you can use custom taxonomies and make you query_posts much easier!
by that i mean create a custom taxonomy for type,duration like so:
add_action('init','register_event_tax');
function register_event_tax(){
register_taxonomy('even_type',array('events'), array(
'hierarchical' => false,
'labels' => 'type',
'show_ui' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'type' ),
));
register_taxonomy('even_duration',array('events'), array(
'hierarchical' => false,
'labels' => 'type',
'show_ui' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'duration' ),
));
}
then you can query posts like this:
query_posts('post_type=Event&duration=DAILY&type=COMEDY&meta_key=Date&meta_compare=>=&meta_value=" . $todaysDate . "&orderby=meta_value&order=ASC');
and you can change the duration and type to filter what ever type or duration you want.
hope this helps.