Hey Lasbat,
Thanks for reaching out to us!
I apologize for the disappointment with the custom views for events. Flexibility with the views is something that we’re currently working on improving. One of the steps has been to create some shortcodes for some of the features. You can find out more about those here. Also, if you’ve created a custom template, have you tried using the Default Template setting within the Event Settings > Display tab to utilize a custom template?
The linking to event details via a lightbox is an interesting idea. Unfortunately that is a customization that is beyond what we’re able to provide in support here.
For the tickets, when creating a ticket for an event the ticket should automatically show up on the single view of the event like this https://cloudup.com/c2AL_LbOazh. Usually, when this isn’t occurring it is due to a start or end sale date being set on the ticket which falls outside of the current time period. You can check those settings to make sure that isn’t what’s preventing the display of the tickets. You can also leave those settings blank.
If that doesn’t work, you may need to try the Testing for Conflicts procedures to ensure there isn’t a conflict occurring with another plugin or theme.
Let me know if this helps.
Thanks!