Luma Events Scraper – lu.ma Events, Hosts & Tickets by City

Luma events scraper for public lu.ma / luma.com events by city, category, keyword, calendar or event URL. Get dates, venues, geo coordinates, hosts, guest counts, ticket prices and sold-out status. No login.

The Actor reads the same public JSON endpoints that the luma.com website uses. It needs no browser and no login. For San Francisco it returns about 1,300 upcoming events, not only the ~70 curated picks on luma.com/sf.

Price: $1.50 per 1,000 events. Duplicates are not charged.

What can this Luma scraper do?

• Events by city – any city in the world. Luma's 80+ featured cities (San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo...) are matched directly; any other city name is geocoded automatically.
• Events by category – AI, Tech, Crypto, Arts & Culture, Climate, Fitness, Wellness, Food & Drink, Books, Games, Running, Family – combined with any city.
• Keyword search – e.g. "hackathon", "startup", "yoga" in each city.
• Calendars / communities – paste a calendar URL such as https://luma.com/deepmind to get all its upcoming or past events (including external events listed on the calendar).
• Single events – paste any luma.com/... or lu.ma/... event link.
• Tickets & pricing – free / paid, price range, currency, pay-what-you-want, sold out, spots remaining, approval required, waitlist.
• Hosts – host names and public Luma profile links.
• Full details (optional) – plain-text description, every ticket type, categories.
• De-duplication across all sources, and a run summary in the key-value store.

Use cases

• Event discovery & newsletters – build "what's on this week in Berlin" digests or AI-event calendars.
• Lead generation & partnerships – find active community organizers, venues and sponsors in your niche.
• Market research – track how many AI / crypto / climate events happen per city and how fast they sell out.
• Sales & DevRel – find meetups and hackathons where your audience is.
• Data journalism & academic research on tech-community activity.
• Travel & hospitality apps – enrich city guides with live event listings.

How to use

1. Click Try for free.
2. Enter one or more Cities (e.g. San Francisco, London) and optionally Categories (ai, tech) or a Search keyword.
3. Or paste Luma URLs – events, calendars (https://luma.com/deepmind), city pages (https://luma.com/nyc) or category pages (https://luma.com/ai).
4. Set Max events and click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or use the API.

Input

Field	Description
cities	City names. Featured Luma cities are matched by name or slug (sf, nyc, la, dc...). Other cities are geocoded.
categories	ai, tech, crypto, arts, climate, fitness, wellness, food, books, games, running, family. Combined with each city (San Francisco if no city is given).
searchQuery	Optional keyword search within each city (Luma returns up to ~50 best matches per city).
startUrls	Luma event, calendar, city or category URLs (luma.com or lu.ma).
calendarPeriod	future (default) or past – for calendar URLs.
onlyFeatured	false (default) = all public events around each city. true = only Luma's curated city-page list.
includeDetails	Adds description, all ticket types, categories and the full host list. Same price.
maxItems	Total limit (default 30, 0 = unlimited).
maxItemsPerSource	Optional cap per city / category / calendar when you scrape several.
proxyConfiguration	Usually not needed.

Example input:

{
    "cities": ["San Francisco", "New York"],
    "categories": ["ai"],
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxItems": 200,
    "maxItemsPerSource": 100
}

Output

Each event is one dataset row. Real example (London, includeDetails: true, description shortened):

