diff --git a/core/testing/context.go b/core/testing/context.go
index 7cda34ab7043..99881c32684e 100644
--- a/core/testing/context.go
+++ b/core/testing/context.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package coretesting
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoiface"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/event"
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 )
 
@@ -10,7 +13,9 @@ type dummyKey struct{}
 
 func Context() context.Context {
 	dummy := &dummyCtx{
-		stores: map[string]store.KVStore{},
+		stores:      map[string]store.KVStore{},
+		events:      map[string][]event.Event{},
+		protoEvents: map[string][]protoiface.MessageV1{},
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), dummyKey{}, dummy)
@@ -18,7 +23,12 @@ func Context() context.Context {
 }
 
 type dummyCtx struct {
+	// maps store by the actor.
 	stores map[string]store.KVStore
+	// maps event emitted by the actor.
+	events map[string][]event.Event
+	// maps proto events emitted by the actor.
+	protoEvents map[string][]protoiface.MessageV1
 }
 
 func unwrap(ctx context.Context) *dummyCtx {
diff --git a/core/testing/event.go b/core/testing/event.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4d113a4886c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/testing/event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package coretesting
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoiface"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/event"
+)
+
+var _ event.Service = (*MemEventsService)(nil)
+
+// EventsService attaches an event service to the context.
+// Adding an existing module will reset the events.
+func EventsService(ctx context.Context, moduleName string) MemEventsService {
+	unwrap(ctx).events[moduleName] = nil
+	unwrap(ctx).protoEvents[moduleName] = nil
+	return MemEventsService{moduleName: moduleName}
+}
+
+type MemEventsService struct {
+	moduleName string
+}
+
+func (e MemEventsService) EventManager(ctx context.Context) event.Manager {
+	return eventManager{moduleName: e.moduleName, ctx: unwrap(ctx)}
+}
+
+func (e MemEventsService) GetEvents(ctx context.Context) []event.Event {
+	return unwrap(ctx).events[e.moduleName]
+}
+
+func (e MemEventsService) GetProtoEvents(ctx context.Context) []protoiface.MessageV1 {
+	return unwrap(ctx).protoEvents[e.moduleName]
+}
+
+type eventManager struct {
+	moduleName string
+	ctx        *dummyCtx
+}
+
+func (e eventManager) Emit(event protoiface.MessageV1) error {
+	e.ctx.protoEvents[e.moduleName] = append(e.ctx.protoEvents[e.moduleName], event)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e eventManager) EmitKV(eventType string, attrs ...event.Attribute) error {
+	e.ctx.events[e.moduleName] = append(e.ctx.events[e.moduleName], event.NewEvent(eventType, attrs...))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/core/testing/event_test.go b/core/testing/event_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b94e39709cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/testing/event_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package coretesting
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoiface"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/event"
+)
+
+func TestEventsService(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := Context()
+	es := EventsService(ctx, "auth")
+
+	wantProtoEvent := &wrapperspb.BoolValue{Value: true}
+	err := es.EventManager(ctx).Emit(wantProtoEvent)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	wantEvent := event.NewEvent("new-account", event.Attribute{
+		Key:   "number",
+		Value: "1",
+	})
+	err = es.EventManager(ctx).EmitKV(wantEvent.Type, wantEvent.Attributes...)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	gotProtoEvents := es.GetProtoEvents(ctx)
+	require.Equal(t, []protoiface.MessageV1{wantProtoEvent}, gotProtoEvents)
+
+	gotEvents := es.GetEvents(ctx)
+	require.Equal(t, []event.Event{wantEvent}, gotEvents)
+
+	// test reset
+	es = EventsService(ctx, "auth")
+	require.Nil(t, es.GetEvents(ctx))
+	require.Nil(t, es.GetProtoEvents(ctx))
+}
diff --git a/core/testing/go.mod b/core/testing/go.mod
index 8dace714ae8b..7f5d44dfe3f5 100644
--- a/core/testing/go.mod
+++ b/core/testing/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/core v0.12.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tidwall/btree v1.7.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/core/testing/go.sum b/core/testing/go.sum
index 47b87a45f871..498794a52841 100644
--- a/core/testing/go.sum
+++ b/core/testing/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsT
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/tidwall/btree v1.7.0 h1:L1fkJH/AuEh5zBnnBbmTwQ5Lt+bRJ5A8EWecslvo9iI=
 github.com/tidwall/btree v1.7.0/go.mod h1:twD9XRA5jj9VUQGELzDO4HPQTNJsoWWfYEL+EUQ2cKY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/core/testing/memdb.go b/core/testing/memdb.go
index b3f257127583..b137319752af 100644
--- a/core/testing/memdb.go
+++ b/core/testing/memdb.go
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ const (
 
 var errKeyEmpty = errors.New("key cannot be empty")
 
