diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 047e88eb1..3833ca7dc 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  - fixed #10970: Newsletter Asset: no subscribe link
  - fixed #10953: SendNewsletters Activity: Invalid template variable
  - fixed #10913: User profiles: Impossible to delete field contents
+ - fixed #10929: EMS Ticket Start Date Sort
 
 7.7.19
  - fixed #10838: Forwarded forum post email to new CS adds reply to original thread
diff --git a/docs/upgrades/packages-7.8.0/root_import_ems_badge-builder-default.wgpkg b/docs/upgrades/packages-7.8.0/root_import_ems_badge-builder-default.wgpkg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3ca35b11
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diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm
index 4241b0d19..b7ae690ad 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/EventManagementSystem.pm
@@ -1261,11 +1261,13 @@ sub www_getTicketsAsJson {
     my ($self) = @_;
 	my $session = $self->session;
     return $session->privilege->insufficient() unless $self->canView;
-    my ($db, $form) = $session->quick(qw(db form));
-    my $startIndex = $form->get('startIndex') || 0;
-    my $numberOfResults = $form->get('results') || 25;
+    my ($db, $form)     = $session->quick(qw(db form));
+    my $startIndex      = $form->get('startIndex') || 0;
+    my $numberOfResults = $form->get('results')    || 25;
+    my $sortDir         = $form->get('sortDir')    || 'ASC';
+    my $sortKey         = $form->get('sortKey')    || 'eventNumber';
     my %results = ();
-	my @ids = ();
+	my @ids     = ();
 	my $keywords = $form->get('keywords');
 	
 	# looking for specific events
@@ -1287,7 +1289,7 @@ sub www_getTicketsAsJson {
 	# just get all tickets
 	else {
 		@ids = $db->buildArray("select assetId from asset left join EMSTicket using (assetId) where parentId=? and
-className='WebGUI::Asset::Sku::EMSTicket' and state='published' and revisionDate=(select max(revisionDate) from EMSTicket where assetId=asset.assetId) order by eventNumber", [$self->getId]);
+className='WebGUI::Asset::Sku::EMSTicket' and state='published' and revisionDate=(select max(revisionDate) from EMSTicket where assetId=asset.assetId) order by $sortKey $sortDir", [$self->getId]);
 	}
 	
 	# get badge's badge groups