diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 434aa4a6c..64f020c5e 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#web:    bundle exec rails server puma -p $PORT
+web:    bundle exec rails server puma -p $PORT
 worker: bundle exec sidekiq -C ./config/sidekiq.yml
 webpack: bin/webpacker-dev-server
diff --git a/app/frontend/src/javascript/controllers/events.js.erb b/app/frontend/src/javascript/controllers/events.js.erb
index 16a3012b5..008c9a748 100644
--- a/app/frontend/src/javascript/controllers/events.js.erb
+++ b/app/frontend/src/javascript/controllers/events.js.erb
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Application.Controllers.controller('EventsController', ['$scope', '$state', 'Eve
     // reinitialize results datasets
       $scope.page = 1;
       $scope.eventsGroupByMonth = {};
+      $scope.featuredEevent = null;
       $scope.events = [];
       $scope.monthOrder = [];
       $scope.noMoreResults = false;
@@ -111,13 +112,14 @@ Application.Controllers.controller('EventsController', ['$scope', '$state', 'Eve
      */
     const groupEvents = function (events) {
       if (events.length > 0) {
-        const eventsGroupedByMonth = _.groupBy(events, function (obj) {
+        const eventsGroupedByMonth = _.groupBy(events.slice(1), function (obj) {
           return _.map(['month_id', 'year'], function (key) {
             return obj[key];
           });
         });
         $scope.eventsGroupByMonth = Object.assign($scope.eventsGroupByMonth, eventsGroupedByMonth);
-        return $scope.monthOrder = Object.keys($scope.eventsGroupByMonth);
+        $scope.monthOrder = Object.keys($scope.eventsGroupByMonth);
+        $scope.featuredEevent = events[0];
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/app/frontend/templates/events/index.html b/app/frontend/templates/events/index.html
index 5b2f065f5..02b436682 100644
--- a/app/frontend/templates/events/index.html
+++ b/app/frontend/templates/events/index.html
@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="event-focus">
-      <!-- TODO: get focus event -->
-      <!--<event-card style="display: contents" event="" card-type="'lg'" />-->
+    <div class="event-focus" ng-if="featuredEevent">
+      <event-card style="display: contents"
+                  event="featuredEevent"
+                  card-type="'lg'"
+                  ui-sref="app.public.events_show({id: featuredEevent.id})">
+      </event-card>
     </div>
 
     <div ng-repeat="month in monthOrder">
diff --git a/app/services/event_service.rb b/app/services/event_service.rb
index 6747aca36..860391532 100644
--- a/app/services/event_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/event_service.rb
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class EventService
         start_at = DateTime.new(start_date.year, start_date.month, start_date.day, 0, 0, 0, start_date.zone)
         end_at = DateTime.new(end_date.year, end_date.month, end_date.day, 23, 59, 59, end_date.zone)
       else
-        start_at = DateTime.new(start_date.year, start_date.month, start_date.day, start_time.hour, start_time.min, start_time.sec, start_date.zone)
-        end_at = DateTime.new(end_date.year, end_date.month, end_date.day, end_time.hour, end_time.min, end_time.sec, end_date.zone)
+        start_at = DateTime.new(start_date.year, start_date.month, start_date.day, start_time&.hour, start_time&.min, start_time&.sec, start_date.zone)
+        end_at = DateTime.new(end_date.year, end_date.month, end_date.day, end_time&.hour, end_time&.min, end_time&.sec, end_date.zone)
       end
       { start_at: start_at, end_at: end_at }
     end