diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cb9d58..4ef51d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ and this project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- User dashboard: registration-edit errors now show inside the edit popup instead of being hidden behind it.
+- User dashboard: closed events are now hidden by default alongside past events (revealed via "Show past events"), and the Edit, Make payment, and Cancel registration actions no longer appear for closed or past registrations (also enforced server-side).
+
+### Added
+
+- User dashboard: event titles now show a status badge (Closed / Past / Inactive, in that precedence) wherever they're listed.
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-07-23
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/paymentController.js b/backend/src/controllers/paymentController.js
index 804ba0e..00cdc9e 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/paymentController.js
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/paymentController.js
@@ -788,11 +788,15 @@ const createYocoCheckout = async (req, res) => {
     // Branch 1: Registration payment — delegate to internal helper
     if (registrationId) {
       // Authorisation check (the internal helper skips this)
-      const reg = await prisma.registration.findUnique({ where: { id: registrationId }, select: { userId: true, eventId: true } });
+      const reg = await prisma.registration.findUnique({ where: { id: registrationId }, select: { userId: true, eventId: true, event: { select: { endDate: true } } } });
       if (!reg) { res.status(404); throw new Error('Registration not found'); }
       if (reg.userId !== userId && req.user.role !== 'admin' && req.user.role !== 'supervisor') {
         res.status(403); throw new Error('Not authorized to create checkout for this registration');
       }
+      // If event is in the past, block self-service payment (mirrors the registration-edit block)
+      if (req.user.role !== 'admin' && req.user.role !== 'supervisor' && reg.event?.endDate && new Date(reg.event.endDate).getTime() < Date.now()) {
+        res.status(400); throw new Error('This event has already ended; payment can no longer be made for this registration');
+      }
       await assertEventOpen(reg.eventId, res);
 
       // Refresh early-bird pricing — updates priceSnapshot if any tier has expired or sold out.
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/registrationController.js b/backend/src/controllers/registrationController.js
index 6a9ebcf..a8fc6a9 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/registrationController.js
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/registrationController.js
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ const getUserRegistrations = async (req, res) => {
     const whereClause = showPast ? { userId: req.user.id } : {
       userId: req.user.id,
       status: { not: 'cancelled' },
-      event: { endDate: { gte: now } }
+      event: { endDate: { gte: now }, cashupStatus: { not: 'closed' } }
     };
 
     const registrations = await prisma.registration.findMany({
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ const updateRegistrationStatus = async (req, res) => {
 const cancelRegistration = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const registration = await prisma.registration.findUnique({
-      where: { id: req.params.id }
+      where: { id: req.params.id },
+      include: { event: { select: { endDate: true } } }
     });
 
     if (!registration) {
@@ -597,6 +598,12 @@ const cancelRegistration = async (req, res) => {
       throw new Error('Not authorized to cancel this registration');
     }
 
+    // If event is in the past, block self-cancellation (mirrors the edit-block above)
+    if (req.user.role !== 'admin' && registration.event?.endDate && new Date(registration.event.endDate).getTime() < Date.now()) {
+      res.status(400);
+      throw new Error('This event has already ended; registration can no longer be cancelled');
+    }
+
     await assertEventOpen(registration.eventId, res);
 
     // Check if registration can be cancelled
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/page.tsx b/frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/page.tsx
index 0b08938..f243369 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/page.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@ import { QrImage } from "@/components/shared/QrImage";
 // Helper formatters
 const formatRand = (n: number) => `R ${n.toFixed(2)}`;
 const isFuture = (d: string | Date) => new Date(d).getTime() > Date.now();
+const isEventOver = (ev: any) =>
+  !!ev && ((ev.endDate && new Date(ev.endDate).getTime() < Date.now()) || ev.cashupStatus === 'closed');
+
+// Status badge for an event, shown wherever an event title is displayed on this page.
+// Precedence when more than one applies: Closed > Past > Inactive.
+function EventStatusBadge({ event }: { event: any }) {
+  if (!event) return null;
+  let label: string | null = null;
+  let className = '';
+  if (event.cashupStatus === 'closed') {
+    label = 'Closed'; className = 'bg-rose-50 text-rose-700';
+  } else if (event.endDate && new Date(event.endDate).getTime() < Date.now()) {
+    label = 'Past'; className = 'bg-amber-50 text-amber-700';
+  } else if (event.isActive === false) {
+    label = 'Inactive'; className = 'bg-gray-100 text-gray-500';
+  }
+  if (!label) return null;
+  return <span className={`text-[10px] px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded ${className}`}>{label}</span>;
+}
 