{
    "eventId": "evt-tdEhLNJoWCJFCV9",
    "url": "https://luma.com/AIonDraughtAICrisisResponse",
    "name": "AI on Draught: AI Crisis Response",
    "startAt": "2026-10-08T17:00:00.000Z",
    "endAt": "2026-10-08T19:30:00.000Z",
    "timezone": "Europe/London",
    "city": "London",
    "region": "England",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "venueName": "London AI Hub",
    "address": "London AI Hub, 140 Goswell Rd., London EC1V 7DY, UK",
    "addressVisibility": "public",
    "latitude": 51.524930499999996,
    "longitude": -0.0992686,
    "locationType": "offline",
    "isOnline": false,
    "coverUrl": "https://images.lumacdn.com/uploads/sd/ece97507-a4a9-4417-8548-0de3744971d4.png",
    "hosts": [
        { "name": "London AI Hub", "username": "londonaihub", "profileUrl": "https://luma.com/user/londonaihub" }
    ],
    "hostNames": "London AI Hub",
    "guestCount": 46,
    "isFree": true,
    "price": 0,
    "maxPrice": null,
    "currency": null,
    "priceText": "Free",
    "isSoldOut": false,
    "spotsRemaining": 274,
    "isNearCapacity": false,
    "requiresApproval": true,
    "registrationStatus": "open",
    "waitlistActive": false,
    "calendarName": "London AI Hub",
    "calendarId": "cal-CJ9PBT5AyF0qRIH",
    "calendarUrl": "https://luma.com/londonaihub",
    "featuredCity": null,
    "platform": "luma",
    "source": "London / \"AI\"",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-07T18:15:26.341Z",
    "description": "We are bringing together a curated group of 30 leaders, founders, and innovators shaping how organisations prepare for, and respond to, AI systems going wrong –...",
    "categories": ["AI"],
    "ticketTypes": [
        { "name": "Standard", "type": "free", "price": 0, "currency": null, "isFlexible": false, "requiresApproval": true, "spotsRemaining": null }
    ]
}

Notes on fields:

• startAt / endAt are UTC (ISO 8601); timezone is the event's local time zone.
• venueName, address, latitude, longitude are only filled when the organizer made the address public. If the address is shown to registered guests only, addressVisibility is guests-only and only the city/region is returned.
• guestCount is null when the organizer hides the guest list (with includeDetails the registered-ticket count is used when available).
• platform: "external" marks events that a calendar lists from another site (e.g. Partiful); url then points to that site.
• description, categories, ticketTypes, socialImageUrl are added only with includeDetails: true.

The Output tab has ready-made views: Events, Location & geo, Tickets & pricing and Hosts & calendars. A run summary (events per source, stop reason) is saved as SUMMARY in the key-value store.

Pricing

Pay-per-event. You only pay for events saved to the dataset. Platform usage is included.

Event	Price	When it is charged
event	$0.0015 per event ($1.50 / 1,000)	Each event saved to the dataset
Duplicates	Free	The same event found through several cities, categories or calendars

includeDetails costs the same.

Job	Cost
30 events (default run)	$0.045
1,000 events	$1.50
10,000 events	$15.00

Set Max cost per run in the run options. The Actor stops cleanly when it reaches your budget.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

The Actor works as a tool in the Apify MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients can call it. Example tool input for "What AI events are on in London this week?":

{
    "cities": ["London"],
    "categories": ["ai"],
    "maxItems": 20
}

The agent reads name, startAt, timezone, venueName, priceText, isSoldOut and url from each row.

FAQ

How many events can I get for a city? All public upcoming events Luma lists around that city. For big tech hubs that is often 1,000+ (San Francisco ≈ 1,300 at the time of writing). Turn on onlyFeatured if you only want Luma's curated picks.

Can I scrape past events? Yes, for calendars: add the calendar URL and set calendarPeriod to past. City/category discovery only covers upcoming events (that is what Luma shows).

Why are some addresses empty? Many organizers show the exact address only to approved guests. We respect that and return only what is public.

Does it return attendee lists or emails? No. The Actor returns only public event information and public host profile links – no emails, phone numbers or guest identities.

My city is not in Luma's list – will it work? Yes. Any city name is geocoded and Luma is searched by coordinates around it.

Do I need a proxy or login? No. Luma's public endpoints work without login. Enable Apify Proxy only if you ever see rate limiting.

Can I schedule it? Yes – use Apify Schedules (e.g. every morning) and integrations (Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, webhooks) to get fresh events automatically.

Is it legal to scrape Luma?

This Actor only collects publicly available event information that anyone can see on luma.com without logging in, and it does not collect personal data such as emails or guest lists. Host names and profile links are included only as they appear publicly. You are responsible for using the data in line with Luma's terms, GDPR and other applicable laws – especially if you plan to contact hosts. If unsure, consult a lawyer.

Related actors

Other actors by the same developer:

• Eventbrite Scraper – Events, Tickets & Organizers by City – add Eventbrite events for the same cities
• Google Sheets Import & Export – Read, Append & Dedupe Rows – keep a running event list in a sheet
• Hacker News Scraper – Stories, Comments & Who Is Hiring Jobs – follow what the tech community is talking about

Support & feedback

Found a bug or need a field that is missing? Open an issue in the Issues tab.