Activities-first festival registration

Pick the activities.
We'll figure out the pass.

One app for multi-day specialty festivals — attendees plan the field trips and workshops they want, and you run the entire event from a single operational view.

RegistrationSchedulingVolunteersPaymentsAn attendee app

Today's event tools make attendees buy a pass before they can see what's actually available — and leave organizers wrangling registration, support, and communications across three different apps.

Flyway Events does both jobs in one place. Attendees pick the field trips and workshops they want, the software figures out their pass, and you run your entire festival from one operational view.

How it works

1

Attendees pick their events

They browse field trips, workshops, and talks, and choose what they want — before paying for anything.

2

Flyway builds the pass

The right pass (role × tier) is assembled and priced automatically, with capacity, conflicts, and prerequisites all checked.

3

You run it in one place

Check-in, communications, volunteers, stats, and a day-of Ops board — your whole festival from one console.

For your attendees

Give them a real app, not a receipt

Flyway gives every attendee an installable app that follows them from browsing to the festival floor — their plan, their pass, their people, all in one place.

  • An installable app, not a checkout form
  • A personal schedule and a scannable QR pass
  • Register a whole group in one flow
  • Field notes / eBird-style checklists
  • Message coordinators, get announcements

For you, the organizer

Run the whole festival from one console

Set up your cycle, open registration, and manage everything that follows — without stitching together a ticketing tool, a spreadsheet, and an inbox.

  • One operational view for the whole event
  • Capacity, waitlists, and check-in handled
  • Volunteers, comms, and support built in
  • Live sign-up, revenue, and fill stats
  • A mobile Ops board for the day-of crew

Everything a multi-day festival needs

One platform, from the first sign-up to the last shift — no add-ons to bolt on.

Activities-first registration

Attendees pick field trips and workshops first; Flyway builds the right pass (role × tier) and prices it. Group registration, post-purchase changes, and merch included.

Smart scheduling & capacity

Overlap blocking, travel-time warnings between venues, prerequisites, drop-in events, resource-derived limits, seat holds, and waitlists with auto-promote.

Volunteer management

Sign-up sheets, slots, and applicants with auto-accept or approval, generated shifts, reminders, day-of check-in, hours reports, and a scoped coordinator role.

Payments that are yours

Stripe Connect — your account, your payouts, your dashboard. Hosted checkout, refunds handled in-app, and per-event cost & margin tracking.

Run it all in one console

A guided setup wizard, events catalog, badging & check-in, support inbox, broadcasts, live stats, exports, and a mobile Ops board for staff on the floor.

Make it yours

Per-festival colors, logo, and tagline. Year-over-year cloning to stand up next season in minutes, CSV import of attendees and leaders, and customizable lists.

Built-in AI assistant

An in-app assistant that guides setup and does the work — create events, set up volunteers, pull exact reports — with a preview-and-approve step on every change.

Trust & security

Roles and permissions, two-factor authentication, GDPR/CCPA data export and erasure, a full audit log, and strict per-festival data isolation.

An assistant that sets it up with you

Flyway has a built-in assistant that answers “how do I…” and does the work too — creating events, configuring volunteers, even pulling exact reports. Every change is previewed for your approval and recorded, so you stay in control.

Built for specialty festivals

Bird festivals first — and designed for any multi-day specialty event where field trips, leaders, and venues matter more than a generic ticket: native plant sales, fossil and mineral shows, mushroom forays, astronomy star parties, and more.

Bird festivalsNative plant salesFossil & mineral showsMushroom foraysStar parties

Simple, aligned pricing

No setup fee, no annual subscription, no per-seat cost — just a small share of what flows through the platform. We only do well when your festival does.

Pay as you go

2.5%

per transaction

Minimum $250 per festival · no annual or setup fee

  • Every feature — registration, scheduling, volunteers, comms
  • Unlimited events, attendees, and staff
  • Your own Stripe account and payouts
  • The installable attendee app, included
  • Setup help and the built-in AI assistant

The platform fee is our share of transactions processed through Flyway. You keep your own Stripe account, dashboard, and payouts.

Questions, answered

What is Flyway Events?+

Flyway Events is an activities-first registration platform and companion app for multi-day specialty festivals. Attendees pick the field trips, workshops, and talks they want and the software builds and prices the right pass; organizers run registration, scheduling, volunteers, payments, and communications from one console.

What kinds of events is it built for?+

Multi-day specialty festivals where field trips, leaders, and venues matter more than a generic ticket — bird festivals first, plus native plant sales, fossil and mineral shows, mushroom forays, and astronomy star parties.

How much does it cost?+

There's no setup or annual fee. Flyway takes a 2.5% platform fee on transactions processed through it, with a $250 minimum per festival. You keep your own Stripe account and payouts.

Do attendees need to download an app?+

Flyway is an installable web app — attendees can add it to their home screen, but it also works in any browser. They get a personal schedule, a scannable QR pass, group registration, and messaging with organizers.

How do payments work?+

Payments run through your own Stripe account via Stripe Connect, so payouts come to you directly and you keep your dashboard. Checkout is hosted and secure (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay), and refunds are handled in the app.

Can we move over from our current tool?+

Yes. You can import attendees and leaders by CSV, and clone a festival year over year to stand up the next season in minutes. A built-in assistant helps with setup.

Bring Flyway to your festival

Request your festival to get set up, or schedule a demo and we'll walk you through it on your own events.

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