diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html
index 2a847c5961..07a0879512 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/base.html
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                             <span class="caret"></span></a>
                         <ul class="dropdown-menu event-dropdown" role="menu" data-event-typeahead
                             data-source="{% url "control:events.typeahead" %}">
-                            <li>
+                            <li class="query-holder">
                                 <div class="form-box">
                                     <input type="text" class="form-control"
                                             placeholder="{% trans "Search for events" %}"
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html
index 32538daf97..e0dee1e80d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@
 {% block title %}{% trans "Dashboard" %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 	<h1>{% trans "Dashboard" %}</h1>
-    <div class="row dashboard">
+
+    <div class="dropdown-container">
+        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="dashboard_query"
+                placeholder="{% trans "Go to event" %}"
+                data-typeahead-query autofocus>
+        <ul data-event-typeahead data-source="{% url "control:events.typeahead" %}" data-typeahead-field="#dashboard_query"
+            class="event-dropdown dropdown-menu">
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+    <div class="dashboard">
         {% for w in widgets %}
-            <div class="widget-container widget-{{ w.display_size|default:"small" }}">
+            <div class="widget-{{ w.display_size|default:"small" }} {{ w.container_class|default:"widget-container" }}">
                 {% if w.url %}
                     <a href="{{ w.url }}" class="widget">
                         {{ w.content|safe }}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
index 9e8261fc40..70b67c8b0e 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 
+import pytz
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
-from django.db.models import Sum
+from django.db.models import (
+    Count, Exists, IntegerField, Max, Min, OuterRef, Q, Subquery, Sum,
+)
+from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce, Greatest
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils import formats
 from django.utils.formats import date_format
 from django.utils.html import escape
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ungettext
 
 from pretix.base.models import (
-    Item, Order, OrderPosition, Voucher, WaitingListEntry,
+    Event, Item, Order, OrderPosition, RequiredAction, Voucher,
+    WaitingListEntry,
 )
 from pretix.control.forms.event import CommentForm
 from pretix.control.signals import (
     event_dashboard_widgets, user_dashboard_widgets,
 )
+from pretix.helpers.daterange import daterange
 
 from ..logdisplay import OVERVIEW_BLACKLIST
 
@@ -255,21 +261,118 @@ def user_event_widgets(**kwargs):
     user = kwargs.pop('user')
     widgets = []
 
-    events = user.get_events_with_any_permission().order_by('-date_from', 'name').select_related('organizer')[:100]
+    tpl = """
+        <a href="{url}" class="event">
+            <div class="name">{event}</div>
+            <div class="daterange">{daterange}</div>
+            <div class="times">{times}</div>
+        </a>
+        <div class="bottomrow">
+            {orders}
+            <a href="{url}" class="status-{statusclass}">
+                {status}
+            </a>
+        </div>
+    """
+
+    active_orders = Order.objects.filter(
+        event=OuterRef('pk'),
+        status__in=[Order.STATUS_PENDING, Order.STATUS_PAID]
+    ).order_by().values('event').annotate(
+        c=Count('*')
+    ).values(
+        'c'
+    )
+
+    required_actions = RequiredAction.objects.filter(
+        event=OuterRef('pk'),
+        done=False
+    )
+
+    # Get set of events where we have the permission to show the # of orders
+    events_with_orders = set(Event.objects.filter(
+        Q(organizer_id__in=user.teams.filter(all_events=True, can_view_orders=True).values_list('organizer', flat=True))
+        | Q(id__in=user.teams.filter(can_view_orders=True).values_list('limit_events__id', flat=True))
+    ).values_list('id', flat=True))
+
+    events = user.get_events_with_any_permission().annotate(
+        order_count=Subquery(active_orders, output_field=IntegerField()),
+        has_ra=Exists(required_actions)
+    ).annotate(
+        min_from=Min('subevents__date_from'),
+        max_from=Max('subevents__date_from'),
+        max_to=Max('subevents__date_to'),
+        max_fromto=Greatest(Max('subevents__date_to'), Max('subevents__date_from'))
+    ).annotate(
+        order_from=Coalesce('min_from', 'date_from'),
+        order_to=Coalesce('max_fromto', 'max_to', 'max_from', 'date_to'),
+    ).order_by(
+        '-order_from', 'name'
+    ).prefetch_related(
+        '_settings_objects', 'organizer___settings_objects'
+    ).select_related('organizer')[:100]
     for event in events:
+        dr = event.get_date_range_display()
+        if event.has_subevents:
+            tz = pytz.timezone(event.settings.timezone)
+            dr = daterange(
+                (event.min_from).astimezone(tz),
+                (event.max_fromto or event.max_to or event.max_from).astimezone(tz)
+            )
+
+        if event.has_ra:
+            status = ('danger', _('Action required'))
+        elif not event.live:
+            status = ('warning', _('Shop disabled'))
+        elif event.presale_has_ended:
+            status = ('default', _('Sale over'))
+        elif not event.presale_is_running:
+            status = ('default', _('Soon'))
+        else:
+            status = ('success', _('On sale'))
+
         widgets.append({
-            'content': '<div class="event">{event}<span class="from">{df}</span><span class="to">{dt}</span></div>'.format(
+            'content': tpl.format(
                 event=escape(event.name),
-                df=date_format(event.date_from, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_from else '',
-                dt=date_format(event.date_to, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_to else ''
+                times=_('Event series') if event.has_subevents else (
+                    ((date_format(event.date_admission, 'TIME_FORMAT') + ' / ')
+                     if event.date_admission and event.date_admission != event.date_from else '')
+                    + (date_format(event.date_from, 'TIME_FORMAT') if event.date_from else '')
+                ),
+                url=reverse('control:event.index', kwargs={
+                    'event': event.slug,
+                    'organizer': event.organizer.slug
+                }),
+                orders=(
+                    '<a href="{orders_url}" class="orders">{orders_text}</a>'.format(
+                        orders_url=reverse('control:event.orders', kwargs={
+                            'event': event.slug,
+                            'organizer': event.organizer.slug
+                        }),
+                        orders_text=ungettext('{num} order', '{num} orders', event.order_count or 0).format(
+                            num=event.order_count or 0
+                        )
+                    ) if user.is_superuser or event.pk in events_with_orders else ''
+                ),
+                daterange=dr,
+                status=status[1],
+                statusclass=status[0],
             ),
             'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 100,
-            'url': reverse('control:event.index', kwargs={
-                'event': event.slug,
-                'organizer': event.organizer.slug
-            })
+            'container_class': 'widget-container widget-container-event',
         })
+        """
+            {% if not e.live %}
+                <span class="label label-danger">{% trans "Shop disabled" %}</span>
+            {% elif e.presale_has_ended %}
+                <span class="label label-warning">{% trans "Presale over" %}</span>
+            {% elif not e.presale_is_running %}
+                <span class="label label-warning">{% trans "Presale not started" %}</span>
+            {% else %}
+                <span class="label label-success">{% trans "On sale" %}</span>
+            {% endif %}
+        """
     return widgets
 
