diff --git a/app/policies/event_policy.rb b/app/policies/event_policy.rb
index 21e860c7e..7b1f5d2a7 100644
--- a/app/policies/event_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/event_policy.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ def index?
   end
 
   def show?
-    admin? || record.publicly_visible? || (authenticated? && record.published?)
+    return true if admin?
+
+    if record.ended?
+      authenticated? && record.published? && record.actively_registered?(user.person)
+    else
+      record.publicly_visible? || (authenticated? && record.published?)
+    end
   end
 
   def register?
@@ -39,15 +45,29 @@ def owner?
 
   relation_scope do |relation|
     next relation if admin?
-    if authenticated? # logged in users can see events they are registered for even if registration is closed
-      relation.left_outer_joins(:registrants)
-              .published
-              .where("registration_close_date IS NULL OR registration_close_date >= ? OR people.id = ?", Time.current, user.person_id)
-              .distinct
+
+    if authenticated?
+      relation
+        .joins(
+          "LEFT OUTER JOIN event_registrations
+             ON event_registrations.event_id = events.id
+             AND event_registrations.status IN ('registered', 'attended', 'incomplete_attendance')
+           LEFT OUTER JOIN people
+             ON people.id = event_registrations.registrant_id"
+        )
+        .published
+        .where(
+          "(events.end_date >= :now AND (events.registration_close_date IS NULL OR events.registration_close_date >= :now))
+           OR people.id = :person_id",
+          now: Time.current,
+          person_id: user.person_id
+        )
+        .distinct
     else
       relation.publicly_visible
               .published
-              .where("registration_close_date IS NULL OR registration_close_date >= ?", Time.current)
+              .where("events.end_date >= ?", Time.current)
+              .where("events.registration_close_date IS NULL OR events.registration_close_date >= ?", Time.current)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/events/_card.html.erb b/app/views/events/_card.html.erb
index 7057f2cb9..b0edbe501 100644
--- a/app/views/events/_card.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/events/_card.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 <% event = event.decorate %>
+<% ended = event.ended? %>
 
 <%= tag.div id: dom_id(event, :card),
-            class: "relative bg-white border border-gray-200 rounded-2xl shadow-sm hover:shadow-md
-  transition p-4 flex flex-col gap-4 h-full" do %>
+            class: class_names(
+              "relative rounded-2xl shadow-sm transition p-4 flex flex-col gap-4 h-full",
+              "bg-gray-100 border border-gray-300 opacity-60": ended,
+              "bg-white border border-gray-200 hover:shadow-md": !ended
+            ) do %>
   <!-- Bookmark -->
   <div class="absolute top-3 right-3 z-20">
     <%= render "bookmarks/editable_bookmark_icon", resource: event.object %>
@@ -50,6 +54,9 @@
     <% end %>
 
     <% if registered %>
+      <% if ended %>
+        <span class="text-sm text-gray-500 italic">Event ended</span>
+      <% end %>
       <% registration = event.active_registration_for(current_user.person) %>
       <% if registration&.slug.present? %>
       <%= link_to "View registration", registration_ticket_path(registration.slug),
diff --git a/app/views/events/_registration_section.html.erb b/app/views/events/_registration_section.html.erb
index 9238b97bf..90dbb78f1 100644
--- a/app/views/events/_registration_section.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/events/_registration_section.html.erb
@@ -5,21 +5,19 @@
 <% slug_registered = slug_registration&.active? %>
 <% slug_cancelled = slug_registration.present? && slug_registration.status == "cancelled" %>
 <%= tag.div id: dom_id(event.object, "registration_section_#{instance}"), class: "registration-section flex flex-col items-center gap-4 mb-6" do %>
-  <!-- BUTTONS -->
-  <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-3">
+  <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3">
     <% if event.ended? %>
-      <span class="text-2xl font-bold text-blue-400 italic">Event ended</span>
+      <span class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-400 italic">Event ended</span>
       <% if allowed_to?(:manage?, event) %>
         <%= button_to "Register",
                       event_registrant_registration_path(event_id: event),
                       class: "admin-only bg-blue-100 btn btn-primary-outline" %>
       <% end %>
-    <% elsif registered %>
-    <% elsif slug_cancelled && event.registerable? %>
-      <%= button_to "Register again", registration_reactivate_path(slug_registration.slug),
-                    class: "text-sm text-gray-500 hover:text-blue-600 underline bg-transparent border-0 cursor-pointer p-0" %>
     <% elsif !registered && !slug_registered %>
-      <% if !event.published? %>
+      <% if slug_cancelled && event.registerable? %>
+        <%= button_to "Register again", registration_reactivate_path(slug_registration.slug),
+                      class: "text-sm text-gray-500 hover:text-blue-600 underline bg-transparent border-0 cursor-pointer p-0" %>
+      <% elsif !event.published? %>
         <span class="admin-only bg-blue-100 p-1 text-sm text-gray-500 italic">Not published</span>
       <% elsif event.registerable? %>
         <% if user_signed_in? %>
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@
     <% end %>
   </div>
 
