diff --git a/RIGS/templates/event_detail.html b/RIGS/templates/event_detail.html
index a0afc50e..b04089fb 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/event_detail.html
+++ b/RIGS/templates/event_detail.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {% extends request.is_ajax|yesno:"base_ajax.html,base_rigs.html" %}
 
+{% load markdown_tags %}
+
 {% block content %}
 <div class="row my-3 py-3">
     {% if not request.is_ajax %}
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@
                     {% if perms.RIGS.view_event %}
                     <h4>Notes</h4>
                     <hr>
-                    <p class="dont-break-out">{{ event.notes|linebreaksbr }}</p>
+                    <p class="dont-break-out">{{ event.notes|markdown }}</p>
                     {% endif %}
                     <br>
                     {% include 'partials/item_table.html' %}
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/event_form.html b/RIGS/templates/event_form.html
index dd98c17a..cc896930 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/event_form.html
+++ b/RIGS/templates/event_form.html
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 {% block css %}
     {{ block.super }}
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'css/selects.css' %}"/>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/simplemde/latest/simplemde.min.css">
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block preload_js %}
     {{ block.super }}
     <script src="{% static 'js/selects.js' %}"></script>
+    <script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/simplemde/latest/simplemde.min.js"></script>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block js %}
@@ -63,6 +65,16 @@
             {% endif %}
         });
         $(document).ready(function () {
+            setupMDE('#id_description');
+            setupMDE('#id_notes');
+            setupMDE('#item_description');
+
+            $('#itemModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function (e) {
+                $('#item_description').data('mde_editor').value(
+                    $('#item_description').val()
+                    );
+            });
+
             setupItemTable($("#{{ form.items_json.id_for_label }}").val());
         });
         $(function () {
@@ -345,7 +357,7 @@
                     <div class="col-sm-12">
                         <div class="form-group" data-toggle="tooltip" title="Notes on the event. This is only visible to keyholders, and is not displayed on the paperwork">
                             <label for="{{ form.notes.id_for_label }}">{{ form.notes.label }}</label>
-                            {% render_field form.notes class+="form-control" %}
+                            {% render_field form.notes class+="form-control md-enabled" %}
                         </div>
                     </div>
                     {% include 'partials/item_table.html' %}
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/event_print.xml b/RIGS/templates/event_print.xml
index 133fef1d..e43ea413 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/event_print.xml
+++ b/RIGS/templates/event_print.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@
             <lineStyle kind="linebelow" start="3,0" stop="3,0" colorName="black"/>
             <lineStyle kind="linebelow" start="5,0" stop="5,0" colorName="black"/>
         </blockTableStyle>
+
+        <listStyle name="ol"
+                   bulletFormat="%s."
+                   bulletFontSize="10" />
+
+        <listStyle name="ul"
+                   start="bulletchar"
+                   bulletFontSize="10"/>
     </stylesheet>
 
     <template > {# Note: page is 595x842 points (1 point=1/72in) #}
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/event_print_page.xml b/RIGS/templates/event_print_page.xml
index 7a4dd945..c038d10f 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/event_print_page.xml
+++ b/RIGS/templates/event_print_page.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
         </para>
 
         <keepInFrame>
-            <para style="style.event_description">
-            {{ object.description|default_if_none:""|markdown:"rml"|linebreaksxml }}
-            </para>
+            {{ object.description|default_if_none:""|markdown:"rml" }}
         </keepInFrame>
     </td>
     <td>
@@ -186,7 +184,7 @@
                 {% if item.description %}
                     </para>
                     <para style="item_description">
-                        <em>{{ item.description|markdown:"rml"|linebreaksxml }}</em>
+                        <em>{{ item.description|markdown:"rml" }}</em>
                     </para>
                     <para>
                 {% endif %}
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/partials/event_details.html b/RIGS/templates/partials/event_details.html
index 0d7c6547..2566e74a 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/partials/event_details.html
+++ b/RIGS/templates/partials/event_details.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% load namewithnotes from filters %}
+{% load markdown_tags %}
 <div class="card card-info">
     <div class="card-header">Event Info</div>
     <div class="card-body">
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
             <dd class="col-sm-12">&nbsp;</dd>
 
             <dt class="col-sm-6">Event Description</dt>
-            <dd class="dont-break-out col-sm-12">{{ event.description|linebreaksbr }}</dd>
+            <dd class="dont-break-out col-sm-12">{{ event.description|markdown }}</dd>
 