 // Effective unit price for an event option (or one of its variants), early-bird aware.
 // Used by the registration editor, which works off raw /api/events/:id data rather than
@@ -443,11 +462,13 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
   const [editQuantities, setEditQuantities] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
   const [editBaseQty, setEditBaseQty] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
   const [editMinQty, setEditMinQty] = useState<Record<string, number>>({});
+  const [editError, setEditError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
-  const canEditActive = useMemo(() => {
+  // Whether the active registration's event still permits self-service changes
+  // (edit items, pay, cancel) — false once the event is past or its cashup is closed.
+  const canModifyActive = useMemo(() => {
     if (!activeReg) return false;
-    const end = activeReg.event?.endDate ? new Date(activeReg.event.endDate).getTime() : Infinity;
-    return end >= Date.now();
+    return !isEventOver(activeReg.event);
   }, [activeReg]);
 
   const editTotal = useMemo(() => {
@@ -464,6 +485,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
 
   const beginEdit = async () => {
     if (!activeReg || !token) return;
+    setEditError(null);
     setEditLoading(true);
     try {
       // Load event options (with variants) for this event
@@ -507,7 +529,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
       setEditMinQty(minQtyMap);
       setEditMode(true);
     } catch (e) {
-      setError((e as any)?.message || 'Failed to load event options');
+      setEditError((e as any)?.message || 'Failed to load event options');
     } finally {
       setEditLoading(false);
     }
@@ -515,6 +537,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
 
   const saveEdit = async () => {
     if (!activeReg || !token) return;
+    setEditError(null);
 
     for (const [key, minQty] of Object.entries(editMinQty)) {
       if (minQty <= 0) continue;
@@ -523,7 +546,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
         const eo = editEventOptions.find((o: any) => o.id === eventOptionId);
         const variant = variantId ? (eo?.variants || []).find((v: any) => v.id === variantId) : null;
         const label = variant ? `${eo?.name || 'item'} (${variant.name})` : (eo?.name || 'item');
-        setError(`Cannot reduce "${label}" below the ${minQty} already issued`);
+        setEditError(`Cannot reduce "${label}" below the ${minQty} already issued`);
         return;
       }
     }
@@ -539,13 +562,13 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
       }
     }
     if (payloadOptions.length === 0) {
-      setError('Please select at least one item');
+      setEditError('Please select at least one item');
       return;
     }
     // Enforce client-side: do not reduce below paid
     const paid = activeBill?.totalPaid || 0;
     if (editTotal < paid) {
-      setError('Cannot reduce items below the amount already paid');
+      setEditError('Cannot reduce items below the amount already paid');
       return;
     }
     setLoading(true);
@@ -588,7 +611,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
       setInfo('Registration updated successfully');
       setEditMode(false);
     } catch (e: any) {
-      setError(e?.message || 'Failed to update registration');
+      setEditError(e?.message || 'Failed to update registration');
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
     }
@@ -635,11 +658,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
             {registrations
               // Hide cancelled always; hide past unless showPast
               .filter((r: any) => r.status !== 'cancelled')
-              .filter((r: any) => {
-                if (showPast) return true;
-                const end = r.event?.endDate ? new Date(r.event.endDate).getTime() : Infinity;
-                return end >= Date.now();
-              })
+              .filter((r: any) => showPast || !isEventOver(r.event))
               .map((r: any) => {
                 const bill = billing[r.id];
                 const isCancelled = r.status === 'cancelled';
@@ -653,7 +672,10 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                   >
                     <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
                       <div>
-                        <div className="font-medium">{r.event?.title || r.eventId}</div>
+                        <div className="font-medium flex items-center gap-2">
+                          <span>{r.event?.title || r.eventId}</span>
+                          <EventStatusBadge event={r.event} />
+                        </div>
                         <div className="text-xs text-gray-600">
                           Status: {r.status}{isCancelled && <span className="ml-2 inline-block text-[10px] px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded bg-gray-200 text-gray-700">cancelled</span>}
                         </div>
@@ -726,7 +748,10 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
           <ul className="grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-3">
             {upcomingEvents.map(ev => (
               <li key={ev.id} className="border rounded p-4">
-                <div className="font-medium">{ev.title}</div>
+                <div className="font-medium flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <span>{ev.title}</span>
+                  <EventStatusBadge event={ev} />
+                </div>
                 <div className="text-sm text-gray-600">{new Date(ev.startDate).toLocaleString()} - {new Date(ev.endDate).toLocaleString()}</div>
                 <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 mt-2">
                   <button
@@ -786,12 +811,12 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
-        {tickets.filter(t => showPast || (t.event?.endDate ? new Date(t.event.endDate).getTime() >= Date.now() : true)).length === 0 ? (
+        {tickets.filter(t => showPast || !isEventOver(t.event)).length === 0 ? (
           <p className="text-gray-600 text-sm">No tickets yet.</p>
         ) : (
           <ul className="grid sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-3">
             {tickets
-                        .filter((t: any) => showPast || (t.event?.endDate ? new Date(t.event.endDate).getTime() >= Date.now() : true))
+                        .filter((t: any) => showPast || !isEventOver(t.event))
                         .map((t: any) => {
               const eventDate = t.event?.startDate ? new Date(t.event.startDate) : null;
               const optionName = t.registrationOption?.eventOption?.name || "Ticket";
@@ -804,6 +829,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                       <input type="checkbox" checked={selected[t.id]} onChange={e => toggleSelect(t.id, e.target.checked)} />
                       <span className="font-medium">{t.event?.title || t.eventId}</span>
                     </label>
+                    <EventStatusBadge event={t.event} />
                     {eventDate && <span className="text-xs text-gray-500">{formatDate(eventDate)}</span>}
                   </div>
                   <div className="text-sm text-gray-700">{type}</div>
@@ -827,11 +853,14 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
       </section>
 
