Photography website of Events, Night Clubs, Shows with photo gallery, calendar, news, etc

Please look at the picture, this was my website 15 years ago and this image shows how it used to be. We used to go to shows, clubs and events and take pictures of the people. It also had news about places and upcoming events. Now I want to completely rebuild it from scratch but I lack the new skill web devs have today.
So basically I need help designing a landing page with the latest coverages, news, future events, etc. All in english. Domain and logo are still work in progress but not important right now.

The most important sections of this website will be the landing page and the photo galleries where people will see their photos.


some style I'm looking for:

photo gallery with likes, social sharing options and comments:

http://preview.codecanyon.net/item/auto-grid-responsive-gallery/full_screen_preview/3864088

landing page:

1 - https://preview.themeforest.net/item/clubio-night-club-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/28147902?_ga=2.196234085.852586743.1626665350-949090573.1626665071

2 - http://acidum.like-themes.com/

I'd much rather stay away from Wordpress and have a website built with HTML, CSS, PHP, Mysql. .like mine was, but I know times have changed and if you think Wordpress is the way to go I'll consider it, I just need help figuring out the best outcome.

thank you so much for taking your time and I hope we can be partners soon.