Tribe Events wp_query - Trial 1

<ul class="block posts-list upcoming-events">
<?php /* Featured upcoming events */

                $upcoming = new WP_Query();
                $upcoming->query( array(
                    'post_type'=> array('tribe_events'),
                    'meta_key' => 'home_featured',
                                  'meta_value'=> true,
                                  'posts_per_page' => 3)
                );

    if ($upcoming->have_posts()) :
        while ($upcoming->have_posts()) :
            $upcoming->the_post();
            ?>
            <li>
              <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
                 <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail();?></a>
              <?php }?>
              <div class="content">
          <span class="event-meta"><strong>DATE</strong>: <?php echo esc_html( tribe_get_start_date()); ?></span>
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
              </div>
            </li>
        <?php
        endwhile;
    endif;
    wp_reset_query(); // reset the query ?>
</ul>