diff --git a/nip53/nip53.go b/nip53/nip53.go
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+package nip53
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+)
+
+type LiveEvent struct {
+	Identifier          string
+	Title               string
+	Summary             string
+	Image               string
+	Status              string
+	CurrentParticipants int
+	TotalParticipants   int
+	Streaming           []string
+	Recording           []string
+	Starts, Ends        time.Time
+	Participants        []Participant
+	Hashtags            []string
+	Relays              []string
+}
+
+type Participant struct {
+	PubKey string
+	Relay  string
+	Role   string
+}
+
+func ParseLiveEvent(event nostr.Event) LiveEvent {
+	liev := LiveEvent{}
+	for _, tag := range event.Tags {
+		if len(tag) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch tag[0] {
+		case "d":
+			liev.Identifier = tag[1]
+		case "title":
+			liev.Title = tag[1]
+		case "summary":
+			liev.Summary = tag[1]
+		case "image":
+			liev.Image = tag[1]
+		case "status":
+			liev.Status = tag[1]
+		case "starts", "ends":
+			var v time.Time
+			i, err := strconv.ParseInt(tag[1], 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			v = time.Unix(i, 0)
+			switch tag[0] {
+			case "start":
+				liev.Starts = v
+			case "end":
+				liev.Ends = v
+			}
+		case "streaming":
+			liev.Streaming = append(liev.Streaming, tag[1])
+		case "recording":
+			liev.Recording = append(liev.Recording, tag[1])
+		case "p":
+			if nostr.IsValidPublicKeyHex(tag[1]) {
+				part := Participant{
+					PubKey: tag[1],
+				}
+				if len(tag) > 2 {
+					part.Relay = tag[2]
+					if len(tag) > 3 {
+						part.Role = tag[3]
+					}
+				}
+				liev.Participants = append(liev.Participants, part)
+			}
+		case "relays":
+			liev.Relays = append(liev.Relays, tag[1])
+		case "t":
+			liev.Hashtags = append(liev.Hashtags, tag[1])
+		case "current_participants":
+			liev.CurrentParticipants, _ = strconv.Atoi(tag[1])
+		case "total_participants":
+			liev.TotalParticipants, _ = strconv.Atoi(tag[1])
+		}
+	}
+	return liev
+}
+
+func (liev LiveEvent) GetHost() *Participant {
+	for _, part := range liev.Participants {
+		if part.Role == "host" {
+			return &part
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (liev LiveEvent) ToHashtags() nostr.Tags {
+	tags := make(nostr.Tags, 0, 26)
+	tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"d", liev.Identifier})
+	tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"title", liev.Title})
+	if liev.Image != "" {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"image", liev.Title})
+	}
+
+	tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"start", strconv.FormatInt(liev.Starts.Unix(), 10)})
+	if !liev.Ends.IsZero() {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"end", strconv.FormatInt(liev.Ends.Unix(), 10)})
+	}
+
+	for _, url := range liev.Streaming {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"streaming", url})
+	}
+	for _, url := range liev.Recording {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"recording", url})
+	}
+	for _, part := range liev.Participants {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"p", part.PubKey, part.Relay, part.Role})
+	}
+	for _, hashtag := range liev.Hashtags {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"t", hashtag})
+	}
+	if liev.CurrentParticipants != 0 {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"current_participants", strconv.Itoa(liev.CurrentParticipants)})
+	}
+	if liev.TotalParticipants != 0 {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"total_participants", strconv.Itoa(liev.TotalParticipants)})
+	}
+	for _, r := range liev.Relays {
+		tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"relay", r})
+	}
+
+	return tags
+}