diff --git a/routes/calendar_routes.py b/routes/calendar_routes.py
index da45068..ba1d39c 100644
--- a/routes/calendar_routes.py
+++ b/routes/calendar_routes.py
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ def _get_or_404_event(db, uid: str, owner: str) -> CalendarEvent:
     return ev
 
 
+def _ics_escape(text: str) -> str:
+    """Escape a value for an iCalendar TEXT field (RFC 5545 §3.3.11).
+
+    Backslash, semicolon and comma are structural in TEXT values and must be
+    escaped, and newlines become a literal ``\\n``. Backslash is escaped first
+    so the escapes we add aren't re-escaped.
+    """
+    return (
+        (text or "")
+        .replace("\\", "\\\\")
+        .replace(";", "\\;")
+        .replace(",", "\\,")
+        .replace("\r\n", "\\n")
+        .replace("\n", "\\n")
+        .replace("\r", "\\n")
+    )
+
+
 def _resolve_base_uid(uid: str) -> str:
     """Extract the base series UID from a compound occurrence UID.
 
@@ -1038,7 +1056,7 @@ def setup_calendar_routes() -> APIRouter:
             for ev in events:
                 lines.append("BEGIN:VEVENT")
                 lines.append(f"UID:{ev.uid}")
-                lines.append(f"SUMMARY:{ev.summary or ''}")
+                lines.append(f"SUMMARY:{_ics_escape(ev.summary or '')}")
                 if ev.all_day:
                     lines.append(f"DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:{ev.dtstart.strftime('%Y%m%d')}")
                     lines.append(f"DTEND;VALUE=DATE:{ev.dtend.strftime('%Y%m%d')}")
@@ -1046,10 +1064,9 @@ def setup_calendar_routes() -> APIRouter:
                     lines.append(f"DTSTART:{ev.dtstart.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S')}")
                     lines.append(f"DTEND:{ev.dtend.strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S')}")
                 if ev.description:
-                    desc = ev.description.replace(chr(10), '\\n')
-                    lines.append(f"DESCRIPTION:{desc}")
+                    lines.append(f"DESCRIPTION:{_ics_escape(ev.description)}")
                 if ev.location:
-                    lines.append(f"LOCATION:{ev.location}")
+                    lines.append(f"LOCATION:{_ics_escape(ev.location)}")
                 if ev.rrule:
                     lines.append(f"RRULE:{ev.rrule}")
                 lines.append("END:VEVENT")
diff --git a/tests/test_ics_escape.py b/tests/test_ics_escape.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc9321e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_ics_escape.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""Tests for iCalendar TEXT escaping in calendar export (RFC 5545 §3.3.11)."""
+from tests.test_null_owner_gates import _import_calendar_helpers
+
+
+def _esc():
+    return _import_calendar_helpers()._ics_escape
+
+
+def test_escapes_comma_and_semicolon():
+    # Regression: SUMMARY/LOCATION escaped nothing, so a comma/semicolon
+    # (structural in iCal TEXT values) corrupted the field in other clients.
+    assert _esc()("Lunch, dinner; meeting") == "Lunch\\, dinner\\; meeting"
+
+
+def test_escapes_backslash_first():
+    assert _esc()("path C:\\tmp") == "path C:\\\\tmp"
+
+
+def test_newlines_become_literal_backslash_n():
+    assert _esc()("line1\nline2\r\nline3") == "line1\\nline2\\nline3"
+
+
+def test_empty_and_none_safe():
+    assert _esc()("") == ""
+    assert _esc()(None) == ""