function tribe_get_venues( $only_with_upcoming = false, $posts_per_page = -1, $suppress_filters = true, array $args = array() ) {
		// filter out the `null` values
		$args = array_diff_key( $args, array_filter( $args, 'is_null' ) );

		if ( tribe_is_truthy( $only_with_upcoming ) ) {
			$args['only_with_upcoming'] = true;
		}

		$filter_args = array(
			'event' => 'find_for_event',
			'has_events' => 'find_with_events',
			'only_with_upcoming' => 'find_with_upcoming_events',
		);

		foreach ( $filter_args as $filter_arg => $method ) {
			if ( ! isset( $args[ $filter_arg ] ) ) {
				continue;
			}

			if ( 'only_with_upcoming' !== $filter_arg ) {
				$found = tribe( 'tec.linked-posts.venue' )->$method( $args[ $filter_arg ] );
			} else {
				$found = tribe( 'tec.linked-posts.venue' )->find_with_upcoming_events(
					$args[ $filter_arg ],
					isset( $args['post_status'] ) ? $args['post_status'] : null
				);
			}

			if ( empty( $found ) ) {
				return array();
			}

			$args['post__in'] = ! empty( $args['post__in'] )
				? array_intersect( (array) $args['post__in'], $found )
				: $found;

			if ( empty( $args['post__in'] ) ) {
				return array();
			}
		}

		$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
				'post_type'        => Tribe__Events__Main::VENUE_POST_TYPE,
				'posts_per_page'   => $posts_per_page,
				'suppress_filters' => $suppress_filters,
			)
		);

		$return_found_posts = ! empty( $args['found_posts'] );

		if ( $return_found_posts ) {
			$parsed_args['posts_per_page'] = 1;
			$parsed_args['paged']          = 1;
		}

		$query = new WP_Query( $parsed_args );

		if ( $return_found_posts ) {
			if ( $query->have_posts() ) {

				return $query->found_posts;
			}

			return 0;
		}

		return $query->have_posts() ? $query->posts : array();
	}