diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 43949e484..85c3f4d5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
 - CLI/RPC/Config
   - [config] \#9491 Add new event subscription options and defaults. (@creachadair)
   - [config] \#9259 Rename the fastsync section and the fast_sync key blocksync and block_sync respectively
+  - [rpc] \#7982 Add new Events interface and deprecate Subscribe. (@creachadair)
 
 - Apps
   - [abci/counter] \#6684 Delete counter example app
diff --git a/light/proxy/routes.go b/light/proxy/routes.go
index c97a91dfd..22f248c96 100644
--- a/light/proxy/routes.go
+++ b/light/proxy/routes.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package proxy
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	lrpc "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/light/rpc"
 	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
@@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ import (
 
 func RPCRoutes(c *lrpc.Client) map[string]*rpcserver.RPCFunc {
 	return map[string]*rpcserver.RPCFunc{
-		// Subscribe/unsubscribe are reserved for websocket events.
+		// Event subscription. Note that subscribe, unsubscribe, and
+		// unsubscribe_all are only available via the websocket endpoint.
+		"events":          rpcserver.NewRPCFunc(makeEventsSearchFunc(c), "filter,maxItems,before,after,waitTime"),
 		"subscribe":       rpcserver.NewWSRPCFunc(c.SubscribeWS, "query"),
 		"unsubscribe":     rpcserver.NewWSRPCFunc(c.UnsubscribeWS, "query"),
 		"unsubscribe_all": rpcserver.NewWSRPCFunc(c.UnsubscribeAllWS, ""),
@@ -300,3 +304,31 @@ func makeBroadcastEvidenceFunc(c *lrpc.Client) rpcBroadcastEvidenceFunc {
 		return c.BroadcastEvidence(ctx.Context(), ev)
 	}
 }
+
+type rpcEventsSearchFunc func(
+	ctx *rpctypes.Context,
+	filter string,
+	maxItems int,
+	before, after string,
+	waitTime time.Duration,
+) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error)
+
+func makeEventsSearchFunc(c *lrpc.Client) rpcEventsSearchFunc {
+	return func(
+		ctx *rpctypes.Context,
+		filter string,
+		maxItems int,
+		before, after string,
+		waitTime time.Duration,
+	) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error) {
+		return c.Events(ctx.Context(), &ctypes.RequestEvents{
+			Filter: &ctypes.EventFilter{
+				Query: filter,
+			},
+			MaxItems: maxItems,
+			WaitTime: waitTime,
+			Before:   before,
+			After:    after,
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/light/rpc/client.go b/light/rpc/client.go
index 234b89ca5..40aa14b46 100644
--- a/light/rpc/client.go
+++ b/light/rpc/client.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/merkle"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/eventlog/cursor"
 	tmbytes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/bytes"
 	tmmath "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/math"
 	service "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/service"
@@ -573,11 +572,11 @@ func (c *Client) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, subscriber, query string,
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Unsubscribe(ctx context.Context, subscriber, query string) error {
-	return c.next.Unsubscribe(ctx, subscriber, query)
+	return c.next.Unsubscribe(ctx, subscriber, query) //nolint:staticcheck
 }
 
 func (c *Client) UnsubscribeAll(ctx context.Context, subscriber string) error {
-	return c.next.UnsubscribeAll(ctx, subscriber)
+	return c.next.UnsubscribeAll(ctx, subscriber) //nolint:staticcheck
 }
 
 func (c *Client) updateLightClientIfNeededTo(ctx context.Context, height *int64) (*types.LightBlock, error) {
@@ -600,15 +599,8 @@ func (c *Client) RegisterOpDecoder(typ string, dec merkle.OpDecoder) {
 	c.prt.RegisterOpDecoder(typ, dec)
 }
 
-// TODO(creachadair): Remove this once the RPC clients support the new method.
-// This is just a placeholder to let things build during development.
-func (c *Client) Events(ctx *rpctypes.Context,
-	filter *ctypes.EventFilter,
-	maxItems int,
-	before, after cursor.Cursor,
-	waitTime time.Duration,
-) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error) {
-	return nil, errors.New("the /events method is not implemented")
+func (c *Client) Events(ctx context.Context, req *ctypes.RequestEvents) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error) {
+	return c.next.Events(ctx, req)
 }
 
