Events disappearing from iCal

Hi there, my iCal has suddenly lost a load of events for next week. Some of my all day events are still showing, but not all of them.
When syncing my iphone, they are still showing on my phone, but not in iCal and I am unable to add to the dates to replace them.
I've tried restarting my mac and restarting iCal. I've tried to restore iCal from a backup, but it seems to take forever.
Any ideas?

Hey katharine-au
If the Calendars app is not saving the data, check out the article below for troubleshooting iCloud calendars.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3999
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

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