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py b/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py
index a4599b280b..8265dc0f80 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-from django.db.models import Q
+import pytz
+from django.db.models import Max, Min, Q
+from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce, Greatest
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
 from pretix.control.utils.i18n import i18ncomp
+from pretix.helpers.daterange import daterange
 
 
 def event_list(request):
@@ -10,19 +14,38 @@ def event_list(request):
     qs = request.user.get_events_with_any_permission().filter(
         Q(name__icontains=i18ncomp(query)) | Q(slug__icontains=query) |
         Q(organizer__name__icontains=i18ncomp(query)) | Q(organizer__slug__icontains=query)
-    ).order_by('-date_from')
+    ).annotate(
+        min_from=Min('subevents__date_from'),
+        max_from=Max('subevents__date_from'),
+        max_to=Max('subevents__date_to'),
+        max_fromto=Greatest(Max('subevents__date_to'), Max('subevents__date_from'))
+    ).annotate(
+        order_from=Coalesce('min_from', 'date_from'),
+    ).order_by('-order_from')
+
+    def serialize(e):
+
+        dr = e.get_date_range_display()
+        if e.has_subevents:
+            tz = pytz.timezone(e.settings.timezone)
+            dr = _('Series:') + ' ' + daterange(
+                e.min_from.astimezone(tz),
+                (e.max_fromto or e.max_to or e.max_from).astimezone(tz)
+            )
+        return {
+            'slug': e.slug,
+            'organizer': str(e.organizer.name),
+            'name': str(e.name),
+            'date_range': dr,
+            'url': reverse('control:event.index', kwargs={
+                'event': e.slug,
+                'organizer': e.organizer.slug
+            })
+        }
+
     doc = {
         'results': [
-            {
-                'slug': e.slug,
-                'organizer': str(e.organizer.name),
-                'name': str(e.name),
-                'date_range': e.get_date_range_display(),
-                'url': reverse('control:event.index', kwargs={
-                    'event': e.slug,
-                    'organizer': e.organizer.slug
-                })
-            } for e in qs.select_related('organizer')[:10]
+            serialize(e) for e in qs.select_related('organizer')[:10]
         ]
     }
     return JsonResponse(doc)
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/typeahead.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/typeahead.js
index 2ad6bd815f..5552cbc89f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/typeahead.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/typeahead.js
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ $(function () {
 
     $("[data-event-typeahead]").each(function () {
         var $container = $(this);
-        var $query = $(this).find('[data-typeahead-query]');
-        $query.closest("li").nextAll().remove();
+        var $query = $(this).find('[data-typeahead-query]').length ? $(this).find('[data-typeahead-query]') : $($(this).attr("data-typeahead-field"));
+        $container.find("li:not(.query-holder)").remove();
 
