The WordPress plugin called “The Events Calendar” ( The Events Calendar(...)) is one of a number of routines that allow you to create and display dated events. It provides multiple views of your data – as a monthly calendar, in lists in a widget and on a page, upcoming and past. etcetera.

Bobbing Wide have used the-events-calendar plugin on client’s websites. It requires a bit of work to get the styling right but it seems very effective. The Pro version of the latest release looks promising.
If you don’t like the events calendar you can also try the Calendar(...) plugin.