Community event

In The Sims 3, community events are weekly event or daily event. You can read about them in the newspaper.

Weekly Events
Weekly event is competition that grants simoleon prize when won. The winning prize is always §1000 for all events. There are four kinds of weekly events. Among them, two or three random events are held each week. The time, day of week and event location are fixed by the kind of event and most starts afternoon. Location may vary among few places.

New weekly schedule of upcoming weekly events are announced on daily newspaper each Sunday morning. Event icons are displayed on the game map while the event is in progress. Sim can participate in the event by visiting the on-going event location and accepting the event opportunity. Sims should not leave the event location during the competition to win.

Cook and serve 5 meals of outdoor grilled food of best quality. Use grill on the spot and cook Hot-dog, Hamburger, Grilled Salmon, Fish And Chips, Tri-tip Steak, or Cheesesteak. Fish and Chips and Hot Dog are cheaper.
 * Neighborhood Grill-A-Thon


 * Time: Sunday, 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 * Location: Central Park, Old Pier Beach in Sunset Valley; XXXXXX in Riverview.

Win 3 chess games during the event.
 * Chess Tournament
 * Time: Tuesday, 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM
 * Location: Central Park, Old Pier Beach, Maywood Glen Park in Sunset Valley; XXXXXX in Riverview.

No player control
 * Eating Contest
 * Time: Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 * Location: Little Corsican Bistro or Hogan's Deep-Fried Diner in Sunset Valley; XXXXXX in Riverview.

No player control
 * Amateur Olympics
 * Time: Saturday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
 * Location: Llama Memorial Stadium

Daily Events
Sims in the town can visit Movie Theatre or Sports Stadium, and enjoy these events with a fee. These are available everyday or on selected days in a week. Enjoying these increases Fun and reduces Stress. Completing these grants various good moodlet.

It takes about 2 hours and costs §40. (§30 on Sunday)
 * Movie in Theatre

Completion grants Saw Great Movie Moodlet ( +10 mood for 16 hours)
 * Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM on Weekday (except Friday), 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM on Sunday
 * Location: Wilsonoff Community Theatre

It takes about 2 hours and costs §40.
 * Concert in Theatre

Completion grants Saw Great Concert Moodlet ( +25 mood for 16 hours)
 * Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM on Friday
 * Location: Wilsonoff Community Theatre

It takes about 3 hours and costs §60.
 * Sports Game in Stadium

Completion grants Saw Great Game Moodlet ( +20 mood for 16 hours)
 * Time: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Wednesday and Sunday
 * Location: Llama Memorial Stadium

It takes about ??? hours and costs §????.
 * Concert in Stadium

Completion grants ?????? Moodlet ( +???0 mood for ??? hours)
 * Time: ???:00 PM - ???:00 PM on ??? day and ???day
 * Location: Llama Memorial Stadium

Spa Service
Sims can relax and get various spa/bodyshop services at Sharma Day Spa in Sunset Valley, Sunflower Spa in Riverview. It will help sims to boost good mood and maintain for a while, bit expensive though.


 * Get Massage


 * Takes varying time. Grants Relaxed moodlet for 12 hours.


 * Quick Massage! - §50, 1 hour : +25 mood for 12 hours
 * Relaxing Swedish Massage! - §250, 1.5 hours : +50 mood for 12 hours
 * Deep Tissue - §500, 2 hours : +75 mood for 12 hours


 * Get Facial


 * Takes 1.5 hours. Grants Smooth Skin moodlet for 2 days.


 * Mini Facial - $50: +10 mood for 2 days
 * Mud Facial - $200: +20 mood for 2 days
 * Seaweed Facial - $500: +30 mood for 2 days


 * Body Treatments


 * Takes 2 hours. Grant Rejuvenated moodlet for 1 days. No age reduction implied.
 * Full Hygiene need recovery grants Squeaky Clean moodlet (+10 mood for 7 hours)
 * +50% Fun need recovery. May grants Having a Blast moodlet (+40 mood) for up to 8 hours


 * Steam Bath - §250 : +30 mood for 1 day
 * Salt Scrub - §750 : +60 mood for 1 day
 * Volcanic Clay Bath - §1,500 : +100 mood for 1 day


 * Salon


 * Takes 1 hours. Grant Nice Nail moodlet for 2 days.
 * Small Fun increase


 * Manicure - §25 : +5 mood for 2 day
 * Pedicure - §50 : +10 mood for 2 day
 * Manicure/Pedicure/Soak - §100 : +15 mood for 2 day


 * Packages


 * Takes 6 hours. Grant Completely At Ease moodlet for 7 days.
 * Full Hygiene need recovery grants Squeaky Clean moodlet (+10 mood for 7 hours)
 * Full Fun need recovery. May grants Having a Blast moodlet (+40 mood for 8 hours)
 * Full Hunger need and Social need recovery.
 * Energy need recovered up to 50 %
 * Great Escape - §1,000 : +20 mood for 7 days
 * Relaxing Rendezvous - §3,000 : +40 mood for 7 days
 * Soothing Salvation - §7,500 : +75 mood for 7 days

Dining Out

 * Gets some Fun and meets/chats some sim
 * "Get Drinks" also fully recovers Hunger need just like Eat.

Hogan's Deep-Fried Diner

 * Opens for 24 hours a day.


 * Eat
 * Takes 1 hour and §12 per serving for Breakfast to Lunch, §18 for Dinner.
 * Grants Good Meal moodlet (+10 mood for 8 hours)


 * Get Drinks
 * Takes 30 min and §5 per serving.

Little Corsican Bistro

 * Opens 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, No Breakfast or Brunch.


 * Eat Outside
 * Takes 30-40 min to finish meal at outside of the restaurant.
 * §50 per serving for Lunch, §75 for Dinner.
 * Gets various food of random quality (Nice Quality and above):
 * Finishing meal grants Good/Great Meal moodlet (+20 ~ +50 mood for 8 hours)


 * Eat Here
 * Takes 1 hour and §50 per serving for Lunch, §75 for Dinner.
 * Sometimes, random lucky event happens.
 * Grants Great Meal moodlet (+25 mood for 8 hours)


 * Get Drinks
 * Takes 30 min and §20 per serving.
 * Sometimes, random lucky event happens.