Invite people to your Facebook event

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If you're a host of an event, you can invite your friends to the event. As an event host, you can choose different privacy settings for who can see, join or invite guests to your event.
You can also invite people who are off Facebook or don't have a Facebook account. You can send them an invitation by email or text message (SMS).
Learn more about how event invitations work for people who don't have a Facebook account.
Invite people to a private or public event
  1. Click Events on the left side of your home page. You may have to click See more.
  2. Go to the event.
  3. Click Invite below the cover photo. You can search for people by name, email address or phone number.
  4. Click your friends' names to invite them individually. You can also filter by groups, locations and past events in the left menu.
  5. Click Send Invitations.
Invite people who don't have a Facebook account
This feature is not currently available for all events.
  1. Click Events on the left side of your home page. You may have to click See more first.
  2. Select the event that you want to invite people to.
  3. Click Invite below the cover photo.
  4. Select Invite with email or Invite with SMS.
  5. Enter the email address or phone number of the person that you want to invite.
    • To invite multiple people at one time, enter email addresses or phone numbers separated by a comma, space or new line, then click Add.
  6. Click Send Invitations.
Learn how to see who has responded to your event.
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