diff --git a/client/bus/bus.go b/client/bus/bus.go
index 677f5be..a658fc5 100644
--- a/client/bus/bus.go
+++ b/client/bus/bus.go
@@ -5,14 +5,59 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/CyCoreSystems/ari/v5"
+	"github.com/CyCoreSystems/ari/v5/stdbus"
 	"github.com/inconshreveable/log15"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 )
 
-// EventChanBufferLength is the number of unhandled events which can be queued
-// to the event channel buffer before further events are lost.
-var EventChanBufferLength = 10
+// busWrapper binds a NATS subject to an ari.Bus, passing any received NATS messages to that bus
+type busWrapper struct {
+	subject string
+
+	log log15.Logger
+
+	sub *nats.Subscription
+
+	bus ari.Bus
+}
+
+func newBusWrapper(subject string, nc *nats.EncodedConn, log log15.Logger) (*busWrapper, error) {
+	var err error
+
+	w := &busWrapper{
+		subject: subject,
+		log:     log,
+		bus:     stdbus.New(),
+	}
+
+	w.sub, err = nc.Subscribe(subject, func(m *nats.Msg) {
+		w.receive(m)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to subscribe to NATS subject %s", subject)
+	}
+
+	return w, nil
+}
+
+func (w *busWrapper) receive(o *nats.Msg) {
+	e, err := ari.DecodeEvent(o.Data)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.log.Error("failed to convert received message to ari.Event", "error", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.bus.Send(e)
+}
+
+func (w *busWrapper) Close() {
+	if err := w.sub.Unsubscribe(); err != nil {
+		w.log.Error("failed to unsubscribe when closing NATS subscription:", err)
+	}
+	w.bus.Close()
+}
 
 // Bus provides an ari.Bus interface to NATS
 type Bus struct {
@@ -21,14 +66,70 @@ type Bus struct {
 	log log15.Logger
 
 	nc *nats.EncodedConn
+
+	subjectBuses map[string]*busWrapper
+
+	mu sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 // New returns a new Bus
 func New(prefix string, nc *nats.EncodedConn, log log15.Logger) *Bus {
 	return &Bus{
-		prefix: prefix,
-		log:    log,
-		nc:     nc,
+		prefix:       prefix,
+		log:          log,
+		nc:           nc,
+		subjectBuses: make(map[string]*busWrapper),
+	}
+}
+
+type subBus struct {
+	bus  ari.Bus
+	subs []ari.Subscription
+	mu sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (b *subBus) Close() {
+	for _, s := range b.subs {
+		s.Cancel()
+	}
+	b.subs = nil
+
+	// NOTE: we are NOT closing the parent bus here and now, since it could be used by any number of other clients
+	// TODO: Ultimately, we will need to derive a way to check to see if the parent bus is then unused, in which case, the NATS subscription(s) should then be closed.
+}
+
+// Used as callback from stdbus
+func (b *subBus) Cancel(s interface{}) {
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	for i, si := range b.subs {
+		if s == si {
+			b.subs[i] = b.subs[len(b.subs)-1] // replace the current with the end
+			b.subs[len(b.subs)-1] = nil       // remove the end
+			b.subs = b.subs[:len(b.subs)-1]   // lop off the end
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (b *subBus) Send(e ari.Event) {
+	b.bus.Send(e)
+}
+
+func (b *subBus) Subscribe(key *ari.Key, eTypes ...string) ari.Subscription {
+	sub := b.bus.Subscribe(key, eTypes...)
+	sub.AddCancelCallback(b.Cancel)
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	b.subs = append(b.subs, sub)
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return sub
+}
+
+// SubBus creates and returns a new ariBus which is subtended from this one
+func (b *Bus) SubBus() ari.Bus {
+	return &subBus{
+		bus: b,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -53,26 +154,15 @@ func (b *Bus) subjectFromKey(key *ari.Key) string {
 	return subj + key.Node
 }
 
-// Subscription represents an ari.Subscription over NATS
-type Subscription struct {
-	key *ari.Key
-
-	log log15.Logger
-
-	subscription *nats.Subscription
-
-	eventChan chan ari.Event
-
-	events []string
-
-	closed bool
-
-	mu sync.RWMutex
-}
-
 // Close implements ari.Bus
 func (b *Bus) Close() {
-	// No-op
+	b.mu.Lock()
+
+	for _, w := range b.subjectBuses {
+		w.Close()
+	}
+
+	b.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
 // Send implements ari.Bus
@@ -84,88 +174,19 @@ func (b *Bus) Send(e ari.Event) {
 func (b *Bus) Subscribe(key *ari.Key, n ...string) ari.Subscription {
 	var err error
 
