This is an alternative way to display dates and times for the Event Espresso event page. Formats a single date time that spans multiple days as “Starts at <time> on <date> Ends at <time> on <date>”.

functions.php

<?php
//* Please do NOT include the opening php tag, except of course if you're starting with a blank file

function espresso_list_of_event_dates( $EVT_ID = 0, $date_format = '', $time_format = '', $echo = TRUE, $show_expired = NULL, $format = TRUE, $add_breaks = TRUE, $limit = NULL ) {
    $date_format = ! empty( $date_format ) ? $date_format : get_option( 'date_format' );
    $time_format = ! empty( $time_format ) ? $time_format : get_option( 'time_format' );
    $date_format = apply_filters( 'FHEE__espresso_list_of_event_dates__date_format', $date_format );
    $time_format = apply_filters( 'FHEE__espresso_list_of_event_dates__time_format', $time_format );
    EE_Registry::instance()->load_helper( 'Event_View' );
    $datetimes = EEH_Event_View::get_all_date_obj( $EVT_ID, $show_expired, FALSE, $limit );
    if ( ! $format ) {
        return apply_filters( 'FHEE__espresso_list_of_event_dates__datetimes', $datetimes );
    }
    if ( is_array( $datetimes ) && ! empty( $datetimes )) {
        global $post;
        $html = $format ? '<ul id="ee-event-datetimes-ul-' . $post->ID . '" class="ee-event-datetimes-ul">' : '';
        foreach ( $datetimes as $datetime ) {
            if ( $datetime instanceof EE_Datetime ) {
                $html .= '<li id="ee-event-datetimes-li-' . $datetime->ID() . '" class="ee-event-datetimes-li">';
                $datetime_name = $datetime->name();
                $html .= ! empty( $datetime_name ) ? '<strong>' . $datetime_name . '</strong>' : '';
                $html .= ! empty( $datetime_name )  && $add_breaks ? '<br />' : '';
                $html .= '<span class="dashicons dashicons-calendar"></span>';

                $d1 = $datetime->start_date();
                $d2 = $datetime->end_date();
                $t1 = $datetime->start_time();
                $t2 = $datetime->end_time();
                if ($d1 == $d2) {
                    $html .= $datetime->start_date($date_format) . ' ' . $datetime->time_range( $time_format );
                } else {
                    $html .= 'Starts at ' . $t1 . ' on ' . $d1;
                    $html .= '<br>';
                    $html .= 'Ends at '  . $t2 . ' on ' . $d2;
                }
                $datetime_description = $datetime->description();
                $html .= ! empty( $datetime_description )  && $add_breaks ? '<br />' : '';
                $html .= ! empty( $datetime_description ) ? ' - ' . $datetime_description : '';
                $html = apply_filters( 'FHEE__espresso_list_of_event_dates__datetime_html', $html, $datetime );
                $html .= '</li>';
            }
        }
        $html .= $format ? '</ul>' : '';
    } else {
        $html = $format ?  '<p><span class="dashicons dashicons-marker"></span>' . __( 'There are no upcoming dates for this event.', 'event_espresso' ) . '</p><br/>' : '';
    }
    if ( $echo ) {
        echo $html;
        return '';
    }
    return $html;
}