diff --git a/frontend/src/components/calendar/CalendarPage.tsx b/frontend/src/components/calendar/CalendarPage.tsx
index 6baa0e1..a02f834 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/calendar/CalendarPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/calendar/CalendarPage.tsx
@@ -699,9 +699,13 @@ export default function CalendarPage() {
                 datesSet={handleDatesSet}
                 height="100%"
                 locale={enAuLocale}
+                views={{
+                  dayGridMonth: { dayHeaderFormat: { weekday: 'short' } },
+                  timeGridWeek: { dayHeaderFormat: { weekday: 'short', day: 'numeric', month: 'numeric' } },
+                  timeGridDay: { dayHeaderFormat: { weekday: 'long', day: 'numeric', month: 'long' } },
+                }}
                 eventTimeFormat={{ hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit', meridiem: 'short' }}
                 slotLabelFormat={{ hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit', meridiem: 'short' }}
-                dayHeaderFormat={{ weekday: 'short', day: 'numeric', month: 'numeric' }}
                 slotEventOverlap={false}
                 eventDidMount={handleEventDidMount}
                 eventClassNames={() => ['umbra-event']}
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.css b/frontend/src/index.css
index 114da59..2425258 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/index.css
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@
   background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) !important;
 }
 
-/* Weekend tint: header cells */
-.fc .fc-col-header-cell.fc-day-sat,
-.fc .fc-col-header-cell.fc-day-sun {
-  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) !important;
-}
 
 /* Weekend tint: timegrid column cells (week/day view) */
 .fc .fc-timegrid-col.fc-day-sat,