         $query.on("change", function () {
             $.getJSON(
                 $container.attr("data-source") + "?query=" + encodeURIComponent($query.val()),
                 function (data) {
-                    $query.closest("li").nextAll().remove();
+                    $container.find("li:not(.query-holder)").remove();
                     $.each(data.results, function (i, res) {
                         $container.append(
                             $("<li>").append(
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ $(function () {
                             )
                         );
                     });
+                    $container.toggleClass('focused', $query.is(":focus") && $container.children().length > 0);
                 }
             );
         });
@@ -50,9 +51,12 @@ $(function () {
                 event.stopPropagation();
             }
         });
+        $query.on("blur", function (event) {
+            $container.removeClass('focused');
+        });
         $query.on("keyup", function (event) {
-            var $first = $query.closest("li").next();
-            var $last = $query.closest("li").nextAll().last();
+            var $first = $container.find("li:not(.query-holder)").first();
+            var $last = $container.find("li:not(.query-holder)").last();
             var $selected = $container.find(".active");
 
             if (event.which === 13) {  // enter
@@ -60,10 +64,12 @@ $(function () {
                 event.stopPropagation();
                 return true;
             } else if (event.which === 40) {  // down
+                var $next;
                 if ($selected.length === 0) {
-                    $selected = $query.closest("li");
+                    $next = $first;
+                } else {
+                    $next = $selected.next();
                 }
-                var $next = $selected.next();
                 if ($next.length === 0) {
                     $next = $first;
                 }
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ $(function () {
                 return true;
             } else if (event.which === 38) {  // up
                 if ($selected.length === 0) {
-                    $selected = $container.first();
+                    $selected = $first;
                 }
                 var $prev = $selected.prev();
                 if ($prev.length === 0 || $prev.find("input").length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss
index 8efbbb790f..8f903cca60 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss
@@ -2,33 +2,43 @@
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
   align-items: flex-start;
+  margin-left: -5px;
+  margin-right: -5px;
 }
+
 .dashboard .widget-container {
-  flex:1 0 auto;
+  flex: 1 0 auto;
   align-self: stretch;
   padding: 15px 5px;
   border: 5px solid white;
   min-height: 160px;
   background: #F8F8F8;
 }
+
 .dashboard .widget-container.widget-full {
   width: 100%;
 }
+
 .dashboard .widget-container.widget-big {
   width: 50%;
 }
+
 .dashboard .widget-container.widget-small {
   width: 25%;
 }
+
 .dashboard-panels .panel-heading .fa {
   opacity: 0.5;
 }
-.dashboard .widget-container:hover,.dashboard .widget-container:focus {
+
+.dashboard .widget-container:hover, .dashboard .widget-container:focus {
   background: #EEEEEE;
 }
-.dashboard .widget:hover,.dashboard .widget:focus {
+
+.dashboard .widget:hover, .dashboard .widget:focus, .dashboard a:hover {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
+
 .dashboard .numwidget {
   .num {
     display: block;
@@ -42,6 +52,7 @@
     font-size: 20px;
   }
 }
+
 .dashboard .shopstate {
   text-align: center;
   padding: 18px 0;
@@ -58,16 +69,61 @@
     color: $brand-danger;
   }
 }
-.dashboard .event {
-  text-align: center;
-  padding: 15px 30px;
-  font-size: 20px;
 
-  span.from, span.to {
+.widget-container.widget-container-event {
+  padding: 0;
+  cursor: pointer;
+
+  .widget {
+    height: 100%;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+  }
+  .event {
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: 20px;
+    padding: 15px 30px;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: space-around;
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+  .bottomrow {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+
+    a {
+      flex-grow: 1;
+      flex-basis: 50%;
+      font-size: 14px;
+      padding: 10px;
+      text-align: center;
+      color: white;
+    }
+    a.orders {
+      background: $navbar-inverse-bg;
+    }
+    a.status-success {
+      background: $brand-success;
+    }
+    a.status-warning {
+      background: $brand-warning;
+    }
+    a.status-default {
+      background: $gray-light;
+    }
+    a.status-danger {
+      background: $brand-danger;
+    }
+  }
+  .daterange, .times {
     display: block;
-    font-size: 25px;
+    font-size: 17px;
   }
 }
+
 .dashboard .newevent {
   text-align: center;
   padding: 30px;
@@ -79,6 +135,7 @@
     padding-bottom: 15px;
   }
 }
+
 .dashboard .welcome-wizard {
   padding: 5px 15px;
   h3 {
@@ -92,11 +149,22 @@
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
 }
+
+.dropdown-container {
+  position: relative;
+  margin: 15px 0;
+
+  .focused.dropdown-menu {
+    display: block;
+  }
+}
+
 @media (max-width: $screen-sm-max) {
   .dashboard .widget-container.widget-small {
     width: 50%;
   }
 }
+
 @media (max-width: $screen-xs-max) {
   .dashboard .widget-container.widget-small,
   .dashboard .widget-container.widget-big {