diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ffb4e9c6..a2285c74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Added console warning on startup when deprecated config options are used
 - Add option to display temperature unit label to the current weather module
 - Added ability to disable wrapping of news items
+- Added in the ability to hide events in the calendar module based on simple string filters.
 - Updated Norwegian translation.
 - Added hideLoading option for News Feed module
 - Added configurable dateFormat to clock module.
diff --git a/modules/default/calendar/README.md b/modules/default/calendar/README.md
index 655ab89c..68a66ab5 100644
--- a/modules/default/calendar/README.md
+++ b/modules/default/calendar/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ The following properties can be configured:
 | `urgency`                    | When using a timeFormat of `absolute`, the `urgency` setting allows you to display events within a specific time frame as `relative`. This allows events within a certain time frame to be displayed as relative (in xx days) while others are displayed as absolute dates <br><br> **Possible values:** a positive integer representing the number of days for which you want a relative date, for example `7` (for 7 days) <br><br> **Default value:** `7`
 | `broadcastEvents`            | If this property is set to true, the calendar will broadcast all the events to all other modules with the notification message: `CALENDAR_EVENTS`. The event objects are stored in an array and contain the following fields: `title`, `startDate`, `endDate`, `fullDayEvent`, `location` and `geo`. <br><br> **Possible values:** `true`, `false` <br><br> **Default value:** `true`
 | `hidePrivate`                | Hides private calendar events. <br><br> **Possible values:** `true` or `false` <br> **Default value:** `false`
+| `excludedEvents`             | An array of words / phrases from event titles that will be excluded from being shown. <br><br> **Example:** `['Birthday', 'Hide This Event']` <br> **Default value:** `[]`
 
 ### Calendar configuration
 
diff --git a/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js b/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
index 79e9edca..d8aa6aa4 100644
--- a/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
+++ b/modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Module.register("calendar", {
 			"De verjaardag van ": "",
 			"'s birthday": ""
 		},
-		broadcastEvents: true
+		broadcastEvents: true,
+		excludedEvents: []
 	},
 
 	// Define required scripts.
@@ -128,6 +129,19 @@ Module.register("calendar", {
 		for (var e in events) {
 			var event = events[e];
 
+			var excluded = false;
+			for (var f in this.config.excludedEvents) {
+				var filter = this.config.excludedEvents[f];
+				if (event.title.toLowerCase().includes(filter.toLowerCase())) {
+					excluded = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (excluded) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			var eventWrapper = document.createElement("tr");
 
 			if (this.config.colored) {