-  <% if registered || slug_registered %>
+  <% if (registered || slug_registered) && !event.ended? %>
     <!-- CALENDAR LINKS -->
     <div class="flex flex-col items-center mt-4">
       <p class="text-xs font-bold text-gray-400 uppercase tracking-wide mb-2">
diff --git a/spec/factories/events.rb b/spec/factories/events.rb
index 8bf9f2e77..24ee68031 100644
--- a/spec/factories/events.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/events.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
       publicly_featured { true }
     end
 
+    trait :ended do
+      start_date { 14.days.ago }
+      end_date { 12.days.ago }
+      registration_close_date { 13.days.ago }
+    end
+
     trait :registration_closed do
       registration_close_date { 13.days.ago }
     end
diff --git a/spec/policies/event_policy_spec.rb b/spec/policies/event_policy_spec.rb
index 598ff26aa..001b4df66 100644
--- a/spec/policies/event_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/policies/event_policy_spec.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   let(:published_event) { build_stubbed :event, :published }
   let(:public_event) { build_stubbed :event, publicly_visible: true  }
   let(:unpublished_event) { build_stubbed :event, :unpublished }
+  let(:ended_event) { build_stubbed :event, :published, :ended }
   let(:open_registration_event) { build_stubbed :event, registration_close_date: 1.day.from_now }
   let(:closed_registration_event) { build_stubbed :event, registration_close_date: 1.day.ago }
 
@@ -54,6 +55,36 @@ def policy_for(record: nil, user:)
       end
     end
 
+    context "when event has ended" do
+      context "with admin user" do
+        subject { policy_for(record: ended_event, user: admin_user) }
+
+        it { is_expected.to be_allowed_to(:show?) }
+      end
+
+      context "with registered user" do
+        subject { policy_for(record: ended_event, user: regular_user) }
+
+        before { allow(ended_event).to receive(:actively_registered?).with(regular_user.person).and_return(true) }
+
+        it { is_expected.to be_allowed_to(:show?) }
+      end
+
+      context "with unregistered user" do
+        subject { policy_for(record: ended_event, user: regular_user) }
+
+        before { allow(ended_event).to receive(:actively_registered?).with(regular_user.person).and_return(false) }
+
+        it { is_expected.not_to be_allowed_to(:show?) }
+      end
+
+      context "with no user" do
+        subject { policy_for(record: ended_event, user: nil) }
+
+        it { is_expected.not_to be_allowed_to(:show?) }
+      end
+    end
+
     context "when event is not visible" do
       context "with admin user" do
         subject { policy_for(record: unpublished_event, user: admin_user) }
@@ -175,22 +206,27 @@ def policy_for(record: nil, user:)
     context "with regular user" do
       let(:policy) { policy_for(record: Event, user: regular_user) }
 
-      it "returns only visible events with open registration" do
+      it "returns only visible events with open registration or active registrations" do
         scope = policy.apply_scope(Event.all, type: :active_record_relation)
-        expect(scope.to_sql).to include('`events`.`published` = TRUE')
-        expect(scope.to_sql).to include('registration_close_date IS NULL OR registration_close_date >=')
-        expect(scope.to_sql).to include('LEFT OUTER JOIN `event_registrations`')
+        sql = scope.to_sql
+        expect(sql).to include('`events`.`published` = TRUE')
+        expect(sql).to include("events.end_date >=")
+        expect(sql).to include("events.registration_close_date IS NULL OR events.registration_close_date >=")
+        expect(sql).to include("LEFT OUTER JOIN event_registrations")
+        expect(sql).to include("event_registrations.status IN")
       end
     end
 
     context "with no user" do
       let(:policy) { policy_for(record: Event, user: nil) }
 
