Hi Kelly,
Glad to hear you were able to locate how to do the override — nice work!
You can set Filter Bar to display on the left side of the calendar on the Events > Settings > Filters screen:

That will place the Filter Bar on the left side of the calendar on the main calendar page. I do want to note, however, that Filter Bar is not currently supported by shortcodes — you may already be aware of that, but wanted to mention that to help avoid any possible confusion up front. 🙂
We typically like to keep support threads to one topic at a time, but let me know if you have any other questions about the search bar settings and I’d be happy to help as best I can.
Cheers!
Geoff