             <dd class="col-sm-12">&nbsp;</dd>
 
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/partials/item_row.html b/RIGS/templates/partials/item_row.html
index b71facd8..0aec3602 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/partials/item_row.html
+++ b/RIGS/templates/partials/item_row.html
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+{% load markdown_tags %}
 <tr id="item-{{item.pk}}" data-pk="{{item.pk}}" class="item_row">
 	<th scope="row">
 		<span class="name">{{ item.name }}</span>
         <div class="item-description">
-            <em class="description">{{item.description|linebreaksbr}}</em>
+            <em class="description">{{item.description|markdown}}</em>
         </div>
 	</th>
     {% if perms.RIGS.view_event %}
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 7fdc097c..e0eb064b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ function styles(done) {
                     'node_modules/fullcalendar/main.css',
                     'node_modules/bootstrap-select/dist/css/bootstrap-select.css',
                     'node_modules/ajax-bootstrap-select/dist/css/ajax-bootstrap-select.css',
-                    'node_modules/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css',])
+                    'node_modules/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css',
+                    'node_modules/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.css'
+                    ])
     .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
     .pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
     .pipe(gulpif(function(file) { return bs_select.includes(file.relative);}, con('selects.css')))
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ function scripts() {
                     'node_modules/fullcalendar/main.js',
                     'node_modules/bootstrap-select/dist/js/bootstrap-select.js',
                     'node_modules/ajax-bootstrap-select/dist/js/ajax-bootstrap-select.js',
+                    'node_modules/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js',
                     'node_modules/konami/konami.js',
                     'pipeline/source_assets/js/**/*.js',])
     .pipe(gulpif(function(file) { return base_scripts.includes(file.relative);}, con('base.js')))
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 74fe15fa..07405a93 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -965,6 +965,19 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/code-point-at/-/code-point-at-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-DQcLTQQ6W+ozovGkDi7bPZpMz3c="
     },
+    "codemirror": {
+      "version": "5.65.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/codemirror/-/codemirror-5.65.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-gWEnHKEcz1Hyz7fsQWpK7P0sPI2/kSkRX2tc7DFA6TmZuDN75x/1ejnH/Pn8adYKrLEA1V2ww6L00GudHZbSKw=="
+    },
+    "codemirror-spell-checker": {
+      "version": "1.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/codemirror-spell-checker/-/codemirror-spell-checker-1.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-HGYPkIlIPMtRE7m6nKGcP0mTNx4=",
+      "requires": {
+        "typo-js": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "collection-map": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/collection-map/-/collection-map-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3691,6 +3704,11 @@
         "object-visit": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "marked": {
+      "version": "4.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-4.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dkpJMIlJpc833hbjjg8jraw1t51e/eKDoG8TFOgc5O0Z77zaYKigYekTDop5AplRoKFGIaoazhYEhGkMtU3IeA=="
+    },
     "matchdep": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/matchdep/-/matchdep-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5641,6 +5659,16 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-sDl4qMFpijcGw22U5w63KmD3cZJfBuFlVNbVMKje2keoKML7X2UzWbc4XrmEbDwg0NXJc3yv4/ox7b+JWb57kQ=="
     },
+    "simplemde": {
+      "version": "1.11.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simplemde/-/simplemde-1.11.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-ojo12XjSxA7wfewAjJLwcNjggOM=",
+      "requires": {
+        "codemirror": "*",
+        "codemirror-spell-checker": "*",
+        "marked": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "snapdragon": {
       "version": "0.8.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/snapdragon/-/snapdragon-0.8.2.tgz",
@@ -6445,6 +6473,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-hnrHTjhkGHsdPUfZlqeOxciDB3c="
     },
+    "typo-js": {
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typo-js/-/typo-js-1.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bTGLjbD3WqZDR3CgEFkyi9Q/SS2oM29ipXrWfDb4M74ea69QwKAECVceYpaBu0GfdnASMg9Qfl67ttB23nePHg=="
+    },
     "ua-parser-js": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcedc98b..0ed004a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "node-sass": "^7.0.0",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.1",
     "postcss": "^8.4.5",
+    "simplemde": "^1.11.2",
     "uglify-js": "^3.14.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/pipeline/source_assets/scss/screen.scss b/pipeline/source_assets/scss/screen.scss
index 71130573..a92f4428 100644
--- a/pipeline/source_assets/scss/screen.scss
+++ b/pipeline/source_assets/scss/screen.scss
@@ -226,3 +226,33 @@ html.embedded {
     max-width: 3em;
   }
 }
+
+.markdown {
+  h1 {
+    font-size: $h1-font-size * 0.75;
+  }
+  h2 {
+    font-size: $h2-font-size * 0.8;
+  }
+  h3 {
+    font-size: $h3-font-size * 0.85;
+  }
+  h4 {
+    font-size: $h4-font-size * 0.9;
+  }
+  h5 {
+    font-size: $h5-font-size * 0.95;
+  }
+
+  img {
+    max-width: 100%;
+  }
+}
+
+#rigboard {
+  .markdown {
+    img {
+      max-width: 30rem;
+    }
+  }
+}