Showing a calendar as a group calendar instead of events web part

Question

I at first wanted to show a calendar list with recurring events as a web part on my SharePoint page. But when I selected the calendar, it just showed 'No upcoming events' and a default 'Title of event' and 'Month 01'. From what I understood in previous questions, recurring events are still not supported by Microsoft.

I sort of found a workaround by selecting 'This site' (instead of 'Events list on this site') and entering a category from that calendar. However, aside from just showing events from that one category, it also lists all the events from that calendar rather than upcoming events specifically.

I read that the solution is to use the Group calendar web part. But the group calendar only lets me select an O365 group, whereas my calendar is not in a group but on the main SharePoint site.

How can I show my calendar as a Group calendar web part in this case? I'm guessing I need to move it to a private group?

Answer 1

As you already know:

1. Events web part does not support recurring events
2. The Group calendar web part only allows you to put a Microsoft 365 group calendar. So, this web part works only on Team sites.

So, you cannot show the events stored in SharePoint (calendar/events) list in Group calendar web part.

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Also, there are custom (SPFx) calendar web parts developed by community members. You can check those using below links. You can download them & use as it is if they fulfil your requirements or you can enhance them as you want:

1. Calendar Feed
2. Calendar
3. Modern Calendar