diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index d66cd5def..1ab7c3e48 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ <h1 class="home-section-heading">
       </h1>
       <div class="home-events">
         {{ $today := time.AsTime (now.Format "2006-01-02") }}
-        {{ range first 4 (where (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "events") ".Date" "ge" $today).ByDate }}
+        {{ $futureEvents := first 4 (where (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "events") ".Date" "ge" $today).ByDate }}
+        {{ $eventsToShow := $futureEvents }}
+        {{ if lt (len $futureEvents) 4 }}
+          {{ $pastEvents := first (sub 4 (len $futureEvents)) (where (where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "events") ".Date" "lt" $today).ByDate.Reverse }}
+          {{ $eventsToShow = sort (append $futureEvents $pastEvents) "Date" }}
+        {{ end }}
+        {{ range $eventsToShow }}
           <a class="event_card_link hvr-float" href="{{ .RelPermalink }}"
             >{{- partial "event_card.html" . -}}</a
           >