diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ba34fd9d8..1bbafdc428 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - @cosmjs/tendermint-rpc: Add `HttpBatchClient`, which implements `RpcClient`,
   supporting batch RPC requests ([#1300]).
+- @cosmjs/encoding: Add `lossy` parameter to `fromUtf8` allowing the use of a
+  replacement charater instead of throwing.
+- @cosmjs/stargate: Add structured `Events`s to `IndexTx.events` and
+  `DeliverTxResponse.events`.
+- @cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate: Add structured `Events`s field to
+  `SigningCosmWasmClient`s transaction execution methods.
 
 ## [0.29.2] - 2022-10-13
 
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
index 1c5162c2c4..ba896663c3 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   BroadcastTxError,
   Coin,
   DeliverTxResponse,
+  fromTendermint34Event,
   IndexedTx,
   isSearchByHeightQuery,
   isSearchBySentFromOrToQuery,
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ export class CosmWasmClient {
             height: result.height,
             rawLog: result.rawLog,
             transactionHash: txId,
+            events: result.events,
             gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
             gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
           }
@@ -462,6 +464,7 @@ export class CosmWasmClient {
         height: tx.height,
         hash: toHex(tx.hash).toUpperCase(),
         code: tx.result.code,
+        events: tx.result.events.map(fromTendermint34Event),
         rawLog: tx.result.log || "",
         tx: tx.tx,
         gasUsed: tx.result.gasUsed,
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/index.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/index.ts
index 4b00e8988b..c41663d936 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/index.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ export {
 } from "./signingcosmwasmclient";
 
 // Re-exported because this is part of the CosmWasmClient/SigningCosmWasmClient APIs
+export { Attribute, DeliverTxResponse, Event, IndexedTx } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 export { HttpEndpoint } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
index 93b455ea20..6abf5648a5 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/src/signingcosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   createBankAminoConverters,
   defaultRegistryTypes as defaultStargateTypes,
   DeliverTxResponse,
+  Event,
   GasPrice,
   isDeliverTxFailure,
   logs,
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export interface UploadResult {
   readonly height: number;
   /** Transaction hash (might be used as transaction ID). Guaranteed to be non-empty upper-case hex */
   readonly transactionHash: string;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
   readonly gasWanted: number;
   readonly gasUsed: number;
 }
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ export interface InstantiateResult {
   readonly height: number;
   /** Transaction hash (might be used as transaction ID). Guaranteed to be non-empty upper-case hex */
   readonly transactionHash: string;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
   readonly gasWanted: number;
   readonly gasUsed: number;
 }
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ export interface ChangeAdminResult {
   readonly height: number;
   /** Transaction hash (might be used as transaction ID). Guaranteed to be non-empty upper-case hex */
   readonly transactionHash: string;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
   readonly gasWanted: number;
   readonly gasUsed: number;
 }
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ export interface MigrateResult {
   readonly height: number;
   /** Transaction hash (might be used as transaction ID). Guaranteed to be non-empty upper-case hex */
   readonly transactionHash: string;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
   readonly gasWanted: number;
   readonly gasUsed: number;
 }
@@ -148,6 +153,7 @@ export interface ExecuteResult {
   readonly height: number;
   /** Transaction hash (might be used as transaction ID). Guaranteed to be non-empty upper-case hex */
   readonly transactionHash: string;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
   readonly gasWanted: number;
   readonly gasUsed: number;
 }
@@ -271,6 +277,7 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
       logs: parsedLogs,
       height: result.height,
       transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
+      events: result.events,
       gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
       gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
     };
@@ -306,6 +313,7 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
       logs: parsedLogs,
       height: result.height,
       transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
+      events: result.events,
       gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
       gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
     };
@@ -334,6 +342,7 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
       logs: logs.parseRawLog(result.rawLog),
       height: result.height,
       transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
+      events: result.events,
       gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
       gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
     };
@@ -360,6 +369,7 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
       logs: logs.parseRawLog(result.rawLog),
       height: result.height,
       transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
+      events: result.events,
       gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
       gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
     };
@@ -390,6 +400,7 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
       logs: logs.parseRawLog(result.rawLog),
       height: result.height,
       transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
+      events: result.events,
       gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
       gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
     };
@@ -437,6 +448,7 @@ export class SigningCosmWasmClient extends CosmWasmClient {
       logs: logs.parseRawLog(result.rawLog),
       height: result.height,
       transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
+      events: result.events,
       gasWanted: result.gasWanted,
       gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
     };
diff --git a/packages/encoding/src/utf8.spec.ts b/packages/encoding/src/utf8.spec.ts
index be52ef9d99..2f7af8bca6 100644
--- a/packages/encoding/src/utf8.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/encoding/src/utf8.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { toAscii } from "./ascii";
 import { fromUtf8, toUtf8 } from "./utf8";
 