 // SubscribeWS subscribes for events using the given query and remote address as
@@ -643,7 +635,7 @@ func (c *Client) SubscribeWS(ctx *rpctypes.Context, query string) (*ctypes.Resul
 // UnsubscribeWS calls original client's Unsubscribe using remote address as a
 // subscriber.
 func (c *Client) UnsubscribeWS(ctx *rpctypes.Context, query string) (*ctypes.ResultUnsubscribe, error) {
-	err := c.next.Unsubscribe(context.Background(), ctx.RemoteAddr(), query)
+	err := c.next.Unsubscribe(context.Background(), ctx.RemoteAddr(), query) //nolint:staticcheck
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -653,7 +645,7 @@ func (c *Client) UnsubscribeWS(ctx *rpctypes.Context, query string) (*ctypes.Res
 // UnsubscribeAllWS calls original client's UnsubscribeAll using remote address
 // as a subscriber.
 func (c *Client) UnsubscribeAllWS(ctx *rpctypes.Context) (*ctypes.ResultUnsubscribe, error) {
-	err := c.next.UnsubscribeAll(context.Background(), ctx.RemoteAddr())
+	err := c.next.UnsubscribeAll(context.Background(), ctx.RemoteAddr()) //nolint:staticcheck
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/client/helpers.go b/rpc/client/helpers.go
index 8014d875a..9c4d3ad15 100644
--- a/rpc/client/helpers.go
+++ b/rpc/client/helpers.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func WaitForHeight(c StatusClient, h int64, waiter Waiter) error {
 // when the timeout duration has expired.
 //
 // This handles subscribing and unsubscribing under the hood
-func WaitForOneEvent(c EventsClient, evtTyp string, timeout time.Duration) (types.TMEventData, error) {
+func WaitForOneEvent(c SubscriptionClient, evtTyp string, timeout time.Duration) (types.TMEventData, error) {
 	const subscriber = "helpers"
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/rpc/client/http/http.go b/rpc/client/http/http.go
index 8af6b3ee7..5afc85b0e 100644
--- a/rpc/client/http/http.go
+++ b/rpc/client/http/http.go
@@ -363,6 +363,20 @@ func (c *baseRPCClient) ConsensusParams(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func (c *baseRPCClient) Events(ctx context.Context, req *ctypes.RequestEvents) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error) {
+	result := new(ctypes.ResultEvents)
+	if _, err := c.caller.Call(ctx, "events", map[string]interface{}{
+		"filter":   req.Filter.Query,
+		"maxItems": req.MaxItems,
+		"before":   req.Before,
+		"after":    req.After,
+		"waitTime": req.WaitTime,
+	}, result); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 func (c *baseRPCClient) Health(ctx context.Context) (*ctypes.ResultHealth, error) {
 	result := new(ctypes.ResultHealth)
 	_, err := c.caller.Call(ctx, "health", map[string]interface{}{}, result)
@@ -597,7 +611,7 @@ func (c *baseRPCClient) BroadcastEvidence(
 
 var errNotRunning = errors.New("client is not running. Use .Start() method to start")
 
-// WSEvents is a wrapper around WSClient, which implements EventsClient.
+// WSEvents is a wrapper around WSClient, which implements SubscriptionClient.
 type WSEvents struct {
 	service.BaseService
 	remote   string
@@ -608,6 +622,8 @@ type WSEvents struct {
 	subscriptions map[string]chan ctypes.ResultEvent // query -> chan
 }
 
+var _ rpcclient.SubscriptionClient = (*WSEvents)(nil)
+
 func newWSEvents(remote, endpoint string) (*WSEvents, error) {
 	w := &WSEvents{
 		endpoint:      endpoint,
@@ -647,7 +663,7 @@ func (w *WSEvents) OnStop() {
 	}
 }
 
-// Subscribe implements EventsClient by using WSClient to subscribe given
+// Subscribe implements SubscriptionClient by using WSClient to subscribe given
 // subscriber to query. By default, returns a channel with cap=1. Error is
 // returned if it fails to subscribe.
 //
@@ -680,7 +696,7 @@ func (w *WSEvents) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, subscriber, query string,
 	return outc, nil
 }
 
-// Unsubscribe implements EventsClient by using WSClient to unsubscribe given
+// Unsubscribe implements SubscriptionClient by using WSClient to unsubscribe given
 // subscriber from query.
 //
 // It returns an error if WSEvents is not running.
@@ -703,7 +719,7 @@ func (w *WSEvents) Unsubscribe(ctx context.Context, subscriber, query string) er
 	return nil
 }
 
-// UnsubscribeAll implements EventsClient by using WSClient to unsubscribe
+// UnsubscribeAll implements SubscriptionClient by using WSClient to unsubscribe
 // given subscriber from all the queries.
 //
 // It returns an error if WSEvents is not running.
diff --git a/rpc/client/interface.go b/rpc/client/interface.go
index 92783634c..a2eabc8b3 100644
--- a/rpc/client/interface.go
+++ b/rpc/client/interface.go
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ type Client interface {
 	service.Service
 	ABCIClient
 	EventsClient
+	EvidenceClient
 	HistoryClient
+	MempoolClient
 	NetworkClient
 	SignClient
 	StatusClient
-	EvidenceClient
-	MempoolClient
+	SubscriptionClient
 }
 
 // ABCIClient groups together the functionality that principally affects the
@@ -115,20 +116,40 @@ type NetworkClient interface {
 	Health(context.Context) (*ctypes.ResultHealth, error)
 }
 
