custom excerpt

/*
This snippet will create new placeholder for event details excerpt with limits
to any given characters which in this case 10.
*/

add_filter('em_event_output_placeholder','my_em_custom_excerpt_placeholders',1,3);
function my_em_custom_excerpt_placeholders($replace, $EM_Event, $result){
  switch( $result ){
    case '#_CUSTOMEXCERPT':
      $replace = $EM_Event->output("#_EVENTEXCERPT");
      $replace = preg_replace('/<[^>]+./','', $replace);
      if($result == "#_CUSTOMEXCERPT"){
        if ( strlen($replace) > 10 ) {
          $length = 10;
          $replace = substr($replace,0,$length);
        }
        $replace = $replace . '... ';
      }
    break;
  }
  return $replace ;
}

/*
2. use this custom placeholder in your default listing at Events > Settings > Formatting > Events > Default event list format
*/

=> Default event list format header

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="events-table" >
    <thead>
        <tr>
		<th class="event-time" width="150">Date/Time</th>
		<th class="event-description" width="*">Event</th>
		<th class="event-description" width="*">Details</th>
	</tr>
   	</thead>
    <tbody>

=> Default event list format

<tr>
	<td>
               #_EVENTDATES<br/>
               #_EVENTTIMES<br/>
        </td>
        <td>
               #_EVENTLINK
               {has_location}<br/><i>#_LOCATIONNAME, #_LOCATIONTOWN #_LOCATIONSTATE</i>{/has_location}
        </td>
        <td> #_CUSTOMEXCERPT </td>
</tr>

=> Default event list format footer

</tbody></table>