Thanks for reaching out, Mike!
While our plugins indeed provide that second feature you listed—”2) Searchable by event type, or name or state”—our plugins unfortunately do not provide the first and third things you list:
1) Simple column type of format – 5 columns
3) Able to input large files of events all in specific columns
The only “formats” available from our plugin are the types of Views you can see on our demo site here → http://wpshindig.com/events
And while there are numerous ways of importing event data from files, you cannot specify specific display columns or anything of the sort. 🙁
Sorry to disappoint!
Sincerely,
George