Hi Barbara!
Thanks for getting in touch with us! I’d be happy to help you with this.
If you need to retrieve the next 3 upcoming events, you can use the following code:
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
'posts_per_page' => 3,
));
There’s no need to set a ‘start_date’ as it retrieves upcoming events by default. Let me share the following article as a reference > https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/using-tribe_get_events/
I hope that helps 🙂 Let me know if any follow up questions
Best,
Victor