🌍 GlobalFests

Discover. Experience. Celebrate.

A comprehensive event discovery and management platform built with ASP.NET Core.

Features • Tech Stack • Getting Started • Screenshots

📖 About

GlobalFests is a modern web application designed to bridge the gap between event organizers and attendees. It features a sleek Glassmorphism UI, an interactive world map for event discovery, and a robust role-based system for managing festivals, concerts, and theatre performances globally.

✨ Key Features

🎧 For Attendees

• Interactive World Map: Discover events geographically using Leaflet.js with custom clustering and filtering.
• Advanced Search: Filter by genre, country, date range, price, and performers with high-performance cursor-based pagination.
• Ticketing System: Seamless checkout process to secure spots at events.
• Wishlist & Reviews: Save favorites and leave feedback/ratings for attended events.
• Responsive Design: Fully optimized mobile experience with an off-canvas navigation drawer.

🎹 For Organizers & Admins

• Dashboard Analytics: Visualize sales data, revenue, and ticket trends using SQL stored procedures for performance.
• Event Management: CRUD operations for events, performers, and venues with validation logic.
• Moderation: Admin tools to approve or reject events and manage users.

🛠 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	ASP.NET Core 8.0 (MVC)
Database	MS SQL Server
ORM	Entity Framework Core ( Database-First )
Architecture	Repository Pattern, Unit of Work, Service Layer
Frontend	Razor Views, HTML5, CSS3 (Custom Glassmorphism)
JavaScript	Leaflet.js (Maps), Swiper.js (Sliders), Flatpickr (Dates)

📸 Screenshots

Interactive World Map with Clustering

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK
• SQL Server (LocalDB or Express)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/mycola23/GlobalFests.git
   cd GlobalFests

2. Configure Database Update appsettings.json with your connection string:

   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "DefaultConnection": "Server=.;Database=GlobalFestsDB;Trusted_Connection=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;"
   }

3. Run Migrations & Seed Data The project includes a SQL script (seed_data.sql) to populate Genres, Countries, and sample Events.

   dotnet ef database update
   # Execute the SQL seed script in SSMS if needed

4. Run the Application

   dotnet run

   Visit https://localhost:7001 in your browser.

🗄️ Database Architecture

The system utilizes a relational database with key constraints and indexes for optimization.

• Users & Roles: RBAC system.
• Events & Tickets: Core logic with concurrency handling.
• Performers & Genres: Many-to-Many relationships.
• Stored Procedures: Used for complex analytical queries in the Organizer Dashboard.

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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