       {activeReg && (
-        <div className="fixed inset-0 bg-black/40 flex items-center justify-center z-50" onClick={() => setActiveRegId(null)}>
+        <div className="fixed inset-0 bg-black/40 flex items-center justify-center z-50" onClick={() => { setEditMode(false); setEditError(null); setShowCancelConfirm(false); setActiveRegId(null); }}>
           <div className="bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg max-w-xl w-full mx-4 p-5 max-h-[90vh] overflow-y-auto" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
             <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-3">
-              <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold">{activeReg.event?.title || activeReg.eventId}</h3>
-              <button className="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:ring-offset-1" onClick={() => { setEditMode(false); setShowCancelConfirm(false); setActiveRegId(null); }}>Close</button>
+              <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold flex items-center gap-2">
+                <span>{activeReg.event?.title || activeReg.eventId}</span>
+                <EventStatusBadge event={activeReg.event} />
+              </h3>
+              <button className="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:ring-offset-1" onClick={() => { setEditMode(false); setEditError(null); setShowCancelConfirm(false); setActiveRegId(null); }}>Close</button>
             </div>
             <div className="space-y-3">
               <div>
@@ -847,7 +876,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
               <div>
                 <div className="font-medium mb-1 flex items-center justify-between">
                   <span>Registration items</span>
-                  {!editMode && canEditActive && (
+                  {!editMode && canModifyActive && (
                     <button disabled={editLoading} onClick={beginEdit} className="px-2.5 py-1 text-xs bg-blue-600 text-white rounded hover:bg-blue-700 disabled:opacity-50">Edit</button>
                   )}
                 </div>
@@ -870,6 +899,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                   </ul>
                 ) : (
                   <div className="border rounded p-3 space-y-2 bg-gray-50">
+                    {editError && <p className="text-xs text-red-600">{editError}</p>}
                     {editLoading ? (
                       <div className="text-sm text-gray-600">Loading options…</div>
                     ) : (
@@ -960,7 +990,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                             })()}
                           </div>
                           <div className="flex gap-2">
-                            <button onClick={() => setEditMode(false)} className="px-2.5 py-1 text-xs rounded bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200">Cancel</button>
+                            <button onClick={() => { setEditMode(false); setEditError(null); }} className="px-2.5 py-1 text-xs rounded bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200">Cancel</button>
                             <button onClick={saveEdit} className="px-2.5 py-1 text-xs bg-green-600 text-white rounded hover:bg-green-700">Save</button>
                           </div>
                         </div>
@@ -986,7 +1016,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                     onClick={() => router.push(`/dashboard/user/forms?registrationId=${encodeURIComponent(activeReg.id)}`)}
                   >Attendee forms</button>
                 )}
-                {activeBill && activeBill.outstanding > 0 ? (
+                {canModifyActive && activeBill && activeBill.outstanding > 0 ? (
                   <button
                     className="px-3 py-1.5 text-sm bg-green-600 text-white rounded hover:bg-green-700 shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-green-500 focus:ring-offset-1"
                     onClick={() => router.push(`/dashboard/user/pay?registrationId=${encodeURIComponent(activeReg.id)}`)}
@@ -1006,8 +1036,8 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                 )}
               </div>
 
-              {/* Cancel registration — only shown when no payments have been made */}
-              {activeReg.status !== 'cancelled' && (activeBill?.totalPaid ?? 0) === 0 && (
+              {/* Cancel registration — only shown when no payments have been made and the event still permits changes */}
+              {canModifyActive && activeReg.status !== 'cancelled' && (activeBill?.totalPaid ?? 0) === 0 && (
                 <div className="pt-3 border-t mt-1">
                   {!showCancelConfirm ? (
                     <button