The Event Calendar - Query Loop

tec-query-loop.php

<?php
add_filter( 'query_loop_block_query_vars', 'tec_order_by_date' );
function tec_order_by_date( $query ) {
    // ignore if the query block is not using this post type
    if ( 'tribe_events' !== $query['post_type'] ) {
        return $query;
    }
	
    // always exclude events with dates in the past
    $query['meta_key'] = '_EventStartDate';
    $query['meta_value'] = date( 'Y-m-d' );
    $query['meta_compare'] = '>=';

    // If date order was chosen in the block settings, change to use the Event date instead of Post date
    if ( 'date' === $query['orderby'] ) {
        $query['orderby'] = '_EventStartDate';
        $query['order'] = 'ASC';
    }

    return $query;
}