 describe("utf8", () => {
@@ -59,4 +60,15 @@ describe("utf8", () => {
     // Broken UTF8 example from https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/16894
     expect(() => fromUtf8(new Uint8Array([0xf0, 0x80, 0x80]))).toThrow();
   });
+
+  describe("fromUtf8", () => {
+    it("replaces characters in lossy mode", () => {
+      expect(fromUtf8(new Uint8Array([]), true)).toEqual("");
+      expect(fromUtf8(new Uint8Array([0x61, 0x62, 0x63]), true)).toEqual("abc");
+      // Example from https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/string/struct.String.html#method.from_utf8_lossy
+      expect(
+        fromUtf8(new Uint8Array([...toAscii("Hello "), 0xf0, 0x90, 0x80, ...toAscii("World")]), true),
+      ).toEqual("Hello �World");
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/encoding/src/utf8.ts b/packages/encoding/src/utf8.ts
index 79380bba30..bc06300163 100644
--- a/packages/encoding/src/utf8.ts
+++ b/packages/encoding/src/utf8.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ export function toUtf8(str: string): Uint8Array {
   return new TextEncoder().encode(str);
 }
 
-export function fromUtf8(data: Uint8Array): string {
-  return new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true }).decode(data);
+/**
+ * Takes UTF-8 data and decodes it to a string.
+ *
+ * In lossy mode, the replacement character � is used to substitude invalid
+ * encodings. By default lossy mode is off and invalid data will lead to exceptions.
+ */
+export function fromUtf8(data: Uint8Array, lossy = false): string {
+  const fatal = !lossy;
+  return new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal }).decode(data);
 }
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/events.ts b/packages/stargate/src/events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b70cce29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { fromUtf8 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import { tendermint34 } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
+
+/**
+ * An event attribute.
+ *
+ * This is the same attribute type as tendermint34.Attribute and tendermint35.EventAttribute
+ * but `key` and `value` are unified to strings. The conversion
+ * from bytes to string in the Tendermint 0.34 case should be done by performing
+ * [lossy] UTF-8 decoding.
+ *
+ * [lossy]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/string/struct.String.html#method.from_utf8_lossy
+ */
+export interface Attribute {
+  readonly key: string;
+  readonly value: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The same event type as tendermint34.Event and tendermint35.Event
+ * but attribute keys and values are unified to strings. The conversion
+ * from bytes to string in the Tendermint 0.34 case should be done by performing
+ * [lossy] UTF-8 decoding.
+ *
+ * [lossy]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/string/struct.String.html#method.from_utf8_lossy
+ */
+export interface Event {
+  readonly type: string;
+  readonly attributes: readonly Attribute[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Takes a Tendemrint 0.34 event with binary encoded key and value
+ * and converts it into an `Event` with string attributes.
+ */
+export function fromTendermint34Event(event: tendermint34.Event): Event {
+  return {
+    type: event.type,
+    attributes: event.attributes.map(
+      (attr): Attribute => ({
+        key: fromUtf8(attr.key, true),
+        value: fromUtf8(attr.value, true),
+      }),
+    ),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
index 5b2145068f..87eac5ab87 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export { Account, accountFromAny, AccountParser } from "./accounts";
 export { AminoConverter, AminoConverters, AminoTypes } from "./aminotypes";
+export { Attribute, Event, fromTendermint34Event } from "./events";
 export { calculateFee, GasPrice } from "./fee";
 export * as logs from "./logs";
 export {
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/logs.ts b/packages/stargate/src/logs.ts
index 91be9109ac..f899c8fe0d 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/logs.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/logs.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 import { isNonNullObject } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
-export interface Attribute {
-  readonly key: string;
-  readonly value: string;
-}
-
-export interface Event {
-  readonly type: string;
-  readonly attributes: readonly Attribute[];
-}
+import { Attribute, Event } from "./events";
 
