To facilitate understanding the detailed descriptions below, here is an example iCalendar file including the proposed venue component. This example is for a Joe Bloggs concert occuring at The Venue in San Diego, CA.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Eventful//Eventful 2.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific LAST-MODIFIED:20060110T171418Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20051030T080000 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20060402T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION;VVENUE=V0-001-000153774-0@eventful.com:The Venu e\n1055 Fifth Avenue\nSan Diego, CA 92101 DTSTAMP:20060110T171344Z DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060717T200000 SUMMARY:Joe Bloggs in concert DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060717T2300000 DESCRIPTION:Joe Bloggs plays everything from the old Simon & Garfunkle stuff to his latest album. Not to be missed! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE UID:V0-001-000153774-0@eventful.com NAME:The Venue DESCRIPTION: The Venues is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine in an environment celebrating the Afric an American cultural contributions of blues music and folk art. STREET-ADDRESS:1055 Fifth Avenue\nSuite 4 EXTENDED-ADDRESS:Stage 2 LOCALITY:San Diego REGION;ABBREV=CA:California COUNTRY;ABBREV=US;ABBREV=USA:United States POSTAL-CODE:92101 TZID=US/Pacific GEO:32.716220;-117.160156 URL;TYPE=Map:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1055%20Fifth %20Avenue%2C%20San%20Diego%2C%20California%20&hl=en URL;TYPE=Eventful Listing:http://eventful.com/venues/ V0-001-000153774-0 URL;TYPE=Official Site:http://www.example.com/venues/clubvenues /sandiego/ TEL;TYPE=Box Office:619.299.2583 CATEGORIES:music concert END:VVENUE END:VCALENDAR
The "VVENUE" component works similarly to "VTIMEZONE". It is referenced by parameter from the "LOCATION" property of a "VEVENT".