Community Playlist — PDX Events Platform

Live at: https://communityplaylist.com

Stack

• Django 6.0 on Ubuntu 24 / Plesk Obsidian
• Gunicorn + Apache/Nginx reverse proxy
• SQLite database
• Leaflet.js + CARTO dark map tiles

Key Features

• Google Calendar iCal import with recurring event support
• 2131 MusicBrainz genres with autocomplete tagging
• OpenStreetMap geocoding for event venues
• Dark map view with clickable event pins
• Genre / neighborhood / date / free filters
• Event detail wiki pages with community photo upload
• Public event submission form
• Discord webhooks (admin-only + public events channel)
• Daily digest command

Server

• IP: 66.175.239.235
• Webroot: /var/www/vhosts/communityplaylist.com/django/
• Venv: ./venv/
• Service: communityplaylist.service (gunicorn)

Daily Commands

# Restart app
systemctl restart communityplaylist

# Import events from Google Calendar
python manage.py import_subduction

# Post todays events to Discord
python manage.py daily_digest

# Geocode events missing coordinates
python manage.py shell -c "from events.geocode import geocode_location..."

Scheduled Tasks (Plesk)

• Hourly: import_subduction
• Daily 9am: daily_digest

Discord Webhooks

• #admin-only: new submission alerts (views.py DISCORD_WEBHOOK)
• #events: approved event announcements (admin.py DISCORD_EVENTS)

Git