 export interface Log {
   readonly msg_index: number;
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
index 408539dc52..a12fd53da9 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const resultFailure = {
   rawLog:
     "failed to execute message; message index: 0: 1855527000ufct is smaller than 20000000000000000000000ufct: insufficient funds",
   transactionHash: "FDC4FB701AABD465935F7D04AE490D1EF5F2BD4B227601C4E98B57EB077D9B7D",
+  events: [],
   gasUsed: 54396,
   gasWanted: 200000,
 };
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const resultSuccess = {
   rawLog:
     '[{"events":[{"type":"message","attributes":[{"key":"action","value":"send"},{"key":"sender","value":"firma1trqyle9m2nvyafc2n25frkpwed2504y6avgfzr"},{"key":"module","value":"bank"}]},{"type":"transfer","attributes":[{"key":"recipient","value":"firma12er8ls2sf5zess3jgjxz59xat9xtf8hz0hk6n4"},{"key":"sender","value":"firma1trqyle9m2nvyafc2n25frkpwed2504y6avgfzr"},{"key":"amount","value":"2000000ufct"}]}]}]',
   transactionHash: "C0B416CA868C55C2B8C1BBB8F3CFA233854F13A5CB15D3E9599F50CAF7B3D161",
+  events: [],
   gasUsed: 61556,
   gasWanted: 200000,
 };
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index a4b05c0b9b..410af11198 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { QueryDelegatorDelegationsResponse } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/staking/v
 import { DelegationResponse } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/staking/v1beta1/staking";
 
 import { Account, accountFromAny, AccountParser } from "./accounts";
+import { Event, fromTendermint34Event } from "./events";
 import {
   AuthExtension,
   BankExtension,
@@ -64,6 +65,14 @@ export interface IndexedTx {
   readonly hash: string;
   /** Transaction execution error code. 0 on success. */
   readonly code: number;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
+  /**
+   * A string-based log document.
+   *
+   * This currently seems to merge attributes of multiple events into one event per type
+   * (https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/9595). You might want to use the `events`
+   * field instead.
+   */
   readonly rawLog: string;
   /**
    * Raw transaction bytes stored in Tendermint.
@@ -98,6 +107,14 @@ export interface DeliverTxResponse {
   /** Error code. The transaction suceeded iff code is 0. */
   readonly code: number;
   readonly transactionHash: string;
+  readonly events: readonly Event[];
+  /**
+   * A string-based log document.
+   *
+   * This currently seems to merge attributes of multiple events into one event per type
+   * (https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/9595). You might want to use the `events`
+   * field instead.
+   */
   readonly rawLog?: string;
   readonly data?: readonly MsgData[];
   readonly gasUsed: number;
@@ -417,6 +434,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
         ? {
             code: result.code,
             height: result.height,
+            events: result.events,
             rawLog: result.rawLog,
             transactionHash: txId,
             gasUsed: result.gasUsed,
@@ -453,6 +471,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
         height: tx.height,
         hash: toHex(tx.hash).toUpperCase(),
         code: tx.result.code,
+        events: tx.result.events.map(fromTendermint34Event),
         rawLog: tx.result.log || "",
         tx: tx.tx,
         gasUsed: tx.result.gasUsed,