Last Updated: October 8, 2026
These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and LampPost Social Inc. ("LampPost," "we," "our," or "us"), with an address at 1818 D Chestnut St., Victoria, BC. They govern your access to and use of the LampPost website, mobile application, email newsletter, and related services (collectively, the "Services").
By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use our Services.
You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required in your jurisdiction) to use our Services. By using our Services, you represent and warrant that you meet all eligibility requirements. If you are using the Services on behalf of a business or organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms. Being allowed to use LampPost does not mean you are allowed into an event. Age rules at events are covered in section 5.8.
To access certain features of our Services, you may need to register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
You are responsible for:
We reserve the right to disable any user account at any time if, in our opinion, you have failed to comply with these Terms. If you break these Terms repeatedly, or if a single violation is serious, we may permanently remove you and any host profiles you control, including a ban on new accounts created to get around that removal.
We use the city you select, and approximate location from your device if you allow it, to choose a city hub, neighbourhood content, maps, and local recommendations. You can change your city in the product. You do not need to share precise location to browse events.
You retain ownership of any content you submit, post, or display on or through our Services ("User Content"). By submitting User Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such User Content in connection with providing and promoting our Services. This license does not cover private messages or phone-contact data, which are described in section 4.5. To the extent the law allows, you waive moral rights in User Content so we can operate the Services, including by cropping, captioning, and translating.
You agree not to post User Content that:
We reserve the right to remove any User Content that violates these Terms or that we find objectionable for any reason, without prior notice.
Hosts who upload promotional videos or other media for events they host represent and warrant that they have all rights, licenses, consents, and permissions necessary to upload, publish, and license that content through our Services. This includes, without limitation:
We may ask hosts to confirm these warranties once before first use of video upload. That confirmation applies to all subsequent videos, photos, and stories uploaded from the same host account. Continuing to use those upload features after confirmation (or while using the Services under our Terms) reaffirms these warranties. We may remove, hide, or disable access to content that we believe infringes rights or violates these Terms. Copyright owners may follow the process in Copyright Complaints.
You may upload photos, including photos that are not tied to a single event, and you may save photos to a private event journal. A journal entry is a private pointer to a photo. It does not publish that photo to anyone else. You represent that each photo is legal and that you have the rights needed to post it. You will not upload:
The warranties in section 4.3 apply to photos and stories as well as videos. We may remove a photo that breaks these Terms, including after someone reports it.
Messages you send on LampPost are private between the participants. They are not covered by the promotional license in section 4.1. Do not use messages to harass, threaten, scam, or send unsolicited commercial messages. We may use automated tools to detect spam, abuse, and illegal content. We do not read every message.
If you use a feature that finds friends from your phone, you allow us to read contacts on your device so we can suggest people who already use LampPost. We use that information to match accounts. We do not email or text those contacts just because you looked them up. You confirm that you are allowed to use those contacts for this matching.
In discovery, counts of people who are interested or going may be shown without names. Your name, profile photo, and the fact that you are interested or going may be shown to your friends. If your profile is public, events you marked as going can also be seen by anyone who opens that profile.
If you post a comment, photo, or other public content, or if you keep a public profile, that content is shared under the name on your profile. That is you choosing to share it, and it is not anonymized.
We strive to provide accurate information about events, but we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any event information on our platform. Event details, including dates, times, locations, and prices, are subject to change. Hosts must list an event in the city where it actually takes place, and the title, description, images, time, price, and category must fairly describe the activity.
Event organizers may have their own terms and conditions that apply to their events, including custom terms shown at ticket checkout. Those terms are between you and the organizer. They do not bind LampPost. We are not responsible for the actions or omissions of event organizers or the content or conduct of their events. Cohorts, which we organize ourselves, are covered in section 5.6.
If you ticket an event through Bloom from LampPost, you agree to the Bloom Tickets Terms of Service and to Stripe’s terms for payment processing. Creating or linking a Bloom account, or selling tickets this way, is acceptance of those terms as well as these Terms.
A host may offer a limited number of free guest-list passes, a discount for LampPost subscribers, or both. A guest-list pass is not a ticket and not a purchase. It does not reserve a paid seat.
Cohorts are hangouts organized by LampPost Social Inc. They are self-guided: we do not supervise the meetup. You pay through Bloom Tickets, and Bloom’s terms apply to that checkout. A listing may include a small admin fee.
We will tell you whether a cohort is confirmed. If we cancel it because not enough people have booked, we refund what you paid for that cohort. The confirmation deadline is the one on the listing or, if none is shown, about seven days before the event. If we cancel a confirmed cohort, we also refund what you paid to attend. You are responsible for your own conduct and for getting yourself there.
Hosts are responsible for registering, collecting, and remitting GST, HST, QST, and any other tax on tickets and other amounts they sell. LampPost does not give tax advice. Ticket tax is collected only when the host has set that up in Bloom or in their LampPost tax settings. Prices LampPost charges (subscriptions, advertising, cohorts, and similar) are in Canadian dollars and may have tax added at checkout when the law requires us to collect it.
