diff --git a/src/pages/EventDetailPage.tsx b/src/pages/EventDetailPage.tsx
index 3342c72..463c98c 100644
--- a/src/pages/EventDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/EventDetailPage.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   Megaphone,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useCurrentUser } from '@/hooks/useCurrentUser';
+import { useToast } from '@/hooks/useToast';
 
 function formatTime(timestamp: number): string {
   const date = new Date(timestamp * 1000);
@@ -80,12 +81,53 @@ export default function EventDetailPage() {
   const { data: event, isLoading, error } = useSkateEvent(identifier || '', pubkey);
   const author = useAuthor(event?.pubkey);
   const { user } = useCurrentUser();
+  const { toast } = useToast();
 
   const isOwner = user && event && user.pubkey === event.pubkey;
 
+  // Canonical, shareable URL for this event (HashRouter → keep the /#/ prefix).
+  const shareUrl = event
+    ? `https://skate-spots.org/#/event/${event.pubkey}/${encodeURIComponent(event.identifier)}`
+    : 'https://skate-spots.org';
+
+  // og:image must be an absolute URL. Fall back to the site social card when the
+  // event has no cover so shared links never render blank.
+  const ogImage = event?.image || 'https://skate-spots.org/images/icon-1024.png';
+
+  // Compose a punchy share description: date + location, then the blurb.
+  const shareDescription = (() => {
+    if (!event) return 'View this skateboarding event on SkateSpots.';
+    const bits: string[] = [];
+    if (event.start) {
+      bits.push(
+        new Date(event.start * 1000).toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
+          weekday: 'short',
+          month: 'short',
+          day: 'numeric',
+        }),
+      );
+    }
+    if (event.location) bits.push(`📍 ${event.location}`);
+    const prefix = bits.length ? `${bits.join(' · ')} — ` : '';
+    const body = event.description?.trim() || 'A skateboarding event on SkateSpots.';
+    return `${prefix}${body}`.slice(0, 200);
+  })();
+
+  const shareTitle = event ? `${event.title} · SkateSpots` : 'Skate Event · SkateSpots';
+
   useSeoMeta({
-    title: event ? `${event.title} - SkateSpots` : 'Skate Event - SkateSpots',
-    description: event?.description || 'View this skateboarding event on SkateSpots.',
+    title: shareTitle,
+    description: shareDescription,
+    ogTitle: shareTitle,
+    ogDescription: shareDescription,
+    ogType: 'article',
+    ogUrl: shareUrl,
+    ogImage,
+    ogSiteName: 'SkateSpots',
+    twitterCard: 'summary_large_image',
+    twitterTitle: shareTitle,
+    twitterDescription: shareDescription,
+    twitterImage: ogImage,
   });
 
   const metadata = author.data?.metadata;
@@ -132,18 +174,35 @@ export default function EventDetailPage() {
   }, [event]);
 
   const handleShare = async () => {
+    const shareText = event
+      ? `${event.title} — a skate event on SkateSpots`
+      : 'Check out this skate event on SkateSpots';
+
     if (navigator.share) {
       try {
         await navigator.share({
           title: event?.title,
-          text: event?.description || `Check out this skate event: ${event?.title}`,
-          url: window.location.href,
+          text: shareText,
+          url: shareUrl,
         });
+        return;
       } catch {
-        // User cancelled or share failed
+        // User cancelled or share failed — fall through to clipboard.
       }
-    } else {
-      navigator.clipboard.writeText(window.location.href);
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(shareUrl);
+      toast({
+        title: 'Link copied',
+        description: 'Event link copied to your clipboard — paste it anywhere.',
+      });
+    } catch {
+      toast({
+        title: 'Copy failed',
+        description: shareUrl,
+        variant: 'destructive',
+      });
     }
   };