diff --git a/src/compositions/Blocks/EventsBlock.tsx b/src/compositions/Blocks/EventsBlock.tsx
index 7b2f2e7..eff867e 100644
--- a/src/compositions/Blocks/EventsBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/compositions/Blocks/EventsBlock.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function EventsBlock({
         <Title color={'contrast'} title={title || 'Veranstaltungen'} />
         <Events
           events={transformOccurrences(occurrenceDocs)}
-          n={itemsPerPage || 6}
+          n={6}
           schema={'contrast'}
         />
       </Section>
diff --git a/src/fetch/eventOccurrences.ts b/src/fetch/eventOccurrences.ts
index 8d31ac4..c536189 100644
--- a/src/fetch/eventOccurrences.ts
+++ b/src/fetch/eventOccurrences.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { getPayload, PaginatedDocs } from 'payload'
+import { unstable_cache } from 'next/cache'
 import config from '@/payload.config'
 import { EventOccurrence } from '@/payload-types'
 
+const CACHE_TTL = 300 // 5 minutes
+
 type ListArgs = {
   parishId?: string
   groupId?: string
@@ -12,10 +15,66 @@ type ListArgs = {
   toDate?: Date
 }
 
+// Resolved args use ISO strings so they serialize into a stable cache key.
+type ResolvedArgs = {
+  parishId?: string
+  groupId?: string
+  eventId?: string
+  limit: number
+  page: number
+  fromDate?: string
+  toDate?: string
+}
+
+// Round down to the cache window so a default `new Date()` (millisecond
+// precision) produces a stable key for the duration of the TTL.
+function roundDownToTtl(date: Date): Date {
+  const ms = CACHE_TTL * 1000
+  return new Date(Math.floor(date.getTime() / ms) * ms)
+}
+
 /**
  * Fetch upcoming event occurrences, joined to their parent event. Always
  * filters to occurrences whose parent event is published.
  */
+const getUpcomingOccurrences = unstable_cache(
+  async (args: ResolvedArgs): Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>> => {
+    const { parishId, groupId, eventId, limit, page, fromDate, toDate } = args
+
+    const query: any = {
+      and: [
+        { date: { greater_than_equal: fromDate } },
+        { 'event._status': { equals: 'published' } },
+      ],
+    }
+
+    if (toDate) {
+      query.and.push({ date: { less_than: toDate } })
+    }
+    if (eventId) {
+      query.and.push({ event: { equals: eventId } })
+    }
+    if (parishId) {
+      query.and.push({ 'event.parish': { equals: parishId } })
+    }
+    if (groupId) {
+      query.and.push({ 'event.group': { equals: groupId } })
+    }
+
+    const payload = await getPayload({ config })
+    return payload.find({
+      collection: 'eventOccurrence',
+      sort: 'date',
+      where: query,
+      depth: 2,
+      limit,
+      page,
+    }) as Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>>
+  },
+  ['fetchUpcomingOccurrences'],
+  { revalidate: CACHE_TTL },
+)
+
 export async function fetchUpcomingOccurrences(
   args?: ListArgs,
 ): Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>> {
@@ -29,41 +88,59 @@ export async function fetchUpcomingOccurrences(
     toDate,
   } = args || {}
 
-  const query: any = {
-    and: [
-      { date: { greater_than_equal: fromDate.toISOString() } },
-      { 'event._status': { equals: 'published' } },
-    ],
-  }
-
-  if (toDate) {
-    query.and.push({ date: { less_than: toDate.toISOString() } })
-  }
-  if (eventId) {
-    query.and.push({ event: { equals: eventId } })
-  }
-  if (parishId) {
-    query.and.push({ 'event.parish': { equals: parishId } })
-  }
-  if (groupId) {
-    query.and.push({ 'event.group': { equals: groupId } })
-  }
-
-  const payload = await getPayload({ config })
-  return payload.find({
-    collection: 'eventOccurrence',
-    sort: 'date',
-    where: query,
-    depth: 2,
+  return getUpcomingOccurrences({
+    parishId,
+    groupId,
+    eventId,
     limit,
     page,
-  }) as Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>>
+    fromDate: roundDownToTtl(fromDate).toISOString(),
+    toDate: toDate?.toISOString(),
+  })
 }
 
 /**
  * Fetch past event occurrences (most recent first), joined to their parent
  * event. Always filters to occurrences whose parent event is published.
  */
+const getPastOccurrences = unstable_cache(
+  async (args: ResolvedArgs): Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>> => {
+    const { parishId, groupId, eventId, limit, page, fromDate, toDate } = args
+
+    const query: any = {
+      and: [
+        { date: { less_than: toDate } },
+        { 'event._status': { equals: 'published' } },
+      ],
+    }
+
+    if (fromDate) {
+      query.and.push({ date: { greater_than_equal: fromDate } })
+    }
+    if (eventId) {
+      query.and.push({ event: { equals: eventId } })
+    }
+    if (parishId) {
+      query.and.push({ 'event.parish': { equals: parishId } })
+    }
+    if (groupId) {
+      query.and.push({ 'event.group': { equals: groupId } })
+    }
+
+    const payload = await getPayload({ config })
+    return payload.find({
+      collection: 'eventOccurrence',
+      sort: '-date',
+      where: query,
+      depth: 2,
+      limit,
+      page,
+    }) as Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>>
+  },
+  ['fetchPastOccurrences'],
+  { revalidate: CACHE_TTL },
+)
+
 export async function fetchPastOccurrences(
   args?: ListArgs,
 ): Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>> {
@@ -77,35 +154,15 @@ export async function fetchPastOccurrences(
     toDate = new Date(),
   } = args || {}
 
-  const query: any = {
-    and: [
-      { date: { less_than: toDate.toISOString() } },
-      { 'event._status': { equals: 'published' } },
-    ],
-  }
-
-  if (fromDate) {
-    query.and.push({ date: { greater_than_equal: fromDate.toISOString() } })
-  }
-  if (eventId) {
-    query.and.push({ event: { equals: eventId } })
-  }
-  if (parishId) {
-    query.and.push({ 'event.parish': { equals: parishId } })
-  }
-  if (groupId) {
-    query.and.push({ 'event.group': { equals: groupId } })
-  }
-
-  const payload = await getPayload({ config })
-  return payload.find({
-    collection: 'eventOccurrence',
-    sort: '-date',
-    where: query,
-    depth: 2,
+  return getPastOccurrences({
+    parishId,
+    groupId,
+    eventId,
     limit,
     page,
-  }) as Promise<PaginatedDocs<EventOccurrence>>
+    fromDate: fromDate?.toISOString(),
+    toDate: roundDownToTtl(toDate).toISOString(),
+  })
 }
 
 /**