-      it "returns only visible events with open registration" do
+      it "excludes ended events and events with closed registration" do
         scope = policy.apply_scope(Event.all, type: :active_record_relation)
-        expect(scope.to_sql).to include('`events`.`published` = TRUE')
-        expect(scope.to_sql).to include('registration_close_date IS NULL OR registration_close_date >=')
-        expect(scope.to_sql).not_to include('LEFT OUTER JOIN `registrants`')
+        sql = scope.to_sql
+        expect(sql).to include('`events`.`published` = TRUE')
+        expect(sql).to include("events.end_date >=")
+        expect(sql).to include("events.registration_close_date IS NULL OR events.registration_close_date >=")
+        expect(sql).not_to include("LEFT OUTER JOIN")
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/requests/events_spec.rb b/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
index eac574b37..8bb317d04 100644
--- a/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
     end
 
     context "when user time_zone is set" do
-      # 19:00 UTC = 12:00 noon PT = 15:00 (3 pm) ET (June 15, 2025 with DST)
-      let(:utc_start) { Time.utc(2025, 6, 15, 19, 0, 0) }
-      let(:utc_end)   { Time.utc(2025, 6, 15, 20, 0, 0) }
+      # 19:00 UTC = 12:00 noon PT = 15:00 (3 pm) ET (June 15, 2031 with DST)
+      let(:utc_start) { Time.utc(2031, 6, 15, 19, 0, 0) }
+      let(:utc_end)   { Time.utc(2031, 6, 15, 20, 0, 0) }
       let!(:event_with_fixed_times) do
         create(:event, :published,
           start_date: utc_start,
@@ -63,6 +63,37 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "GET /show" do
+    context "when event has ended" do
+      let(:ended_event) { create(:event, :published, :ended) }
+
+      it "allows admin to view" do
+        sign_in admin
+        get event_path(ended_event)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      end
+
+      it "allows registered user to view" do
+        user_with_person = create(:user, :with_person)
+        sign_in user_with_person
+        create(:event_registration, event: ended_event, registrant: user_with_person.person, status: "registered")
+        get event_path(ended_event)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      end
+
+      it "redirects unregistered user" do
+        sign_in user
+        get event_path(ended_event)
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(root_path)
+      end
+
+      it "redirects unauthenticated user" do
+        get event_path(ended_event)
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(root_path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET /new" do
     context "as admin" do
       it "renders successfully" do
diff --git a/spec/system/events_show_spec.rb b/spec/system/events_show_spec.rb
index 5451c4342..a34a0f4b4 100644
--- a/spec/system/events_show_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/events_show_spec.rb
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
     context "event ended" do
       before do
         event.update!(end_date: 1.day.ago)
+        create(:event_registration, event: event, registrant: user.person, status: "registered")
       end
 
       it "shows 'Event ended' and hides registration buttons" do
@@ -181,6 +182,37 @@
         expect(page).not_to have_button("Register")
         expect(page).not_to have_button("De-register")
       end
+
+      it "shows 'View Registration' for registered user" do
+        sign_in(user)
+        visit event_path(event)
+
+        expect(page).to have_text("Event ended")
+        expect(page).to have_text("View Registration")
+      end
+
+      it "hides calendar links" do
+        sign_in(user)
+        visit event_path(event)
+
+        expect(page).not_to have_text("Add to Your Calendar")
+      end
+
+      it "blocks unregistered users" do
+        other_user = create(:user, :with_person)
+        sign_in(other_user)
+        visit event_path(event)
+
+        expect(page).to have_current_path(root_path)
+      end
+
+      it "allows admin to view" do
+        sign_in(admin)
+        visit event_path(event)
+
+        expect(page).to have_text("Event ended")
+        expect(page).to have_text("My Event")
+      end
     end
 
     context "guest with reg slug param" do