Modern Tribe Calendar wp-query with meta query not working at all

What I would do is create a query for the _EventStartDate with a custom ‘eventDisplay’. This will grab all events, ordered by the start date. Then, once you get into the loop; compare the start date to a specific date that you want to output. tribe_get_start_date() accepts a date format parameter (see here) that will allow you to return the format that you would like to compare against. Note, This code is untested but should put you on the right track.

$args = array(
    'post_status'=>'publish',
    'post_type'=> 'tribe_events',
    'posts_per_page'=> 10,
    'meta_key'=> '_EventStartDate',
    'orderby'=> '_EventStartDate',
    'order'=> 'DESC',
    'eventDisplay'=> 'custom',
);

$query = new WP_Query($args);

if ($query->have_posts()) {
    while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post();
        if(tribe_get_start_date() != [INSERT DATE TO COMPARE WITH]) {
            echo tribe_get_start_date() . ' ';
            the_title() . '</br>';
        }
    endwhile;
}

wp_reset_postdata();