Category Count counts past events

The example link is only showing future events – so it looks like you fixed the problem…

Yes, in the right hand column, you can see that there are 6 active events for Food.

However, in the left side bar, under “Events By Type”, it says there are 34 events for “Food”:

Special Events (388)
…..
Food (34)
Guided Tours (72)
Art (246)
Music (50)
…..

Ok, got you. How are you generating that list?

<?php
function redeen_event($events_list)
{
	$event_pattern="~.*<td>(.*)</td>.*<td>(.*)</td>.*~Uims";
	preg_match_all($event_pattern,$events_list,$event_matches);
	$r_line="";
	for($i=0;$i<count($event_matches[1]);$i++)
	{
			$r_line.="<p>".implode("Where: ",explode("",$event_matches[2][$i]))."</p>";
			$w_split=explode("",$event_matches[1][$i]);
			$r_line.="<p>".$w_split[1]."</p>";

	}
	return $r_line;
}
function count_event($events_list)
{
	$event_pattern="~.*<td>(.*)</td>.*<td>(.*)</td>.*~Uims";
	preg_match_all($event_pattern,$events_list,$event_matches);
	return count($event_matches[1]);
}
function check_sidebar_cache()
{

	$tod_day=date("Y-m-d",strtotime(current_time('mysql')));
	$cache_file=get_template_directory()."/event_cache/sidebar_cache";
	if(!is_file($cache_file))return false;
	$cache=file_get_contents($cache_file);
	$file_split=explode("<|>",$cache);

	$query="SELECT * FROM 'wp_posts' WHERE post_type = 'event' ORDER BY post_modified DESC LIMIT 1";
	$check_req=mysql_query($query);
	$check_res=mysql_fetch_assoc($check_req);
	$full_cache_date=date("Y-m-d H:i:s",$file_split[0]);
	if($check_res['post_date'] > $full_cache_date || $check_res['post_modified'] > $full_cache_date) return false;

	$cache_day=date("Y-m-d",$file_split[0]);
	if($cache_day!=$tod_day)return false;
	else return $cache;
}
$cache=check_sidebar_cache();
$file_split=explode("<|>",$cache);
if($cache===false) $em_cache=strtotime(current_time('mysql'));

?>

	 <h3 class="types_header"><a href="#">events by type</a></h3>

    <div id="types_content" class="types_conent">
	<?php
	if($cache===false)
	{
		$termchildren = get_term_children( 51,$taxonomyName);

		$d="";
		$d.='

<ul>';
		foreach ($termchildren as $child) {
			$term = get_term_by( 'id', $child,$taxonomyName );
			if($term->count==0) continue;
			$d.='<li><a href="/events/categories/type/'. $term->slug.'">' . $term->name ." (".$term->count.")".'</a></li>';
		}
		$d.='</ul>
';
		$em_cache.="<|>".$d;
		echo $d;
		$cache_file=get_template_directory()."/event_cache/sidebar_cache";
		$a_key=fopen($cache_file,"w");
		fwrite( $a_key,$em_cache,strlen($em_cache));
		fclose($a_key);
	}
	else echo $file_split[4];
	?>
	</div>
</div>

hi, have you tried something like this echo EM_Events::count('category'=>x); ?