princecharlescinema.com-calendar.ics
• https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/riocinema.org.uk-calendar.ics
• https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/thecastlecinema.com-calendar.ics

⚙️ How to use

The URLs above always points to the latest calendar data. Add them to your calendar application of choice to see the latest events.

Google Calendar

ℹ️ Instructions below modified from https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37100?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=1

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.
2. On the left, next to "Other calendars," click "Add" or "+" and then "From URL".
3. Paste in one of the following (depending on which events you want to see)
   • https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/genesiscinema.co.uk-calendar.ics
   • https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/picturehouses.com-calendar.ics
   • https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/princecharlescinema.com-calendar.ics
   • https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/riocinema.org.uk-calendar.ics
   • https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases/latest/download/thecastlecinema.com-calendar.ics
4. Click "Add calendar". The calendar appears on the left, under "Other calendars."
5. Repeat as necessary for any other cinema calendars

ℹ️ Note: It might take up to 12 hours for changes to show in your Google Calendar.

🎟 Releases

Releases are run automatically early every morning, but may also be run manually as part of testing or to gather the most up to date information during the day.

All releases can be seen at https://github.com/alistairjcbrown/hackney-cinema-calendar/releases, with the latest release showing the latest tag.

Details of current releases:

• Releases use git tags in the format {date}.{suffix}.
• Releases contain 3 types of file
  • The calendar files; genesiscinema.co.uk-calendar.ics, picturehouses.com-calendar.ics, princecharlescinema.com-calendar.ics, riocinema.org.uk-calendar.ics, thecastlecinema.com-calendar.ics
    • 💡 This is what most users will want!
    • Event data formatted in a way that can be used in your calendar
  • The data files; ; genesiscinema.co.uk-shows.json, picturehouses.com-shows.json, princecharlescinema.com-shows.json, riocinema.org.uk-shows.json, thecastlecinema.com-shows.json
    • Contains all of the data extracted from each site (title, performances information, notes, booking URL, etc.)
    • Used to generate the calendar file above
  • The JSON schema file, schema.json
    • Provides a schema of the information expected in each of the JSON files
    • JSON files in this release will have been validated against the schema as part of the release process

⚠️ The details above are the current state - however, this may not have always been the case, and may not always be the case going forward. Please do not rely on this information for any historical releases!