diff --git a/cmd/crictl/events.go b/cmd/crictl/events.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a5317808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/crictl/events.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	internalapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis"
+	pb "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
+)
+
+var eventsCommand = &cli.Command{
+	Name:                   "events",
+	Usage:                  "Stream the events of containers",
+	Aliases:                []string{"event"},
+	UseShortOptionHandling: true,
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:    "output",
+			Aliases: []string{"o"},
+			Value:   "json",
+			Usage:   "Output format, One of: json|yaml|go-template",
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "template",
+			Usage: "The template string is only used when output is go-template; The Template format is golang template",
+		},
+	},
+	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		if c.NArg() != 0 {
+			return cli.ShowSubcommandHelp(c)
+		}
+
+		switch format := c.String("output"); format {
+		case "json", "yaml":
+			if len(c.String("template")) > 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("template can't be used with %q format", format)
+			}
+		case "go-template":
+			if err := validateTemplate(c.String(("template"))); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse go-template: %w", err)
+			}
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("don't support %q format", format)
+		}
+
+		runtimeClient, err := getRuntimeService(c, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err = Events(c, runtimeClient); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting container events: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+func Events(cliContext *cli.Context, client internalapi.RuntimeService) error {
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	containerEventsCh := make(chan *pb.ContainerEventResponse)
+	go func() {
+		logrus.Debug("getting container events")
+		err := client.GetContainerEvents(containerEventsCh)
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			errCh <- nil
+			return
+		}
+		errCh <- err
+	}()
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case err := <-errCh:
+			return err
+		case e := <-containerEventsCh:
+			err := outputEvent(e, cliContext.String("output"), cliContext.String("template"))
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("failed to format container event with the error: %s\n", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/crictl/main.go b/cmd/crictl/main.go
index 14ea45a0b8..7836a6b369 100644
--- a/cmd/crictl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crictl/main.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func main() {
 		completionCommand,
 		checkpointContainerCommand,
 		runtimeConfigCommand,
+		eventsCommand,
 	}
 
 	runtimeEndpointUsage := fmt.Sprintf("Endpoint of CRI container runtime "+
diff --git a/cmd/crictl/templates.go b/cmd/crictl/templates.go
index 222aa157f7..e4e23c85e6 100644
--- a/cmd/crictl/templates.go
+++ b/cmd/crictl/templates.go
@@ -68,3 +68,8 @@ func tmplExecuteRawJSON(tmplStr string, rawJSON string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return o.String(), nil
 }
+
+func validateTemplate(tmplStr string) error {
+	_, err := template.New("").Parse(tmplStr)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/crictl/util.go b/cmd/crictl/util.go
index c3970bd8bb..48f638e305 100644
--- a/cmd/crictl/util.go
+++ b/cmd/crictl/util.go
@@ -260,6 +260,34 @@ func outputStatusInfo(status string, info map[string]string, format string, tmpl
 	return nil
 }
 
+func outputEvent(event proto.Message, format string, tmplStr string) error {
+	switch format {
+	case "yaml":
+		err := outputProtobufObjAsYAML(event)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case "json":
+		err := outputProtobufObjAsJSON(event)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case "go-template":
+		jsonEvent, err := protobufObjectToJSON(event)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		output, err := tmplExecuteRawJSON(tmplStr, jsonEvent)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Println(output)
+	default:
+		fmt.Printf("Don't support %q format\n", format)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func parseLabelStringSlice(ss []string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	labels := make(map[string]string)
 	for _, s := range ss {
diff --git a/docs/crictl.md b/docs/crictl.md
index da4a843e6c..1eb4270da0 100644
--- a/docs/crictl.md
+++ b/docs/crictl.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ COMMANDS:
 - `statsp`:             List pod(s) resource usage statistics
 - `completion`:         Output bash shell completion code
 - `checkpoint`:         Checkpoint one or more running containers
+- `events, event`:      Stream the events of containers
 - `help, h`:            Shows a list of commands or help for one command
 
 `crictl` by default connects on Unix to:
diff --git a/test/e2e/events_test.go b/test/e2e/events_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0f25a2c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/events_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gbytes"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
+)
+
+// The actual test suite
+var _ = t.Describe("events options validation", func() {
+	It("should fail with not supported output format", func() {
+		t.CrictlExpectFailure("events --output=ini", "", "don't support .* format")
+	})
+
+	It("should fail with template set for non go-template format", func() {
+		t.CrictlExpectFailure("events --template={{.containerID}}", "", "template can't be used with .* format")
+	})
+
+	It("should fail with bad template set for go-template format", func() {
+		t.CrictlExpectFailure("events --output=go-template --template={{", "", "failed to parse go-template")
+	})
+})
+
+// The actual test suite
+var _ = t.Describe("events", func() {
+	var (
+		endpoint, testDir string
+		crio              *Session
+	)
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		endpoint, testDir, crio = t.StartCrio()
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		t.StopCrio(testDir, crio)
+	})
+
+	It("should succeed", func() {
+		session := t.CrictlWithEndpointNoWait(endpoint, "events")
+		defer session.Terminate()
+		Expect(session.Out).ToNot(Say("unknown method GetContainerEvents")) // no errors
+	})
+})
diff --git a/test/framework/framework.go b/test/framework/framework.go
index 02ae9a19c3..adcc879222 100644
--- a/test/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/framework/framework.go
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ func (t *TestFramework) CrictlWithEndpoint(endpoint, args string) *Session {
 	return lcmd("crictl --runtime-endpoint=%s %s", endpoint, args).Wait(time.Minute)
 }
 
+// Run crictl on the specified endpoint and return the resulting session without wait
+func (t *TestFramework) CrictlWithEndpointNoWait(endpoint, args string) *Session {
+	return lcmd("crictl --runtime-endpoint=%s %s", endpoint, args)
+}
+
 // Run crictl and expect exit, expectedOut, expectedErr
 func (t *TestFramework) CrictlExpect(
 	endpoint, args string, exit int, expectedOut, expectedErr string,
@@ -136,9 +141,9 @@ func (t *TestFramework) CrictlExpectFailureWithEndpoint(
 func SetupCrio() string {
 	const (
 		crioURL       = "https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o"
-		crioVersion   = "v1.23.1"
+		crioVersion   = "v1.26.4"
 		conmonURL     = "https://github.com/containers/conmon"
-		conmonVersion = "v2.0.32"
+		conmonVersion = "v2.1.7"
 	)
 	tmpDir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "crio-tmp")
 
@@ -202,7 +207,8 @@ func (t *TestFramework) StartCrio() (string, string, *Session) {
 		" --cni-config-dir=%s"+
 		" --root=%s"+
 		" --runroot=%s"+
-		" --pinns-path=%s",
+		" --pinns-path=%s"+
+		" --enable-pod-events",
 		filepath.Join(tmpDir, "bin", "crio"),
 		filepath.Join(t.crioDir, "crio.conf"),
 		endpoint,