diff --git a/src/pretix/presale/views/widget.py b/src/pretix/presale/views/widget.py
index e34060c0c1..b28ead81c4 100644
--- a/src/pretix/presale/views/widget.py
+++ b/src/pretix/presale/views/widget.py
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ class WidgetAPIProductList(EventListMixin, View):
 
         ev = self.subevent or request.event
         data['name'] = str(ev.name)
+        data['frontpage_text'] = str(rich_text(ev.frontpage_text, safelinks=False))
         data['date_range'] = self._get_date_range(ev, request.event)
         fail = False
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js
index a5f8f8f0c8..ea41c31d51 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ Vue.component('pretix-widget-event-form', {
         + '<div class="pretix-widget-event-details" v-if="($root.events || $root.weeks || $root.days) && $root.date_range">'
         + '{{ $root.date_range }}'
         + '</div>'
+        + '<div class="pretix-widget-event-description" v-if="($root.events || $root.weeks || $root.days) && $root.frontpage_text" v-html="$root.frontpage_text"></div>'
         + '<form method="post" :action="$root.formAction" ref="form" :target="$root.formTarget">'
         + '<input type="hidden" name="_voucher_code" :value="$root.voucher_code" v-if="$root.voucher_code">'
         + '<input type="hidden" name="subevent" :value="$root.subevent" />'
@@ -1360,6 +1361,7 @@ var shared_root_methods = {
                 root.view = "event";
                 root.name = data.name;
                 root.date_range = data.date_range;
+                root.frontpage_text = data.frontpage_text;
                 root.categories = data.items_by_category;
                 root.currency = data.currency;
                 root.display_net_prices = data.display_net_prices;
@@ -1576,6 +1578,7 @@ var create_widget = function (element) {
                 currency: null,
                 name: null,
                 date_range: null,
+                frontpage_text: null,
                 filter: filter,
                 item_filter: items,
                 category_filter: categories,
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/scss/widget.scss b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/scss/widget.scss
index 2b76c79697..a88ea2e647 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/scss/widget.scss
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/scss/widget.scss
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@
     padding-top: 10px;
     text-align: center;
   }
+  .pretix-widget-event-description {
+    padding: 0 15px;
+  }
   .pretix-widget-event-list-back {
     padding-top: 10px;
     text-align: center;