gistfile1.txt

$today = date("Y-m-d");  //today's date in MySQL format without the time. Used to compare start date custom field in events. 
   $wp_query = new WP_Query(
    array(
        'post_type' => array('tribe_events'),
		'meta_query' => array(
				array(
				'key' => '_EventStartDate',
				'value' => $today,
				'compare' => '>=',
					)
				),
		'tax_query' => array(
			'relation' => 'OR', /*without OR both conditions will be met */
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'filters',
                    'field' => 'slug',
                    'terms' => $filtersarray
                    ),

				array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'tribe_events_cat',
                    'field' => 'slug',
                    'terms' => $filtersarray
                    ),

                ),		
        )
    );