diff --git a/src/types/event/mod.rs b/src/types/event/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f22a40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/event/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use super::{Id, Kind, Pubkey, Sig, Tags, Time};
+use crate::Error;
+use std::fmt;
+
+/*
+ * 0 [4 bytes] length of the event structure
+ * 4 [2 bytes] kind
+ * 6 [2 bytes] PADDING
+ * 8 [8 bytes] created_at
+ * 16 [32 bytes] id
+ * 48 [32 bytes] pubkey
+ * 80 [64 bytes] sig
+ * 144 [T bytes] Tags
+ * 144+T [4 bytes] content length
+ * 144+T+4 [C bytes] content
+ * 144+T+4+C <--- beginning of region beyond the event
+ */
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Event<'a>(&'a [u8]);
+
+impl<'a> Event<'a> {
+    // this marks off the slice of bytes that represent an event from a potentially longer input
+    pub fn delineate(input: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Event<'a>, Error> {
+        if input.len() < 144 + 4 + 4 {
+            return Err(Error::EndOfInput);
+        }
+        let len = parse_u32!(input, 0) as usize;
+        if input.len() < len {
+            return Err(Error::EndOfInput);
+        }
+        Ok(Event(&input[0..len]))
+    }
+
+    // This copies
+    pub fn copy(&self, output: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if output.len() < self.0.len() {
+            return Err(Error::BufferTooSmall);
+        }
+        output[..self.0.len()].copy_from_slice(self.0);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.0
+    }
+
+    pub fn length(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn kind(&self) -> Kind {
+        Kind(parse_u16!(self.0, 4))
+    }
+
+    pub fn created_at(&self) -> Time {
+        Time(parse_u64!(self.0, 8))
+    }
+
+    pub fn id(&self) -> Id {
+        Id(self.0[16..16 + 32].try_into().unwrap())
+    }
+
+    pub fn pubkey(&self) -> Pubkey {
+        Pubkey(self.0[48..48 + 32].try_into().unwrap())
+    }
+
+    pub fn sig(&self) -> Sig {
+        Sig(self.0[80..80 + 64].try_into().unwrap())
+    }
+
+    pub fn tags(&'a self) -> Result<Tags<'a>, Error> {
+        Tags::delineate(&self.0[144..])
+    }
+
+    pub fn content(&'a self) -> &'a [u8] {
+        let t = parse_u16!(self.0, 144) as usize;
+        let c = parse_u32!(self.0, 144 + t) as usize;
+        &self.0[144 + t + 4..144 + t + 4 + c]
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_json(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+        let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(256);
+        output.extend(br#"{"id":""#);
+        let pos = output.len();
+        output.resize(pos + 64, 0);
+        self.id().write_hex(&mut output[pos..]).unwrap();
+        output.extend(br#"","pubkey":""#);
+        let pos = output.len();
+        output.resize(pos + 64, 0);
+        self.pubkey().write_hex(&mut output[pos..]).unwrap();
+        output.extend(br#"","kind":"#);
+        output.extend(format!("{}", self.kind().0).as_bytes());
+        output.extend(br#","created_at":"#);
+        output.extend(format!("{}", self.created_at().0).as_bytes());
+        output.extend(br#","tags":"#);
+        output.extend(self.tags()?.as_json());
+        output.extend(br#","content":""#);
+        output.extend(self.content());
+        output.extend(br#"","sig":""#);
+        let pos = output.len();
+        output.resize(pos + 128, 0);
+        self.sig().write_hex(&mut output[pos..]).unwrap();
+        output.extend(br#""}"#);
+        Ok(output)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Event<'_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        if let Ok(bytes) = self.as_json() {
+            let s = unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&bytes) };
+            write!(f, "{s}")
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{{Corrupted Event}}")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index f5d4677..23016d5 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+mod event;
+pub use event::Event;
+
 mod id;
 pub use id::Id;