The Events Calendar - Custom Query Using WP_Query

custom-events-wp_query.php

<?php 

$args = array(
  'post_status'=>'publish',
  'post_type'=>array(TribeEvents::POSTTYPE),
  'posts_per_page'=>10,
  //order by startdate from newest to oldest
  'meta_key'=>'_EventStartDate',
  'orderby'=>'_EventStartDate',
  'order'=>'DESC',
  //required in 3.x
  'eventDisplay'=>'custom',
  //query events by category
  'tax_query' => array(
      array(
          'taxonomy' => 'tribe_events_cat',
          'field' => 'slug',
          'terms' => 'featured',
          'operator' => 'IN'
      ),
  )
);
$get_posts = null;
$get_posts = new WP_Query();

$get_posts->query($args);
if($get_posts->have_posts()) : while($get_posts->have_posts()) : $get_posts->the_post(); ?>

  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
    <?php the_title(); ?>
  </a><br />
  
  <?php if (tribe_get_start_date() !== tribe_get_end_date() ) { ?>
    <?php echo tribe_get_start_date(); ?> - <?php echo tribe_get_end_date(); ?>
  <?php } else { ?>
    <?php echo tribe_get_start_date(); ?>
  <?php } ?>
  
  <?php the_content(); ?>

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

It looks like 'TribeEvents' in line 5 is deprecated and we should be using 'Tribe__Events__Main'. I just ran into this issue and have had to update all of my custom events queries. This is a change since version 3.10 and when I made my change, it caused me date formatting issues with tribe_get_start_date(). Just thought I would share. Also, to get the correct date format, I followed Airton's example and used:
$month = tribe_get_start_date ( $post->ID, false, 'M');
$day = tribe_get_start_date ( $post->ID, false, 'j');