diff --git a/plugins/data-api.js b/plugins/data-api.js
index c7c6614a8..7939961a3 100644
--- a/plugins/data-api.js
+++ b/plugins/data-api.js
@@ -317,6 +317,19 @@ export default function ({ $config }, inject) {
         sectionHandleTermQueryObj["query_string"] = {}
         sectionHandleTermQueryObj["query_string"]["query"] = sectionHandle
         boolQuery.push(sectionHandleTermQueryObj)
+
+        if (sectionHandle == "sectionHandle:event OR sectionHandle:exhibition OR sectionHandle:eventSeries") {
+            boolQuery.push(
+                {
+                    "range": {
+                        "endDateWithTime": {
+                            "gte": "now",
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            )
+        }
+
         // console.log("query:" + boolQuery)
         return boolQuery
     }
diff --git a/utils/searchConfig.js b/utils/searchConfig.js
index ecf4a854d..3fce82f9a 100644
--- a/utils/searchConfig.js
+++ b/utils/searchConfig.js
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ const config = {
             } */
         ],
         resultFields: ["*"],
-        sortField: "title.keyword",
+        sortField: "startDateWithTime",
         orderBy: "asc",
     },
 }