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They also have this code on their site which shows you how to do custom sorting for the slider:

/**
 * Modify sort method for WordPress post based SlideDecks
 *
 * @param array $query_args The Array of query arguments passed to WP_Query
 *                          (http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters)
 * @param array $slidedeck The PHP Array that describes the SlideDeck being rendered
 *
 * @return array
 */
function slidedeck_posts_slidedeck_query_args( $query_args, $slidedeck ) {
    // Check to see if the SlideDeck being rendered is ID 1451
    if( $slidedeck['id'] == 1451 ) {
        // Set the orderby value to use the "meta_value"
        $query_args['orderby'] = "meta_value";
        // Set the meta_key to use to "event_date", this should be the meta_key name you want to sort by
        $query_args['meta_key'] = "event_date";
        // The direction you wish to sort (ASC|DESC)
        $query_args['order'] = 'ASC';
    } 

    // Always return $query_args, even if you aren't modifying it or you will break things
    return $query_args;
}
// Hook into the slidedeck_posts_slidedeck_query_args filter and specify a priority of
// 10 (default) and receiving 2 query arguments, so we get information about the SlideDeck
add_filter( 'slidedeck_posts_slidedeck_query_args', 'slidedeck_posts_slidedeck_query_args', 10, 2 );

I would like to know how to tie that code into the event Start Date on The Events Calendar.

@tizz – Yes. I knew that but it would be nice to have it display the gallery title name on the generated gallery thumbnail pages. Just another confusing step especially for someone who isn’t very knowledgeable with WordPress.

I figured out a solution. Just added an else statement to the widget function.

else {
echo $before_widget.$before_title.$instance['title'].$after_title;
echo '<p>No upcoming events</p>';
}