-	s := &Subscription{
-		key:       key,
-		log:       b.log,
-		eventChan: make(chan ari.Event, EventChanBufferLength),
-		events:    n,
-	}
-
-	s.subscription, err = b.nc.Subscribe(b.subjectFromKey(key), func(m *nats.Msg) {
-		s.receive(m)
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		b.log.Error("failed to subscribe to NATS", "error", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	return s
-}
-
-// Events returns the channel on which events from this subscription will be sent
-func (s *Subscription) Events() <-chan ari.Event {
-	return s.eventChan
-}
-
-// Cancel destroys the subscription
-func (s *Subscription) Cancel() {
-	if s == nil {
-		return
-	}
+	subject := b.subjectFromKey(key)
 
-	if s.subscription != nil {
-		err := s.subscription.Unsubscribe()
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	w, ok := b.subjectBuses[subject]
+	if !ok {
+		w, err = newBusWrapper(subject, b.nc, b.log)
 		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Error("failed unsubscribe from NATS", "error", err)
+			b.log.Error("failed to create bus wrapper", "key", key, "error", err)
+			return nil
 		}
+		b.subjectBuses[subject] = w
 	}
+	b.mu.Unlock()
 
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	if !s.closed {
-		s.closed = true
-		close(s.eventChan)
-	}
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-}
-
-func (s *Subscription) receive(o *nats.Msg) {
-	e, err := ari.DecodeEvent(o.Data)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.log.Error("failed to convert received message to ari.Event", "error", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if s.matchEvent(e) {
-		s.mu.RLock()
-		if !s.closed {
-			s.eventChan <- e
-		}
-		s.mu.RUnlock()
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *Subscription) matchEvent(o ari.Event) bool {
-	// First, filter by type
-	var match bool
-	for _, kind := range s.events {
-		if kind == o.GetType() || kind == ari.Events.All {
-			match = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if !match {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// If we don't have a resource ID, we match everything
-	// Next, match the entity
-	if s.key == nil || s.key.ID == "" {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	for _, k := range o.Keys() {
-		if s.key.Match(k) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return w.bus.Subscribe(key, n...)
 }
diff --git a/client/bus/bus_test.go b/client/bus/bus_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b1e9dcd..0000000
--- a/client/bus/bus_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package bus
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/inconshreveable/log15"
-
-	"github.com/CyCoreSystems/ari/v5"
-)
-
-func TestMatchEvent(t *testing.T) {
-	key := &ari.Key{
-		Kind: ari.ChannelKey,
-		ID:   "testA",
-		Node: "0test0",
-		App:  "testApp",
-	}
-
-	e := &ari.StasisEnd{
-		EventData: ari.EventData{
-			Type:        "StasisEnd",
-			Application: "testApp",
-			Node:        "0test0",
-			Timestamp:   ari.DateTime(time.Now()),
-		},
-		Header: make(ari.Header),
-		Channel: ari.ChannelData{
-			Key:         nil,
-			ID:          "testB",
-			Name:        "Local/bozo",
-			State:       "up",
-			Accountcode: "49er",
-			Dialplan: &ari.DialplanCEP{
-				Context:  "default",
-				Exten:    "s",
-				Priority: 1,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	s := &Subscription{
-		key:       key,
-		log:       log15.New(),
-		eventChan: make(chan ari.Event, EventChanBufferLength),
-		events:    []string{"StasisEnd"},
-	}
-
-	if s.matchEvent(e) {
-		t.Error("matched incorrect event")
-	}
-}
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 8e3239a..f1ca18b 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ var ErrNil = errors.New("Nil")
 // family of derived clients.  It manages stateful elements such as the bus,
 // the NATS connection, and the cluster membership
 type core struct {
+	// bus is the core ari-proxy bus, which handles NATS subscription binding
+	bus *bus.Bus
+
 	// cluster describes the cluster of ARI proxies
 	cluster *cluster.Cluster
 
@@ -232,8 +235,11 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, opts ...OptionFunc) (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start core")
 	}
 
-	// Create the bus
-	c.bus = bus.New(c.core.prefix, c.core.nc, c.core.log)
+	// Create the core bus
+	c.core.bus = bus.New(c.core.prefix, c.core.nc, c.core.log)
+
+	// Extract a SubBus from that core bus (NOTE: must come after core is started so that NATS connection exists)
+	c.bus = c.core.bus.SubBus()
 
 	// Call Close whenever the context is closed
 	go func() {
@@ -262,7 +268,7 @@ func (c *Client) New(ctx context.Context) *Client {
 		appName: c.appName,
 		cancel:  cancel,
 		core:    c.core,
-		bus:     bus.New(c.core.prefix, c.core.nc, c.core.log),
+		bus:     c.core.bus.SubBus(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -320,7 +326,7 @@ func WithURI(uri string) OptionFunc {
 // WithNATS binds an existing NATS connection
 func WithNATS(nc *nats.EncodedConn) OptionFunc {
 	return func(c *Client) {
-		c.nc = nc
+		c.core.nc = nc
 	}
 }