diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee60e76..592b2fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.2.34",
+  "version": "1.2.35",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://skate-spots.com",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/components/ActivityNotificationCard.tsx b/src/components/ActivityNotificationCard.tsx
index be5bdea..8816af9 100644
--- a/src/components/ActivityNotificationCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ActivityNotificationCard.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ export function ActivityNotificationCard({
     addSuffix: true,
   });
 
+  // Type-aware destination. For event RSVPs (a host is notified) and event
+  // updates (an attendee is notified), the useful place to land is the EVENT —
+  // not the actor's profile. Both carry the event's addressable coordinate in
+  // an `a` tag ("31923:pubkey:identifier"), which maps to /event/:pubkey/:id.
+  const eventCoordTag =
+    notification.type === 'rsvp' || notification.type === 'event-update'
+      ? notification.event.tags.find(([t]) => t === 'a')?.[1]
+      : undefined;
+
+  const eventPath = (() => {
+    if (!eventCoordTag) return null;
+    const [kind, pubkey, ...idParts] = eventCoordTag.split(':');
+    const identifier = idParts.join(':'); // d-tags may contain ':'
+    if (kind !== '31923' || !pubkey || !identifier) return null;
+    return `/event/${pubkey}/${identifier}`;
+  })();
+
   const snippet =
     (notification.type === 'reply' ||
       notification.type === 'mention' ||
@@ -110,11 +127,13 @@ export function ActivityNotificationCard({
     </div>
   );
 
-  // Link to the actor's profile (the always-valid in-app destination).
-  if (!npub) return body;
+  // Prefer landing on the event for RSVP / event-update notifications; fall back
+  // to the actor's profile for everything else (the always-valid destination).
+  const destination = eventPath ?? (npub ? `/${npub}` : null);
+  if (!destination) return body;
 
   return (
-    <Link to={`/${npub}`} onClick={onNavigate} className="block">
+    <Link to={destination} onClick={onNavigate} className="block">
       {body}
     </Link>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/NotificationBell.tsx b/src/components/NotificationBell.tsx
index 079c248..45bf115 100644
--- a/src/components/NotificationBell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NotificationBell.tsx
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ export function NotificationBell({ className }: { className?: string }) {
                 </div>
               )}
               {!activityLoading && activity.length === 0 && (
-                <EmptyState label="When people zap, react, repost, mention or reply to you, it lands here." />
+                <EmptyState label="Zaps, reactions, reposts, mentions, replies, event RSVPs and host updates all land here." />
               )}
               <div className="space-y-2.5">
                 {activity.map((n) => (
diff --git a/src/hooks/useEventRsvps.ts b/src/hooks/useEventRsvps.ts
index 2f2afd0..eb4c583 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useEventRsvps.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useEventRsvps.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ export function useRsvp() {
     onSuccess: (_data, variables) => {
       const coord = eventCoord(variables.event);
       queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['event-rsvps', coord] });
+      // Refresh the grid/calendar "going" counts too (batch query keyed by the
+      // full coordinate set), so numbers update right after RSVPing rather than
+      // waiting out the 30s staleTime.
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['batch-event-rsvps'] });
     },
   });