-var _ store.KVStore = (*memDB)(nil)
+var _ store.KVStore = (*MemKV)(nil)
 
-// memDB a lightweight memory db
-type memDB struct {
+// MemKV a lightweight memory db
+type MemKV struct {
 	tree *btree.BTreeG[item]
 }
 
-// newMemDB creates a wrapper around `btree.BTreeG`.
-func newMemDB() memDB {
-	return memDB{
+// NewMemKV creates a wrapper around `btree.BTreeG`.
+func NewMemKV() MemKV {
+	return MemKV{
 		tree: btree.NewBTreeGOptions(byKeys, btree.Options{
 			Degree:  bTreeDegree,
 			NoLocks: true,
@@ -35,25 +35,25 @@ func newMemDB() memDB {
 }
 
 // set adds a new key-value pair to the change set's tree.
-func (bt memDB) set(key, value []byte) {
+func (bt MemKV) set(key, value []byte) {
 	bt.tree.Set(newItem(key, value))
 }
 
-// get retrieves the value associated with the given key from the memDB's tree.
-func (bt memDB) get(key []byte) (value []byte, found bool) {
+// get retrieves the value associated with the given key from the MemKV's tree.
+func (bt MemKV) get(key []byte) (value []byte, found bool) {
 	it, found := bt.tree.Get(item{key: key})
 	return it.value, found
 }
 
 // delete removes the value associated with the given key from the change set.
 // If the key does not exist in the change set, this method does nothing.
-func (bt memDB) delete(key []byte) {
+func (bt MemKV) delete(key []byte) {
 	bt.tree.Delete(item{key: key})
 }
 
-// iterator returns a new iterator over the key-value pairs in the memDB
+// iterator returns a new iterator over the key-value pairs in the MemKV
 // that have keys greater than or equal to the start key and less than the end key.
-func (bt memDB) iterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
+func (bt MemKV) iterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
 	if (start != nil && len(start) == 0) || (end != nil && len(end) == 0) {
 		return nil, errKeyEmpty
 	}
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ func (bt memDB) iterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
 }
 
 // reverseIterator returns a new iterator that iterates over the key-value pairs in reverse order
-// within the specified range [start, end) in the memDB's tree.
+// within the specified range [start, end) in the MemKV's tree.
 // If start or end is an empty byte slice, it returns an error indicating that the key is empty.
-func (bt memDB) reverseIterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
+func (bt MemKV) reverseIterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
 	if (start != nil && len(start) == 0) || (end != nil && len(end) == 0) {
 		return nil, errKeyEmpty
 	}
@@ -72,31 +72,31 @@ func (bt memDB) reverseIterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
 
 // KV impl
 
-func (bt memDB) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (bt MemKV) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	value, _ := bt.get(key)
 	return value, nil
 }
 
-func (bt memDB) Has(key []byte) (bool, error) {
+func (bt MemKV) Has(key []byte) (bool, error) {
 	_, found := bt.get(key)
 	return found, nil
 }
 
-func (bt memDB) Set(key, value []byte) error {
+func (bt MemKV) Set(key, value []byte) error {
 	bt.set(key, value)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (bt memDB) Delete(key []byte) error {
+func (bt MemKV) Delete(key []byte) error {
 	bt.delete(key)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (bt memDB) Iterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
+func (bt MemKV) Iterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
 	return bt.iterator(start, end)
 }
 
-func (bt memDB) ReverseIterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
+func (bt MemKV) ReverseIterator(start, end []byte) (store.Iterator, error) {
 	return bt.reverseIterator(start, end)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/testing/memdb_test.go b/core/testing/memdb_test.go
index 263efaa0ae47..d1c753505002 100644
--- a/core/testing/memdb_test.go
+++ b/core/testing/memdb_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestMemDB(t *testing.T) {
-	var db store.KVStore = newMemDB()
+	var db store.KVStore = NewMemKV()
 
 	key, value := []byte("key"), []byte("value")
 	require.NoError(t, db.Set(key, value))
diff --git a/core/testing/store.go b/core/testing/store.go
index 8461e8789120..1b8257417b73 100644
--- a/core/testing/store.go
+++ b/core/testing/store.go
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 )
 
+var _ store.KVStoreService = (*kvStoreService)(nil)
+
 func KVStoreService(ctx context.Context, moduleName string) store.KVStoreService {
-	unwrap(ctx).stores[moduleName] = newMemDB()
+	unwrap(ctx).stores[moduleName] = NewMemKV()
 	return kvStoreService{
 		moduleName: moduleName,
 	}