A Genesis-ready page template for Event Espresso 4 that displays an archive of past events in an html table.

page-events-past.php

<?php 
 
/**
* Template Name: Custom Event Archive Only Template
*/
 
remove_action ( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' ); // Remove the standard loop
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'custom_event_archive_only_loop' );

function custom_posts_where_sql_for_only_expired() {
	return ' AND ' . EEM_Datetime::instance()->table() . '.DTT_EVT_end < "' . current_time( 'mysql', TRUE ) . '" ';
}

function custom_event_archive_only_loop() {

	echo '<table>';

	$args = array(
		'limit'        => 100,
		'show_expired' => TRUE,
		'sort'         => 'DESC', 
		'order_by'     => 'start_date',
	);

	add_filter( 'posts_where', 'custom_posts_where_sql_for_only_expired' );
	
	$loop = new EE_Event_List_Query( $args );
	
	if( $loop->have_posts() ) {
 
		// loop through posts
		while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();

		?>
			<tr>
			<td class="event_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></td>
			<td class="start_date"><?php espresso_event_date(); ?></td>
			</tr>
		<?php
		endwhile; 
	}
 	remove_filter( 'posts_where', 'custom_posts_where_sql_for_only_expired' );
	wp_reset_postdata();

	echo '</table>';
}
 
genesis();