diff --git a/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitter.java b/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitter.java
index 2be4164d010..8d9a81f8e7f 100644
--- a/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitter.java
+++ b/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitter.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 package io.opentelemetry.api.events;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 class DefaultEventEmitter implements EventEmitter {
 
@@ -19,4 +21,27 @@ static EventEmitter getInstance() {
 
   @Override
   public void emit(String eventName, Attributes attributes) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public EventBuilder builder(String eventName, Attributes attributes) {
+    return NoOpEventBuilder.INSTANCE;
+  }
+
+  private static class NoOpEventBuilder implements EventBuilder {
+
+    public static final EventBuilder INSTANCE = new NoOpEventBuilder();
+
+    @Override
+    public EventBuilder setTimestamp(long timestamp, TimeUnit unit) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EventBuilder setTimestamp(Instant instant) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void emit() {}
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventBuilder.java b/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9acabbca6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.api.events;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/** The EventBuilder is used to {@link #emit()} events. */
+public interface EventBuilder {
+
+  /**
+   * Set the epoch {@code timestamp} for the event, using the timestamp and unit.
+   *
+   * <p>The {@code timestamp} is the time at which the event occurred. If unset, it will be set to
+   * the current time when {@link #emit()} is called.
+   */
+  EventBuilder setTimestamp(long timestamp, TimeUnit unit);
+
+  /**
+   * Set the epoch {@code timestamp} for the event, using the instant.
+   *
+   * <p>The {@code timestamp} is the time at which the event occurred. If unset, it will be set to
+   * the current time when {@link #emit()} is called.
+   */
+  EventBuilder setTimestamp(Instant instant);
+
+  /** Emit an event. */
+  void emit();
+}
diff --git a/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventEmitter.java b/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventEmitter.java
index 69df8407f43..a8dc47c83d7 100644
--- a/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventEmitter.java
+++ b/api/events/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/EventEmitter.java
@@ -40,4 +40,13 @@ public interface EventEmitter {
    * @param attributes attributes associated with the event
    */
   void emit(String eventName, Attributes attributes);
+
+  /**
+   * Return a {@link EventBuilder} to emit an event.
+   *
+   * @param eventName the event name, which acts as a classifier for events. Within a particular
+   *     event domain, event name defines a particular class or type of event.
+   * @param attributes attributes associated with the event
+   */
+  EventBuilder builder(String eventName, Attributes attributes);
 }
diff --git a/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java b/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java
index fb6bcabfc91..460cb1583ac 100644
--- a/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java
+++ b/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class DefaultEventEmitterTest {
@@ -22,4 +24,18 @@ void emit() {
                     .emit("event-name", Attributes.builder().put("key1", "value1").build()))
         .doesNotThrowAnyException();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void builder() {
+    Attributes attributes = Attributes.builder().put("key1", "value1").build();
+    EventEmitter emitter = DefaultEventEmitter.getInstance();
+    assertThatCode(
+            () ->
+                emitter
+                    .builder("myEvent", attributes)
+                    .setTimestamp(123456L, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+                    .setTimestamp(Instant.now())
+                    .emit())
+        .doesNotThrowAnyException();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventBuilder.java b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a79b09babc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.internal;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.events.EventBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LogRecordBuilder;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+class SdkEventBuilder implements EventBuilder {
+  private final LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder;
+  private final String eventDomain;
+  private final String eventName;
+
+  SdkEventBuilder(LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder, String eventDomain, String eventName) {
+    this.logRecordBuilder = logRecordBuilder;
+    this.eventDomain = eventDomain;
+    this.eventName = eventName;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public EventBuilder setTimestamp(long timestamp, TimeUnit unit) {
+    this.logRecordBuilder.setTimestamp(timestamp, unit);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public EventBuilder setTimestamp(Instant instant) {
+    this.logRecordBuilder.setTimestamp(instant);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void emit() {
+    SdkEventEmitterProvider.addEventNameAndDomain(logRecordBuilder, eventDomain, eventName);
+    logRecordBuilder.emit();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProvider.java b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProvider.java
index 18d1e434824..1cc6768667e 100644
--- a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProvider.java
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProvider.java
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.events.EventBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.events.EventEmitter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.events.EventEmitterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.events.EventEmitterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LogRecordBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.Logger;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LoggerBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LoggerProvider;
@@ -24,7 +26,10 @@
  */
 public final class SdkEventEmitterProvider implements EventEmitterProvider {
 
