Thread:Liveandie/@comment-10824773-20131106234517/@comment-2052424-20131107032551

If the event is over, then past-tense would be correct. Using present tense, such as 'is', implies that the event is still going on. The event happened in the past, and is now over, so it is not occurring in the present. 'Was' is the grammatically correct word choice.