LampPost does not set or enforce the age limit for an event. The host or the venue does. We do not check identification at the door, and we are not responsible if a host admits someone or turns someone away because of age. Hosts must follow the liquor, cannabis, and other age laws that apply to their event.
We may refuse, unpublish, or remove an event listing at any time, including when:
We may suspend or permanently remove a host, and the listings and tools on that host account, for a repeated breach of these Terms or for a serious one-time breach. Permanent removal can include a ban on new accounts created to avoid the ban.
Our Services may display advertisements and promotions from third parties. Your interactions with these advertisements are subject to the privacy policies and terms of service of the advertisers.
Paid promotions are identified as sponsored, promoted, or an equivalent label. We present those promotions in keeping with the Competition Act (Canada), including the rules against misleading representations. Sponsored content is provided by third parties, and we are not responsible for its accuracy or reliability.
With your consent, we may send you promotional emails, notifications, or other communications. You can opt out of receiving these communications by following the instructions in the communications or updating your preferences in your account settings.
Unpaid discovery, including “For You,” ranks events using signals such as your interests and tags, engagement (events you have marked interested, saved, or going), popularity, and event date and time so that timely events are prioritized. An event that offers ticketing or a listed discount can also rank differently from one that does not. Those signals are not a payment for placement.
Paid and commercial placement is separate, and we identify it. It includes labeled placements such as newsletter ads, website and app ads, homepage sponsored placements, featured stories, featured host placements, Instagram story promotions we publish, extra newsletter sends, and partner media placements we offer (including CHEK headline placements, where available). Events from a host with an active Superhost subscription can receive a modest increase in recommendation ranking. Active, approved event or host boosts can also increase ranking. This is paid placement. It is shown in keeping with the Competition Act (Canada).
We do not guarantee that any event or host will appear in a specific position. Ranking and discovery can change.
Boost Pass and Superhost are annual host subscriptions, billed in Canadian dollars through Stripe, per host profile. The current prices are $150 per year for Boost Pass and $350 per year for Superhost, unless a checkout page shows a different promotional price. A plan renews each year at the then-current rate until you cancel.
If we change the price, whether the plan auto-renews, or the refund rules for a subscription, section 14 applies. Section 15.6 explains that these plans are not offered in every city.
Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) applies to commercial electronic messages: emails, texts, and similar messages that encourage a commercial activity. When we send those messages:
If we send a promotion on a host’s behalf, the host must have any consent the law requires for that message. A host must not give us a purchased or scraped contact list. Looking up phone contacts to find friends, under section 4.5, is not permission for us to email those people.
The Services, including all content, features, and functionality (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, and software), are owned by LampPost, our licensors, or other providers and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services. If you use the Services as a consumer (for example to browse, save events, message, or post personal content), that license is for your personal, non-commercial use. If you are a host, advertiser, or other business user, you may use the host, ticketing, advertising, and related tools for your own events and promotions. Neither license lets you resell the Services, scrape listings, or build a competing database from our data. Embeds are covered in section 7.5.
You agree not to:
If you believe content on LampPost infringes your copyright, follow the notice process on our Copyright Complaints page. That process follows Canada’s Copyright Act. We may remove or disable access to material that is the subject of a notice and, where appropriate, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
We may offer embeddable calendars, neighbourhood listings, or similar widgets. If we give you an embed, you may display it on your own site, unchanged, for as long as we provide it. We can change or withdraw an embed at any time. An embed does not make you a partner and does not transfer ownership of the listings. Third-party media shown inside LampPost (for example a Spotify player) is governed by that third party’s terms.
You are expressly prohibited from using any automated means, including but not limited to robots, crawlers, scrapers, spiders, or any other automated devices, programs, algorithms, or methodologies to access, monitor, copy, or extract data from our Services without our prior written permission.
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to:
We reserve the right to implement technical measures to prevent unauthorized automated access, including rate limiting, IP blocking, CAPTCHA verification, and other security measures. Attempting to bypass or circumvent these measures is strictly prohibited.
If you wish to use automated tools to access our Services for legitimate purposes, you must:
Violation of this section may result in:
We reserve the right to pursue all available legal remedies against any party that violates these prohibitions, including under the Criminal Code (Canada) provisions on unauthorized use of a computer and mischief in relation to data, and claims for breach of contract, misappropriation, and unfair competition.
We actively monitor for unauthorized automated access and data scraping activities. We reserve the right to block IP addresses, user agents, or other identifiers associated with suspected violations of this section.
We do not guarantee that our Services will always be available, uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or free from viruses or other harmful components.
We make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any content available through our Services, including event information, user content, or advertisements.
We are not responsible for any third-party services or content you access through our Services. Your use of any third-party services is at your own risk and subject to their terms and policies.
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVICES OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL LAMPPOST, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO LAMPPOST IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY OR (B) $100.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless LampPost, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that arise from or relate to:
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
If you have a dispute with us, you agree to first contact us directly and attempt to resolve the dispute informally.
If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, you and LampPost agree to resolve any disputes through binding arbitration in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in accordance with the rules of the Canadian Arbitration Association.
Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts for matters related to intellectual property, unauthorized access, or violation of applicable laws.
YOU AND LAMPPOST AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
If you are a consumer in Quebec, sections 12.3 and 12.5 do not apply to you. Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act prohibits a clause that forces a consumer to arbitrate a future dispute, or that blocks a class action or membership in one. You may bring a claim in the courts of Quebec, including as part of a class action. You may agree to arbitration only after a dispute has already arisen. Consumer rights that Quebec law says cannot be waived still apply to you.
These Terms are published in English and in French. For a consumer contract or a contract of adhesion with a consumer in Quebec, the French version must be provided before you can choose to be bound by the English version. If you are a Quebec consumer, use the French version of these Terms, or ask us for it before a paid purchase. We do not charge for the French version. If the two versions differ, you may rely on either one.
You may terminate your account at any time by following the instructions on our Services or by contacting us.
We may terminate or suspend your account and access to our Services immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including if you breach these Terms. Repeated breaches, or a serious breach, can be a permanent removal of you and of host profiles you control, as described in sections 3.2 and 5.9.
Upon termination, your right to use the Services will immediately cease. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
We may modify these Terms at any time by posting the revised Terms on our website or through our Services. Your continued use of the free Services after other changes is acceptance of those changes. If we change the price of a paid subscription or advertising plan, whether it auto-renews, or the refund rules that apply to a payment you have already made or to the next renewal, we will tell you by email or in the product before that change applies. For a subscription, the change applies at the next renewal unless the law requires us to apply it sooner. You may cancel before that renewal if you do not accept the new price or renewal terms.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and LampPost concerning your use of the Services.
The failure of LampPost to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck, and the remaining provisions shall be enforced to the fullest extent possible under the law.
You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer these Terms without your consent.
We will not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from causes beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, pandemic, war, terrorism, riots, civil unrest, government actions, labor disputes, or power failures. This includes outages or failures of our vendors and partners, including Stripe, Bloom Tickets, Supabase, Beehiiv, Resend, Spotify, Apple, Google, and other hosting, email, payment, or app-store providers.
Features, including advertising, Boost Pass, Superhost, cohorts, and neighbourhood tools, are not offered in every city. We may turn a feature on or off for a city, or withdraw it, at any time.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
LampPost Social Inc.
1818 D Chestnut St.
Victoria, BC
Email: jared@lamppostsocial.com
Phone: (867) 689-9277
Last Updated: October 8, 2026
By buying, booking, or accepting an advertising placement or advertising plan with LampPost Social Inc., you agree to this addendum and to the Terms above. Placements we may offer include newsletter ads (intro, mid-page, spotlight, and presenting sponsor), website and app slots, homepage sponsored placements, featured stories, featured host placements, Instagram story promotions we publish for you, extra newsletter sends, partner media placements (including CHEK headline placements, where available), other event marketing add-ons shown at checkout, and advertising subscriber plans.
LampPost will make every effort to run your advertisement in the position, format, and timeframe discussed. Inventory and formats vary by city, and we may withdraw a format.
LampPost may adjust scheduling, layout, or placement (for example, because of a technical issue or urgent content) without notice, provided that the total value of the placement remains substantially the same.
One-time placements are charged in Canadian dollars through Stripe at the price shown at checkout, plus tax where we must collect it. A one-time fee is non-refundable once the placement is confirmed or the campaign has started, except where we fail to run it. If we fail to deliver, we will either run a comparable placement or refund the amount you paid for the part we did not deliver.
Lower-than-expected results, or you changing your mind, are not a reason for a refund. If we reject creative before it runs and you have already paid, we will either ask for replacement creative or refund that placement. If we remove a placement after it has started because it breaks these terms or the law, we do not have to refund time already used. Changes to price, auto-renewal, or these refund rules follow section 14 of the Terms.
Advertisers are solely responsible for the accuracy, legality, and appropriateness of all submitted content, including compliance with the Competition Act (Canada).
LampPost may reject, remove, or request edits to any advertisement that, in our judgment, may be misleading, illegal, or inconsistent with our standards.
In no event will LampPost, its directors, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of an advertising placement.
For a claim about a specific advertising placement, LampPost’s total liability will not exceed the amount you paid for that placement. This cap applies to advertising claims. It does not change the liability cap in section 10 of the Terms for other claims.
Paying at checkout, or booking an included slot, means you have read and agree to this addendum and the Terms. Section 15.6 of the Terms explains that advertising is not offered in every city and may be withdrawn.
Some advertisers receive a plan with a set number of included slots per month, for a set number of months, in the cities we confirm. Included slots you do not book in that month expire. They do not roll over unless we agree in writing. Slots beyond the included quantity are charged at the current rate, less any subscriber discount we have told you about.
A plan lasts for the number of months we confirm. It does not renew into a new paid term unless a checkout or a written confirmation says that it renews. If a plan is set to renew, we will tell you the price and how to cancel before the renewal is charged.
Questions or concerns can be directed to:
LampPost Social Inc.
1818 D Chestnut St.
Victoria, BC
Email: jared@lamppostsocial.com
Phone: (867) 689 9277
