Event list limit

Try [qem posts=3]

Loads more shortcodes here: https://quick-plugins.com/quick-event-manager/all-the-shortcodes/

If you want to hard code the list into your template this should work:

<?php echo do_shortcode("[qem posts=3]"); ?>

Thanks this worked! I was trying [qem=3] adding post to the short code makes sense.