function tribe_events_template_data( $event = null, array $additional = null ) {
		// Base JSON variable
		$json = array(
			'i18n' => array(),
		);

		if ( ! is_null( $event ) ) {
			$event = get_post( $event );
			// Check if we are dealing with an Event
			if ( is_object( $event ) && $event instanceof WP_Post && tribe_is_event( $event->ID ) ) {
				$has_image      = false;
				$image_src      = '';
				$image_tool_src = '';

				/**
				 * Fires before the $date_display is called
				 *
				 * @since 4.7.2
				 *
				 * @param $event
				 */
				do_action( 'tribe_events_before_event_template_data_date_display', $event );
				$date_display = strip_tags( tribe_events_event_schedule_details( $event ) );
				/**
				 * Fires after the $date_display is called
				 *
				 * @since 4.7.2
				 *
				 * @param $event
				 */
				do_action( 'tribe_events_after_event_template_data_date_display', $event );

				if ( function_exists( 'has_post_thumbnail' ) && has_post_thumbnail( $event->ID ) ) {
					$has_image      = true;
					$image_src      = tribe_event_featured_image( $event->ID, 'large', false, false );
					$image_tool_src = tribe_event_featured_image( $event->ID, 'medium', false, false );
				}

				$category_classes = tribe_events_event_classes( $event->ID, false );
				$day              = tribe_events_get_current_month_day();
				$event_id         = "{$event->ID}-{$day['date']}";

				$json['eventId']         = $event_id;
				$json['title']           = wp_kses_post( apply_filters( 'the_title', $event->post_title, $event->ID ) );
				$json['permalink']       = tribe_get_event_link( $event->ID );
				$json['imageSrc']        = $image_src;
				$json['dateDisplay']     = $date_display;
				$json['imageTooltipSrc'] = $image_tool_src;
				$json['excerpt']         = ! post_password_required( $event ) ? tribe_events_get_the_excerpt( $event, null, true ) : '';
				$json['categoryClasses'] = $category_classes;

				/**
				 * Template overrides (of month/tooltip.php) set up in 3.9.3 or earlier may still expect
				 * these vars and will break without them, so they are being kept temporarily for
				 * backwards compatibility purposes.
				 *
				 * @todo consider removing in 4.0
				 */
				$json['startTime'] = tribe_get_start_date( $event );
				$json['endTime']   = tribe_get_end_date( $event );
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Internationalization Strings
		 */
		$json['i18n']['find_out_more'] = esc_attr__( 'Find out more »', 'the-events-calendar' );
		$json['i18n']['for_date'] = sprintf( esc_attr__( '%s for', 'the-events-calendar' ), tribe_get_event_label_plural() );

		if ( $additional ) {
			$json = array_merge( (array) $json, (array) $additional );
		}

		$json = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_template_data_array', $json, $event, $additional );

		$json = tribe_prepare_for_json_deep( $json );

		return json_encode( $json );
	}