diff --git a/events/forms.py b/events/forms.py
index 0ce9d33..6697b35 100644
--- a/events/forms.py
+++ b/events/forms.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class TeamEventForm(forms.ModelForm):
     recurrences = recurrence.forms.RecurrenceField(label="Repeat", required=False)
     class Meta:
         model = Event
-        fields = ['name', 'start_time', 'end_time', 'recurrences', 'summary', 'web_url', 'announce_url', 'tags']
+        fields = ['name', 'start_time', 'end_time', 'recurrences', 'summary', 'web_url', 'announce_url', 'enable_comments', 'enable_photos', 'enable_presentations']
         widgets = {
             'place': Lookup(source=Place),
             'start_time': DateTimeWidget,
@@ -302,7 +302,13 @@ class NewEventDetailsForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Event
-        fields = ['summary', 'recurrences', 'web_url', 'announce_url']
+        fields = ['summary', 'recurrences', 'web_url', 'announce_url', 'enable_comments', 'enable_photos', 'enable_presentations']
+
+
+class EventSettingsForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Event
+        fields = ['enable_comments', 'enable_photos', 'enable_presentations']
 
 
 class DeleteEventForm(forms.Form):
diff --git a/events/migrations/0044_add_event_settings.py b/events/migrations/0044_add_event_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c29931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/events/migrations/0044_add_event_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.0 on 2018-08-25 14:21
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('events', '0043_remove_premium_restrictions'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='enable_comments',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True, verbose_name='Comments'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='enable_photos',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True, verbose_name='Photos'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='enable_presentations',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name='Presentations'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/events/models/events.py b/events/models/events.py
index c37c395..234ffa0 100644
--- a/events/models/events.py
+++ b/events/models/events.py
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class Event(models.Model):
 
     sponsors = models.ManyToManyField('Sponsor', related_name='events', blank=True)
 
+    enable_comments = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_('Comments'), default=True)
+    enable_photos = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_('Photos'), default=True)
+    enable_presentations = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_('Presentations'), default=False)
+
+
     @property
     def is_over(self):
         return self.end_time <= timezone.now()
diff --git a/get_together/templates/get_together/events/show_event.html b/get_together/templates/get_together/events/show_event.html
index 7eb3924..616832f 100644
--- a/get_together/templates/get_together/events/show_event.html
+++ b/get_together/templates/get_together/events/show_event.html
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
             </div>
             {% endif %}
 
+            {% if event.enable_presentations %}
             <div class="row mb-2">
 	            <div class="col-3" width="120px"><b>Presentations:</b></div>
                 <div class="col-9">
@@ -224,9 +225,11 @@
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
             </div>
+            {% endif %}
 
             </div>
 
+            {% if event.enable_comments %}
             <div class="container container-secondary mt-3">
                 <div class="row">
                     <div class="col"><h4>Comments</h4></div>
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@
                     </ul>
                 </div>
             </div>
+        {% endif %}
         </div>
 
         <div class="col-md-3">
@@ -335,6 +339,7 @@
                 </div>
                 {% endfor %}
             </div>
+            {% if event.enable_photos %}
             <div class="container container-secondary mb-3">
                 <div class="row">
                     <div class="col"><h4>Photos</h4></div>
@@ -362,6 +367,7 @@
                 </div>
                 {% endif %}
             </div>
+            {% endif %}
         </div>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/get_together/views/events.py b/get_together/views/events.py
index 6999985..c4a56af 100644
--- a/get_together/views/events.py
+++ b/get_together/views/events.py
@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ def attended_event(request, event_id):
 
 def comment_event(request, event_id):
     event = Event.objects.get(id=event_id)
+    if not event.enable_comments:
+        messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, message=_('This event does not allow comments.'))
+        return redirect(event.get_absolute_url())
+
     if request.user.is_anonymous:
         messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, message=_("You must be logged in to comment."))
         return redirect(event.get_absolute_url())
@@ -526,6 +530,10 @@ def add_event_photo(request, event_id):
         messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, message=_('You can not make changes to this event.'))
         return redirect(event.get_absolute_url())
 
+    if not event.enable_photos:
+        messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, message=_('This event does not allow uploading photos.'))
+        return redirect(event.get_absolute_url())
+
     if request.method == 'GET':
         form = UploadEventPhotoForm()
 
diff --git a/get_together/views/speakers.py b/get_together/views/speakers.py
index 2d31348..c903794 100644
--- a/get_together/views/speakers.py
+++ b/get_together/views/speakers.py
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ def delete_talk(request, talk_id):
 def propose_event_talk(request, event_id):
     event = get_object_or_404(Event, id=event_id)
 
+    if not event.enable_presentations:
+        messages.add_message(request, messages.WARNING, message=_('This event does not allow presentations.'))
+        return redirect(event.get_absolute_url())
+
+
     if request.method == 'GET':
         profile = request.user.profile
         talks = list(Talk.objects.filter(speaker__user=profile))