Example of a custom template for the [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] shortcode. You can upload this to your WP child theme or into /wp-content/uploads/espresso/templates

content-espresso_events-shortcode.php

<?php
/**
 * This template will display a list of events - copy it to your theme folder
 *
 * @ package		Event Espresso
 * @ author		Seth Shoultes
 * @ copyright	(c) 2008-2013 Event Espresso  All Rights Reserved.
 * @ license		http://eventespresso.com/support/terms-conditions/   * see Plugin Licensing *
 * @ link			http://www.eventespresso.com
 * @ version		4+
 */

/*************************** IMPORTANT *************************
 * if you are creating a custom template based on this file,
 * and do not wish to use the template display order controls in the admin,
 * then change the following filter to:
 * add_filter( 'FHEE__content_espresso_events__template_loaded', '__return_true' );
 * comment out calls to the_content() and espresso_event_content_or_excerpt()
 * then UN-comment and position the additional template parts
 * that are loaded via the espresso_get_template_part() function to your liking
 * and/or use any of the template tags functions found in:
 * \wp-content\plugins\event-espresso-core\public\template_tags.php
 ************************** IMPORTANT **************************/

add_filter( 'FHEE__content_espresso_events__template_loaded', '__return_true' );

global $post;
$event_class = has_excerpt( $post->ID ) ? ' has-excerpt' : '';
$event_class = apply_filters( 'FHEE__content_espresso_events__event_class', $event_class );
?>
<?php do_action( 'AHEE_event_details_before_post', $post ); ?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class( $event_class ); ?>>

	<div id="espresso-event-list-header-dv-<?php echo $post->ID;?>" class="espresso-event-header-dv">
		<?php espresso_get_template_part( 'content', 'espresso_events-thumbnail' ); ?>
		<?php espresso_get_template_part( 'content', 'espresso_events-header' ); ?>
	</div>

	<div class="espresso-event-list-wrapper-dv">
		<div class="event-content">
		<?php echo $post->EE_Event->description_filtered(); ?>
		</div>
		<?php espresso_get_template_part( 'content', 'espresso_events-tickets' ); ?>
		<?php espresso_get_template_part( 'content', 'espresso_events-datetimes' ); ?>
		<?php espresso_get_template_part( 'content', 'espresso_events-venues' ); ?>
	</div>

</article>
<!-- #post -->
<?php do_action( 'AHEE_event_details_after_post', $post );