Hi,
you need to specify your first meta_query in more detail.
$today = date('Ymd');
$args = array (
'post_type' => 'events',
'order' => 'ASC',
'cat' => '2',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'event_date',
'compare' => '>=',
'value' => $today,
)
),
);
This is an approximation of the code based on what I can gather from your example. The important part is just to add the ‘meta_query’ in your standard query and you’ll be set.