function tribe_events_get_the_excerpt( $post = null, $allowed_html = null, $skip_postdata_manipulation = false ) {
		// If post is not numeric or instance of WP_Post it defaults to the current Post ID
		if ( ! is_numeric( $post ) && ! $post instanceof WP_Post ) {
			$post = get_the_ID();
		}

		// If not a WP_Post we try to fetch it as one
		if ( is_numeric( $post ) ) {
			$post = WP_Post::get_instance( $post );
		}

		// Prevent Non usable $post instances
		if ( ! $post instanceof WP_Post ) {
			return null;
		}

		// Default Allowed HTML
		if ( ! is_array( $allowed_html ) ) {
			$base_attrs = array(
				'class' => array(),
				'id' => array(),
				'style' => array(),
			);
			$allowed_html = array(
				'a' => array(
					'class' => array(),
					'id' => array(),
					'style' => array(),
					'href' => array(),
					'rel' => array(),
					'target' => array(),
				),
				'b' => $base_attrs,
				'strong' => $base_attrs,
				'em' => $base_attrs,
				'span' => $base_attrs,
				'ul' => $base_attrs,
				'li' => $base_attrs,
				'ol' => $base_attrs,
			);
		}

		/**
		 * Allow developers to filter what are the allowed HTML on the Excerpt
		 *
		 * @var array Must be compatible to wp_kses structure
		 *
		 * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_kses
		 */
		$allowed_html = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_excerpt_allowed_html', $allowed_html, $post );

		/**
		 * Allow shortcodes to be Applied on the Excerpt or not
		 *
		 * @var bool
		 */
		$allow_shortcodes = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_excerpt_allow_shortcode', false );

		/**
		 * Filter to stop removal of shortcode markup in the Excerpt
		 * This will remove all text that resembles a shortcode [shortcode 5]
		 *
		 * @var bool
		 */
		$remove_shortcodes = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_excerpt_shortcode_removal', true );

		// Get the Excerpt or content based on what is available
		$excerpt = has_excerpt( $post->ID ) ? $post->post_excerpt : $post->post_content;

		// If shortcode filter is enabled let's process them
		if ( $allow_shortcodes ) {
			$excerpt = do_shortcode( $excerpt );
		}

		// Remove all shortcode Content before removing HTML
		if ( $remove_shortcodes ) {
			$excerpt = preg_replace( '#\[.+\]#U', '', $excerpt );
		}

		// Remove "all" HTML based on what is allowed
		$excerpt = wp_kses( $excerpt, $allowed_html );

		if ( ! has_excerpt( $post->ID ) ) {
			// Temporarily alter the global post in preparation for our filters.
			$global_post = isset( $GLOBALS['post'] ) ? $GLOBALS['post'] : null;
			$GLOBALS['post'] = $post;

			// We will only trim Excerpt if it comes from Post Content

			/**
			 * Filter the number of words in an excerpt.
			 *
			 * @param int $number The number of words. Default 55.
			 */
			$excerpt_length = apply_filters( 'excerpt_length', 55 );

			/**
			 * Filter the string in the "more" link displayed after a trimmed excerpt.
			 *
			 * @param string $more_string The string shown within the more link.
			 */
			$excerpt_more = apply_filters( 'excerpt_more', ' […]' );

			// Now we actually trim it
			$excerpt = wp_trim_words( $excerpt, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );

			// Original post is back in action!
			$GLOBALS['post'] = $global_post;
		}

		if ( ! $skip_postdata_manipulation ) {
			// Setup post data to be able to use WP template tags
			setup_postdata( $post );
		}

		/**
		 * Filter the event excerpt used in various views.
		 *
		 * @param string  $excerpt
		 * @param WP_Post $post
		 */
		$excerpt = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_get_the_excerpt', wpautop( $excerpt ), $post );

		if ( ! $skip_postdata_manipulation ) {
			wp_reset_postdata();
		}

		return $excerpt;
	}