Events by the date

Hello folks,

I’m developing a wp site that has an Events page:

I wish to keep on the sidebar the latest posted events, but on the main area, I wish to have the events excerpts arranged by the date the events will happen. Currently, my plan is to use as Custom Field values the date of the event to do the trick.

I wonder if there’s anyone in the list that could give me a hand on how the query should be written for this case, or if there is a better way for this issue.

Thanks in advance!