-  private static final String DEFAULT_EVENT_DOMAIN = "unknown";
+  static final AttributeKey<String> EVENT_DOMAIN = AttributeKey.stringKey("event.domain");
+  static final AttributeKey<String> EVENT_NAME = AttributeKey.stringKey("event.name");
+
+  static final String DEFAULT_EVENT_DOMAIN = "unknown";
 
   private final LoggerProvider delegateLoggerProvider;
   private final Clock clock;
@@ -98,9 +103,6 @@ public EventEmitter build() {
 
   private static class SdkEventEmitter implements EventEmitter {
 
-    private static final AttributeKey<String> EVENT_DOMAIN = AttributeKey.stringKey("event.domain");
-    private static final AttributeKey<String> EVENT_NAME = AttributeKey.stringKey("event.name");
-
     private final Clock clock;
     private final Logger delegateLogger;
     private final String eventDomain;
@@ -111,15 +113,31 @@ private SdkEventEmitter(Clock clock, Logger delegateLogger, String eventDomain)
       this.eventDomain = eventDomain;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public EventBuilder builder(String eventName, Attributes attributes) {
+      return new SdkEventBuilder(
+          delegateLogger
+              .logRecordBuilder()
+              .setTimestamp(clock.now(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+              .setAllAttributes(attributes),
+          eventDomain,
+          eventName);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void emit(String eventName, Attributes attributes) {
-      delegateLogger
-          .logRecordBuilder()
-          .setTimestamp(clock.now(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
-          .setAllAttributes(attributes)
-          .setAttribute(EVENT_DOMAIN, eventDomain)
-          .setAttribute(EVENT_NAME, eventName)
-          .emit();
+      LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder =
+          delegateLogger
+              .logRecordBuilder()
+              .setTimestamp(clock.now(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+              .setAllAttributes(attributes);
+      addEventNameAndDomain(logRecordBuilder, eventDomain, eventName);
+      logRecordBuilder.emit();
     }
   }
+
+  static void addEventNameAndDomain(
+      LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder, String eventDomain, String eventName) {
+    logRecordBuilder.setAttribute(EVENT_DOMAIN, eventDomain).setAttribute(EVENT_NAME, eventName);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventBuilderTest.java b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2115463a771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.internal;
+
+import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.stringKey;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LogRecordBuilder;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class SdkEventBuilderTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void emit() {
+    String eventDomain = "mydomain";
+    String eventName = "banana";
+
+    LogRecordBuilder logRecordBuilder = mock(LogRecordBuilder.class);
+    when(logRecordBuilder.setTimestamp(anyLong(), any())).thenReturn(logRecordBuilder);
+    when(logRecordBuilder.setAttribute(any(), any())).thenReturn(logRecordBuilder);
+
+    Instant instant = Instant.now();
+    new SdkEventBuilder(logRecordBuilder, eventDomain, eventName)
+        .setTimestamp(123456L, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+        .setTimestamp(instant)
+        .emit();
+    verify(logRecordBuilder).setAttribute(stringKey("event.domain"), eventDomain);
+    verify(logRecordBuilder).setAttribute(stringKey("event.name"), eventName);
+    verify(logRecordBuilder).setTimestamp(123456L, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+    verify(logRecordBuilder).setTimestamp(instant);
+    verify(logRecordBuilder).emit();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProviderTest.java b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProviderTest.java
index 964c67e64c1..7f22b1376a8 100644
--- a/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProviderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/internal/SdkEventEmitterProviderTest.java
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.internal;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.stringKey;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.events.EventEmitter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.Clock;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationScopeInfo;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.ReadWriteLogRecord;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.SdkLoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -91,4 +94,27 @@ void emit_NoDomain() {
                 .put("event.name", "event-name")
                 .build());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void builder() {
+    long yesterday = System.nanoTime() - TimeUnit.DAYS.toNanos(1);
+    Attributes attributes = Attributes.of(stringKey("foo"), "bar");
+
+    EventEmitter emitter = eventEmitterProvider.eventEmitterBuilder("test-scope").build();
+
+    emitter.builder("testing", attributes).setTimestamp(yesterday, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS).emit();
+    verifySeen(yesterday, attributes);
+  }
+
+  private void verifySeen(long timestamp, Attributes attributes) {
+    assertThat(seenLog.get().toLogRecordData())
+        .hasResource(RESOURCE)
+        .hasInstrumentationScope(InstrumentationScopeInfo.create("test-scope"))
+        .hasTimestamp(timestamp)
+        .hasAttributes(
+            attributes.toBuilder()
+                .put("event.domain", "unknown")
+                .put("event.name", "testing")
+                .build());
+  }
 }