-// EventsClient is reactive, you can subscribe to any message, given the proper
-// string. see tendermint/types/events.go
+// EventsClient exposes the methods to retrieve events from the consensus engine.
 type EventsClient interface {
-	// Subscribe subscribes given subscriber to query. Returns a channel with
-	// cap=1 onto which events are published. An error is returned if it fails to
-	// subscribe. outCapacity can be used optionally to set capacity for the
-	// channel. Channel is never closed to prevent accidental reads.
+	// Events fetches a batch of events from the server matching the given query
+	// and time range.
+	Events(ctx context.Context, req *ctypes.RequestEvents) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error)
+}
+
+// TODO(creachadair): This interface should be removed once the streaming event
+// interface is removed in Tendermint v0.39.
+type SubscriptionClient interface {
+	// Subscribe issues a subscription request for the given subscriber ID and
+	// query. This method does not block: If subscription fails, it reports an
+	// error, and if subscription succeeds it returns a channel that delivers
+	// matching events until the subscription is stopped. The channel is never
+	// closed; the client is responsible for knowing when no further data will
+	// be sent.
+	//
+	// The context only governs the initial subscription, it does not control
+	// the lifetime of the channel. To cancel a subscription call Unsubscribe or
+	// UnsubscribeAll.
 	//
 	// ctx cannot be used to unsubscribe. To unsubscribe, use either Unsubscribe
 	// or UnsubscribeAll.
 	Subscribe(ctx context.Context, subscriber, query string, outCapacity ...int) (out <-chan ctypes.ResultEvent, err error)
 	// Unsubscribe unsubscribes given subscriber from query.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: This method will be removed in Tendermint v0.37, use Events
+	// instead.
 	Unsubscribe(ctx context.Context, subscriber, query string) error
+
 	// UnsubscribeAll unsubscribes given subscriber from all the queries.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: This method will be removed in Tendermint v0.37, use Events
+	// instead.
 	UnsubscribeAll(ctx context.Context, subscriber string) error
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/client/local/local.go b/rpc/client/local/local.go
index ca324dee0..057623616 100644
--- a/rpc/client/local/local.go
+++ b/rpc/client/local/local.go
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ func (c *Local) ConsensusParams(ctx context.Context, height *int64) (*ctypes.Res
 	return core.ConsensusParams(c.ctx, height)
 }
 
+func (c *Local) Events(ctx context.Context, req *ctypes.RequestEvents) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error) {
+	return core.Events(c.ctx, req.Filter.Query, req.MaxItems, req.Before, req.After, req.WaitTime)
+}
+
 func (c *Local) Health(ctx context.Context) (*ctypes.ResultHealth, error) {
 	return core.Health(c.ctx)
 }
diff --git a/rpc/client/mock/client.go b/rpc/client/mock/client.go
index ec3a358cd..63d1a6dd0 100644
--- a/rpc/client/mock/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client/mock/client.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	client.EvidenceClient
 	client.MempoolClient
 	service.Service
+	client.SubscriptionClient
 }
 
 var _ client.Client = Client{}
diff --git a/rpc/core/events.go b/rpc/core/events.go
index 582a5d1af..3d2ce477d 100644
--- a/rpc/core/events.go
+++ b/rpc/core/events.go
@@ -148,7 +148,25 @@ func UnsubscribeAll(ctx *rpctypes.Context) (*ctypes.ResultUnsubscribe, error) {
 // If maxItems ≤ 0, a default positive number of events is chosen. The values
 // of maxItems and waitTime may be capped to sensible internal maxima without
 // reporting an error to the caller.
-func Events(ctx context.Context,
+func Events(ctx *rpctypes.Context,
+	filter string,
+	maxItems int,
+	before, after string,
+	waitTime time.Duration,
+) (*ctypes.ResultEvents, error) {
+	var curBefore, curAfter cursor.Cursor
+	if err := curBefore.UnmarshalText([]byte(before)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := curAfter.UnmarshalText([]byte(after)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return EventsWithContext(ctx.Context(), &ctypes.EventFilter{
+		Query: filter,
+	}, maxItems, curBefore, curAfter, waitTime)
+}
+
+func EventsWithContext(ctx context.Context,
 	filter *ctypes.EventFilter,
 	maxItems int,
 	before, after cursor.Cursor,
@@ -254,6 +272,7 @@ func cursorInRange(c, before, after cursor.Cursor) bool {
 func marshalItems(items []*eventlog.Item) ([]*ctypes.EventItem, error) {
 	out := make([]*ctypes.EventItem, len(items))
 	for i, itm := range items {
+		// FIXME: align usage after remove type-tag
 		v, err := json.Marshal(itm.Data)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("encoding event data: %w", err)
diff --git a/rpc/test/helpers.go b/rpc/test/helpers.go
index ebf2e14d5..7de49bfc1 100644
--- a/rpc/test/helpers.go
+++ b/rpc/test/helpers.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func createConfig() *cfg.Config {
 	tm, rpc, grpc := makeAddrs()
 	c.P2P.ListenAddress = tm
 	c.RPC.ListenAddress = rpc
+	c.RPC.EventLogWindowSize = 5 * time.Minute
 	c.RPC.CORSAllowedOrigins = []string{"https://tendermint.com/"}
 	c.RPC.GRPCListenAddress = grpc
 	return c