diff --git a/event_feed.py b/event_feed.py
index 7659187..5905e80 100644
--- a/event_feed.py
+++ b/event_feed.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import shutil
 from slugify import slugify
 from natural import date
 from event_feed_config import calendar_url, output_dir
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import arrow
+import re
 
 cal = Calendar(requests.get(calendar_url).text)
 
@@ -26,8 +28,23 @@ template = env.get_template('event_template.md')
 
 existing_posts = os.listdir(output_dir)
 
+def findURLs(string):
+        
+    regex = r"(?i)\b((?:https?://|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'\".,<>?«»“”‘’]))"
+    url = re.findall(regex,string)      
+    return [x[0] for x in url]     
+
 def create_metadata(event):
     #construct a formatted dict of event metadata for in a post
+
+    if event.location:
+        location_urls = findURLs(event.location)
+
+        if location_urls:
+            location_url = location_urls[0]
+            event.location = '[{}]({})'.format(urlparse(location_url).netloc, location_url)
+
+
     event_metadata = {
     'name':event.name,
     'created':event.created.format(),