You may want to customise the icon navigation bar that appears above the main JEvents component. For example you may not want to show the monthly calendar.
The steps you take differ based on which layout you are using:
1. Default
Copy "defaultviewnavtablebariconic.php" from components/com_jevents/views/default/helpers/ to templates/{YOUR TEMPLATE}/html/com_jevents/helpers/ (creating any folders that are missing.
Edit this file to make the changes you want - for example to remove the monthly calendar icon delete the lines that reads:
"echo $this->_viewMonthIcon($view_date);" and "<td></td>"
circa lines 29 and 45.
2. Geraint
Copy and rename "defaultviewnavtablebariconic.php" from components/com_jevents/views/default/helpers/ to templates/{YOUR TEMPLATE}/html/com_jevents/helpers/geraintviewnavtablebariconic.php (creating any folders that are missing. You must also change the class name (line 4) and function name (line 8) to GeraintViewNavTableBarIconic.
The view by month code in this file is at lines 29 and 45.
3. Alternative
Copy "alternativeviewnavtablebariconic.php" from components/com_jevents/views/alternative/helpers/ to templates/{YOUR TEMPLATE}/html/com_jevents/helpers/ (creating any folders that are missing.
The view by month code in this file is at lines ~ 29-33.
4. Ext
Copy "extviewnavtablebariconic.php" from components/com_jevents/views/ext/helpers/ to templates/{YOUR TEMPLATE}/html/com_jevents/helpers/ (creating any folders that are missing.
Monthly icon code in this file is at lines ~ 57-64
5. Ruthin
Copy "ruthinviewnavtablebariconic.php" from components/com_jevents/views/ruthin/helpers/ to templates/{YOUR TEMPLATE}/html/com_jevents/helpers/ (creating any folders that are missing.
changes as in 1. Default above.
6. ExtPlus
Copy "extplusviewnavtablebariconic.php" from components/com_jevents/views/extplus/helpers/ to templates/{YOUR TEMPLATE}/html/com_jevents/helpers/ (creating any folders that are missing.
Monthly icon code is at lines ~ 38-42