diff --git a/app/components/explore/side-bar.js b/app/components/explore/side-bar.js
index 27306421da6..c1a7b0b434e 100644
--- a/app/components/explore/side-bar.js
+++ b/app/components/explore/side-bar.js
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ export default class SideBar extends Component {
           break;
 
         case 'all_dates':
+          newStartDate = 'all_date';
           break;
 
         case 'today':
diff --git a/app/routes/explore.js b/app/routes/explore.js
index 2b8c544336c..72088b41c78 100644
--- a/app/routes/explore.js
+++ b/app/routes/explore.js
@@ -223,20 +223,37 @@ export default class ExploreRoute extends Route {
           ]
       });
     } else if (params.start_date) {
-      filterOptions.push({
-        or: [
-          {
-            name : 'starts-at',
-            op   : 'ge',
-            val  : params.start_date
-          },
-          {
-            name : 'ends-at',
-            op   : 'ge',
-            val  : params.start_date
-          }
-        ]
-      });
+      if (params.start_date === 'all_date') {
+        filterOptions.push({
+          or: [
+            {
+              name : 'starts-at',
+              op   : 'le',
+              val  : moment().toISOString()
+            },
+            {
+              name : 'ends-at',
+              op   : 'ge',
+              val  : moment().toISOString()
+            }
+          ]
+        });
+      } else {
+        filterOptions.push({
+          or: [
+            {
+              name : 'starts-at',
+              op   : 'ge',
+              val  : params.start_date
+            },
+            {
+              name : 'ends-at',
+              op   : 'ge',
+              val  : params.start_date
+            }
+          ]
+        });
+      }
     } else if (params.is_past) {
       filterOptions.push({
         and: [
@@ -272,7 +289,7 @@ export default class ExploreRoute extends Route {
     return this.infinity.model('event', {
       include      : 'event-topic,event-sub-topic,event-type',
       filter       : filterOptions,
-      sort         : params.is_past ? '-starts-at' : 'starts-at',
+      sort         : params.is_past || (params.start_date === 'all_date') ? '-starts-at' : 'starts-at',
       perPage      : 6,
       startingPage : 1,
       perPageParam : 'page[size]',
diff --git a/app/templates/explore.hbs b/app/templates/explore.hbs
index 2b979b4a72f..3b2675c69d2 100644
--- a/app/templates/explore.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/explore.hbs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
           <a href="#" role="button" {{action 'clearFilter' 'event_type'}}><i class="icon close"></i></a>
         </div>
       {{/if}}
-      {{#if this.filters.start_date}}
+      {{#if (and this.filters.start_date (not-eq this.filters.start_date "all_date"))}}
         <div class="ui mini label">
           {{general-date this.filters.start_date 'date-short'}}
           <a href="#" role="button" {{action 'clearFilter' 'start_date'}}><i class="icon close"></i></a>