diff --git a/hswaw/site/calendar/event.go b/hswaw/site/calendar/event.go
index 19a916b..141e4a6 100644
--- a/hswaw/site/calendar/event.go
+++ b/hswaw/site/calendar/event.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 	UID string
 	// Summary is the 'title' of the event, usually a short one-liner.
 	Summary string
+	// Full description of event. Might contain multiple lines of test.
+	Description string
 	// Start and End of the events, potentially whole-day dates. See EventTime
 	// for more information.
 	// If Start is WholeDay then so is End, and vice-versa.
diff --git a/hswaw/site/calendar/load.go b/hswaw/site/calendar/load.go
index 5b36b9c..f9ae146 100644
--- a/hswaw/site/calendar/load.go
+++ b/hswaw/site/calendar/load.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 	_ "time/tzdata"
 
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@
 		}
 		summary := summaryProp.Value
 
+		var description string
+		descriptionProp := event.GetProperty(ics.ComponentPropertyDescription)
+		if descriptionProp != nil && descriptionProp.Value != "" {
+			// The ICS/iCal description has escaped newlines. Undo that.
+			description = strings.ReplaceAll(descriptionProp.Value, `\n`, "\n")
+		}
+
 		status := event.GetProperty(ics.ComponentPropertyStatus)
 		tentative := false
 		if status != nil {
@@ -87,11 +95,12 @@
 		}
 
 		u := &UpcomingEvent{
-			UID:       uid,
-			Summary:   summary,
-			Start:     start,
-			End:       end,
-			Tentative: tentative,
+			UID:         uid,
+			Summary:     summary,
+			Description: description,
+			Start:       start,
+			End:         end,
+			Tentative:   tentative,
 		}
 		if u.Elapsed(now) {
 			continue
diff --git a/hswaw/site/calendar/load_test.go b/hswaw/site/calendar/load_test.go
index a07f134..1b2945a 100644
--- a/hswaw/site/calendar/load_test.go
+++ b/hswaw/site/calendar/load_test.go
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 
 	want := []*UpcomingEvent{
 		{
-			UID:     "65cd51ba-2fd7-475e-a274-61d19c186b66",
-			Summary: "test event please ignore",
+			UID:         "65cd51ba-2fd7-475e-a274-61d19c186b66",
+			Summary:     "test event please ignore",
+			Description: "I am a description",
 			Start: &EventTime{
 				Time: time.Unix(1626091200, 0),
 			},
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			UID:     "2f874784-1e09-4cdc-8ae6-185c9ee36be0",
-			Summary: "many days",
+			UID:         "2f874784-1e09-4cdc-8ae6-185c9ee36be0",
+			Summary:     "many days",
+			Description: "I am a multiline\n\ndescription\n\nwith a link: https://example.com/foo\n\nbarfoo",
 			Start: &EventTime{
 				Time:     time.Unix(1626134400, 0),
 				WholeDay: true,