public function get_closest_event( $post, $mode = 'next' ) {
			if ( 'previous' === $mode ) {
				$order      = 'DESC';
				$direction  = '<=';
				$this->_where_direction = '<';
			} else {
				$order      = 'ASC';
				$direction  = '>=';
				$this->_where_direction = '>';
				$mode       = 'next';
			}

			// This property and the `_where_x` ones are temporary by design to get around 5.2 lack of closures.
			$this->_where_compare = $direction;
			$this->_where_post_id   = $post->ID;
			$start_date = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_EventStartDate', true );
			$this->_where_start_date = $start_date;

			$args       = array(
				'post__not_in'   => array( $post->ID ),
				'meta_key'       => '_EventStartDate',
				'orderby'        => array( '_EventStartDate' => $order, 'ID' => $order ),
				'posts_per_page' => 1,
				'meta_query'     => array(
					array(
						'key'     => '_EventStartDate',
						'value'   => $start_date,
						'compare' => $direction,
					),
					array(
						'key'     => '_EventHideFromUpcoming',
						'compare' => 'NOT EXISTS',
					),
					'relation'    => 'AND',
				),
			);

			/**
			 * Allows the query arguments used when retrieving the next/previous event link
			 * to be modified.
			 *
			 * @var array   $args
			 * @var WP_Post $post
			 */
			$args = (array) apply_filters( "tribe_events_get_{$mode}_event_link", $args, $post );
			add_filter( 'posts_where', array( $this, 'get_closest_event_where' ), 10, 2 );
			$results = tribe_get_events( $args );
			remove_filter( 'posts_where', array( $this, 'get_closest_event_where' ) );
			// Unset the temporary properties we set to get around lack of closure support in PHP 5.2.
			unset( $this->_where_direction, $this->_where_compare, $this->_where_post_id, $this->_where_start_date );

			$event = null;

			// If we successfully located the next/prev event, we should have precisely one element in $results
			if ( 1 === count( $results ) ) {
				$event = current( $results );
			}

			/**
			 * Affords an opportunity to modify the event used to generate the event link (typically for
			 * the next or previous event in relation to $post).
			 *
			 * @var WP_Post $post
			 * @var string  $mode (typically "previous" or "next")
			 */
			return apply_filters( 'tribe_events_get_closest_event', $event, $post, $mode );
		}