post-loop.php

<?php 
  $posts = get_posts(array('category_name' => 'events', 'numberposts' => 8));
  usort($posts, 'sort_by_event_date');
  foreach($posts as $post) { 
    $event_date = strtotime(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'event-date', true));
    $M = date('M', $event_date);
    $d = date('d', $event_date);
    $Y = date('Y', $event_date);
								
    setup_postdata($post); 
    ?>
      <h3><span class="date"><span class="month"><?php echo $M ?></span><span class="day"><?php echo $d ?></span></span>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a></h3>
      <?php the_content() ?>
      <div class="clear"></div>				
    <?php 
  } 
?>