events.php

<?php
$today = date("o-m-d");
$future = strtotime ( '+6 days' , strtotime ( $today ) ) ;
$future = date ( 'o-m-d' , $future );
$event_query = new WP_Query(
    array( 
      'post_type'   => 'event',
      'meta_key'    => 'event-date',
      'orderby'     => 'meta_value',
      'order'       => 'asc',
      'meta_query'  => array(
         array(
          'key'     => 'event-date',
          'value'   => array($today,$future),
          'compare' => 'BETWEEN',
          'type'    => 'DATE'
        )
       )
      ) 
    );
?>
<?php for ($i=0; $i<7; $i++):
    $thedate = strtotime ( '+'.$i.' day' , strtotime ( $today ) ) ;
    $thedate = date ( 'o-m-d' , $thedate );
	
	$events_today = false; ?>
   
   <div class="event_item <?php if($i == 0) echo "first_event"; ?> <?php if($i == 6) echo "last_event"; ?>">
   		
        <div class="event_item_day">
        	 <span class="day_of_week"><?php if($i == 0) { ?> Today <?php } else {?> 
        
        	<?php echo date("l", strtotime($thedate)); } ?></span>
            <br /><?php echo date( "n/j/y", strtotime($thedate));?> 
        </div>
   
<!-- FEATURED EVENTS BY DAY -->
	<?php if ($event_query->have_posts()) : while ($event_query->have_posts()) : $event_query->the_post();?>
      <?php
		$the_event_date = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'event-date', true);
		$the_event_featured = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'featured', true);  
	    if($the_event_date == $thedate && $the_event_featured == '1')  : $events_today = true;?>
       
        <div class="event_thumb"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('event_thumb'); ?></a></div>
       	
        <div class="event_info">
      	<span class="event_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>
        <span class="event_category"><?php echo get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), 'event_category', " " ) ?></span>
        <span class="event_location"><?php meta('event-location'); ?></span><br />
        
        <?php if($i == 0) echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'short', true);?>
       </div>
       <div class="more_events"><a href="#" class="<?php echo $thedate ?>" >More Events</a></div>
        <script>$(document).ready(function(){
			$(".<?php echo $thedate ?>").colorbox({width:"50%", inline:true, href:"#<?php echo $thedate ?>"});
		});</script>
      <?php endif; ?>
      
    <?php endwhile; endif;  ?>