Events Query

<?php $homeeventquery = new WP_Query( array(
    'post_type' => 'event',
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
        'key' => 'bds_event_dates',
        'value' => date('Y-m-d'),
        'compare' => '>=',
        'type' => 'DATE'
        )
    ),
    'posts_per_page' => '1',
        'meta_key' => 'bds_event_dates',
    'orderby'  => 'meta_value_num',
    'order' => 'DESC'
) );

if ($homeeventquery->have_posts()) : while ($homeeventquery->have_posts()) : $homeeventquery->the_post();

$eDates = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'bds_event_dates', true);
$time = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'bds_event_time', true);
$dateInfo = unserializeDate($eDates);
$nextDate = ll_find_next_date($dateInfo);
$month = date('M', strtotime($nextDate));
$day = date('j', strtotime($nextDate));
$year = date('Y', strtotime($nextDate));

#dump($dateInfo);

?>

<p><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(60,60), array('class' => 'alignright') ); ?>
<strong><?php the_title(); ?></strong><br />
<a class="answer" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Event details &raquo;</a></p>
<p><?php echo date("M. j, Y",strtotime($dateInfo["from"])); ?></p>

<!-- Test what the custom field spits out -->
<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'bds_event_dates', true); ?>
<!-- End test -->

<?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>