The Events Calendar - Include Events From Certain Categories on Home Page Main Blog

tec-home-event-categories.php

/*
* The Events Calendar - Exclude Events From Certain Categories on Home Page Main Blog
* add coding to theme's functions.php
* @version 3.12
* change convention and meetup to slug of Event Categories to show add new categories by separating by comma and add slug between apostrophes
*/
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'home_exclude_events_category' );
function home_exclude_events_category( $query ) {
	if ( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {

		$query->set( 'tax_query', array(
				array(
					'taxonomy' => TribeEvents::TAXONOMY,
					'field'    => 'slug',
					'terms'    => array( 'convention', 'meetup' ),
					'operator' => 'NOT IN'
				)
			) );
	}

	return $query;
}