ECP loop

<?php
        global $post;


        // GET search variables from URL
        $paged = ( get_query_var('paged') ) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
        $search = get_query_var('s');
        $tax_slug = sanitize_text_field($_GET['tax_id']);
        $venue = sanitize_text_field($_GET['venue']);
        $start_date = sanitize_text_field($_GET['start_date']);

        if($start_date){
            $e_date =  date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime("+30 days", strtotime($start_date)));
            $s_date =  date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime("-1 day", strtotime($start_date))); // minus one day
        }


        // Setup search array
        $args = array();

        if($search != " "){ $args['s'] = $search;  }

        if($venue){ $args['venue'] = (int)$venue; }

        if($s_date){ $args['start_date'] = $s_date; $args['end_date'] = $e_date; }

        $args['posts_per_page'] = 5;

        $args['eventDisplay'] = 'upcoming';

        $args['paged'] = $paged;


        if ($tax_slug == "all") {

            $events = tribe_get_events($args);


        } // end if
        else {

            $args['tax_query'] = array(
                                    array(
                                        'taxonomy' => 'tribe_events_cat',
                                        'field' => 'slug',
                                        'terms' => $tax_slug
                                    )
                                );


            $events = tribe_get_events($args);

        } // end else

        echo '<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'.print_r($args,true).'</pre>'; // debug array


        if ($events == null){

            echo'<p>Your search returned no results, please try searching again.</p>';

        }else{

        // Events loop
        foreach($events as $post) {
        setup_postdata($post);
        ?>
            <div class="upcoming_events">
                <div class="event_date">
                    <span class="calendar_month"><?php echo tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, false, 'M' ); ?></span>
                    <span class="calendar_day"><?php echo tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, false, 'd' ); ?></span>
                </div>
                <div class="event_desc">
                    <h4><a href="<?php echo tribe_event_link(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
                    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
                </div><!--event desc-->
                <div class="event_meta">
                    <ul>
                        <li><span>Start:</span><p><?php echo tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, true, 'm/d/y  ' ); ?></p></li>
                        <li><span>End:</span><p><?php echo tribe_get_end_date( $post->ID, true, 'm/d/y  ' ); ?></p></li>
                        <?php if(tribe_has_venue()){ ?><li><span>Location:</span><p><?php echo tribe_get_venue(); ?></p></li><? } ?>
                        <?php if(tribe_address_exists()){ ?><li><span>Address:</span><p><?php echo tribe_get_address(); ?><br /><?php echo tribe_get_city().', '; echo tribe_get_state().' '; echo tribe_get_zip(); ?></p></li><?php } ?>
                        <?php if(tribe_get_cost() != ""){ ?><li><span>Cost:</span><p><?php echo tribe_get_cost(); ?></p></li><?php } ?>
                    </ul>
                </div><!--event meta-->
            </div><!--upcoming events-->



        <?php } // end foreach

         } // end else
         ?>