diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/upcoming-events-list.gjs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/upcoming-events-list.gjs
index aadf144f..c6787d04 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/upcoming-events-list.gjs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/upcoming-events-list.gjs
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export default class UpcomingEventsList extends Component {
   count = this.args.params?.count ?? DEFAULT_COUNT;
   upcomingDays = this.args.params?.upcomingDays ?? DEFAULT_UPCOMING_DAYS;
 
-  title = I18n.t("discourse_post_event.upcoming_events_list.title");
   emptyMessage = I18n.t("discourse_post_event.upcoming_events_list.empty");
   allDayLabel = I18n.t("discourse_post_event.upcoming_events_list.all_day");
   errorMessage = I18n.t("discourse_post_event.upcoming_events_list.error");
@@ -57,6 +56,29 @@ export default class UpcomingEventsList extends Component {
     return this.router.currentRoute.attributes?.category?.id;
   }
 
+  get title() {
+    const categorySlug = this.router.currentRoute.attributes?.category?.slug;
+    const titleSetting = this.siteSettings.map_events_title;
+
+    if (titleSetting === "") {
+      return I18n.t("discourse_post_event.upcoming_events_list.title");
+    }
+
+    const categories = JSON.parse(titleSetting).map(
+      ({ category_slug }) => category_slug
+    );
+
+    if (categories.includes(categorySlug)) {
+      const titleMap = JSON.parse(titleSetting);
+      const customTitleLookup = titleMap.find(
+        (o) => o.category_slug === categorySlug
+      );
+      return customTitleLookup?.custom_title;
+    } else {
+      return I18n.t("discourse_post_event.upcoming_events_list.title");
+    }
+  }
+
   get hasEmptyResponse() {
     return (
       !this.isLoading &&
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 2eb9ef0b..fe5592ad 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ en:
   site_settings:
     events_max_rows: "Maximum text rows per event in the Calendar."
     map_events_to_color: "Assign a color to each tag or category."
+    map_events_title: "Overwrites 'Events' in the 'Upcoming Events' sidebar title per category."
     calendar_enabled: "Enable the discourse-calendar plugin. This will add support for a [calendar][/calendar] tag in the first post of a topic."
     discourse_post_event_enabled: "Enables the Event features. Note: also needs `calendar enabled` to be enabled."
     displayed_invitees_limit: "Limits the numbers of invitees displayed on an event."
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index f5884a7d..623d2aa7 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ discourse_calendar:
     client: true
     default: "[]"
     json_schema: DiscourseCalendar::SiteSettings::MapEventTagColorsJsonSchema
+  map_events_title:
+    client: true
+    default: ""
+    json_schema: DiscourseCalendar::SiteSettings::MapEventsTitleJsonSchema
   include_expired_events_on_calendar:
     default: false
     client: true
diff --git a/lib/discourse_calendar/site_settings/map_events_title_json_schema.rb b/lib/discourse_calendar/site_settings/map_events_title_json_schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c439e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/discourse_calendar/site_settings/map_events_title_json_schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DiscourseCalendar
+  module SiteSettings
+    class MapEventsTitleJsonSchema
+      def self.schema
+        @schema ||= {
+          type: "array",
+          uniqueItems: true,
+          items: {
+            type: "object",
+            title: "Title Mapping",
+            properties: {
+              category_slug: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "Slug of the category",
+              },
+              custom_title: {
+                type: "string",
+                default: "Upcoming events",
+                description:
+                  "The words you want to replace 'Upcoming Events' with for the sidebar calendar",
+              },
+            },
+            required: %w[category_slug custom_title],
+          },
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/javascripts/integration/components/upcoming-events-list-test.gjs b/test/javascripts/integration/components/upcoming-events-list-test.gjs
index 06fb6126..f954e1b8 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/integration/components/upcoming-events-list-test.gjs
+++ b/test/javascripts/integration/components/upcoming-events-list-test.gjs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import UpcomingEventsList, {
 } from "../../discourse/components/upcoming-events-list";
 
 class RouterStub extends Service {
-  currentRoute = { attributes: { category: { id: 1 } } };
+  currentRoute = { attributes: { category: { id: 1, slug: "announcements" } } };
   currentRouteName = "discovery.latest";
   on() {}
   off() {}
@@ -163,6 +163,43 @@ module("Integration | Component | upcoming-events-list", function (hooks) {
     );
   });
 
+  test("Uses custom category name from 'map_events_title'", async function (assert) {
+    pretender.get("/discourse-post-event/events", () => {
+      return response({ events: [] });
+    });
+
+    this.siteSettings.map_events_title =
+      '[{"category_slug": "announcements", "custom_title": "Upcoming Announcements"}]';
+
+    await render(<template><UpcomingEventsList /></template>);
+    this.appEvents.trigger("page:changed", { url: "/c/announcements" });
+
+    assert
+      .dom(".upcoming-events-list__heading")
+      .hasText(
+        "Upcoming Announcements",
+        "sets 'Upcoming Announcements' as the title in 'c/announcements'"
+      );
+  });
+
+  test("Uses default title for upcoming events list", async function (assert) {
+    pretender.get("/discourse-post-event/events", () => {
+      return response({ events: [] });
+    });
+
+    this.siteSettings.map_events_title = "";
+
+    await render(<template><UpcomingEventsList /></template>);
+    this.appEvents.trigger("page:changed", { url: "/c/announcements" });
+
+    assert
+      .dom(".upcoming-events-list__heading")
+      .hasText(
+        "Upcoming events",
+        "it sets default value as the title in 'c/announcements'"
+      );
+  });
+
   test("with events, view-all navigation", async function (assert) {
     pretender.get("/discourse-post-event/events", twoEventsResponseHandler);