Display all events in a given period

query_events_in_period.php

        <?php
        $start_of_week = date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( 'monday this week' ) );
        $end_of_week = date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( 'sunday this week' ) );

        $event_args['meta_query'] = array(
            array(
                'relation' => 'AND',
                // Event starts before end of week, and finishes after start of week.
                // This covers all instances of events overlapping the week period.
                array(
                    'key' => 'event_start_date',
                    'compare' => '<=',
                    'value'	=>  $end_of_week,
                    'type' => 'DATETIME'
                ),
                array(
                    'key' => 'event_end_date',
                    'compare' => '>=',
                    'value'	=>  $start_of_week,
                    'type' => 'DATETIME'
                ),
            )
        );