Gaia holds various special events during the year, ranging from special updates to holidays (April Fools, 4th of July, Halloween, Easter, Christmas, Valentine's day, and the annual gaia party event). During the events, users take part in an active storyline of local plots (on occasion, the users even get to vote upon the plot outcome) and in multi-user interactive games. These events also reward Gaians with commemorative items during the event. Sometimes, rewards will even include a new Avatar "base" for Gaians to use, such as the zombie, Zurg (alien) and Vampire skin.
Events usually last around two weeks, though some have lasted longer.