diff --git a/cdap-app-fabric/pom.xml b/cdap-app-fabric/pom.xml
index e9793a1f6c7f..b43fee7793c3 100644
--- a/cdap-app-fabric/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-app-fabric/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  Copyright © 2014-2021 Cask Data, Inc.
+  Copyright © 2014-2023 Cask Data, Inc.
 
   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
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@
       <artifactId>cdap-source-control</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.cdap.cdap</groupId>
+          <artifactId>cdap-event-reader-spi</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/app/guice/AppFabricServiceRuntimeModule.java b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/app/guice/AppFabricServiceRuntimeModule.java
index 20eb3f8ed2ba..ac7e47e0d5f7 100644
--- a/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/app/guice/AppFabricServiceRuntimeModule.java
+++ b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/app/guice/AppFabricServiceRuntimeModule.java
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.credential.handler.CredentialProviderHttpHandlerInternal;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventPublishManager;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventPublisher;
+import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventSubscriber;
+import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventSubscriberManager;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventWriterExtensionProvider;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventWriterProvider;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.MetricsProvider;
@@ -402,6 +404,9 @@ protected void configure() {
           Multibinder.newSetBinder(binder(), EventPublisher.class);
       eventPublishersBinder.addBinding().to(ProgramStatusEventPublisher.class);
       bind(EventPublishManager.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
+      Multibinder<EventSubscriber> eventSubscribersBinder =
+              Multibinder.newSetBinder(binder(), EventSubscriber.class);
+      bind(EventSubscriberManager.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
       bind(EventWriterProvider.class).to(EventWriterExtensionProvider.class);
       bind(MetricsProvider.class).to(SparkProgramStatusMetricsProvider.class);
 
@@ -492,7 +497,7 @@ public synchronized org.quartz.Scheduler get() {
      * @return an instance of {@link org.quartz.Scheduler}
      */
     private org.quartz.Scheduler getScheduler(JobStore store,
-        CConfiguration cConf) throws SchedulerException {
+                                              CConfiguration cConf) throws SchedulerException {
 
       int threadPoolSize = cConf.getInt(Constants.Scheduler.CFG_SCHEDULER_MAX_THREAD_POOL_SIZE);
       ExecutorThreadPool threadPool = new ExecutorThreadPool(threadPoolSize);
diff --git a/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/DefaultEventReaderContext.java b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/DefaultEventReaderContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..676962aee9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/DefaultEventReaderContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2023 Cask Data, Inc.
+ * 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 io.cdap.cdap.internal.events;
+
+import io.cdap.cdap.common.conf.CConfiguration;
+import io.cdap.cdap.common.conf.Constants;
+import io.cdap.cdap.spi.events.EventReaderContext;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Provides an initialized default context for EventReader implementing {@link EventReaderContext}.
+ */
+public class DefaultEventReaderContext implements EventReaderContext {
+
+  private final Map<String, String> properties;
+
+  /**
+   * Construct the default Event reader context.
+   *
+   * @param prefix prefix for specific event reader
+   * @param cConf        An instance of an injected ${@link CConfiguration}.
+   */
+  DefaultEventReaderContext(String prefix, CConfiguration cConf) {
+    Map<String, String> mutableProperties = new HashMap<>(cConf.getPropsWithPrefix(prefix));
+    mutableProperties.put(Constants.INSTANCE_NAME, cConf.get(Constants.INSTANCE_NAME));
+    this.properties = Collections.unmodifiableMap(mutableProperties);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, String> getProperties() {
+    return properties;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventReaderProvider.java b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventReaderProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38fa8369796b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventReaderProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2023 Cask Data, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 io.cdap.cdap.internal.events;
+
+import io.cdap.cdap.spi.events.Event;
+import io.cdap.cdap.spi.events.EventReader;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * This interface provides Event Readers ({@link EventReader}) in order to load them as an
+ * extension.
+ */
+public interface EventReaderProvider<T extends Event> {
+
+  /**
+   * Method which retrieve a {@link Map} of {@link EventReader} and the Extension Type.
+   */
+  Map<String, EventReader<T>> loadEventReaders();
+}
diff --git a/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventSubscriber.java b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventSubscriber.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dde92501d6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventSubscriber.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2023 Cask Data, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 io.cdap.cdap.internal.events;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractScheduledService;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class for an event subscriber.
+ * Each EventSubscriber will receive and process incoming events.
+ */
+public abstract class EventSubscriber extends AbstractScheduledService {
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize this handler.
+   */
+  public abstract void initialize();
+}
diff --git a/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventSubscriberManager.java b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventSubscriberManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afe01e1dab1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdap-app-fabric/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/internal/events/EventSubscriberManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2023 Cask Data, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 io.cdap.cdap.internal.events;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractIdleService;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import io.cdap.cdap.common.conf.CConfiguration;
+import io.cdap.cdap.common.feature.DefaultFeatureFlagsProvider;
+import io.cdap.cdap.features.Feature;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * EventSubscriberManager is responsible for starting all the event subscriber threads.
+ */
+public class EventSubscriberManager extends AbstractIdleService {
+
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EventSubscriberManager.class);
+
+  private final boolean enabled;
+  private final Set<EventSubscriber> eventSubscribers;
+
+  @Inject
+  EventSubscriberManager(CConfiguration cConf, Set<EventSubscriber> eventSubscribers) {
+    this.enabled = Feature.EVENT_READER.isEnabled(new DefaultFeatureFlagsProvider(cConf));
+    this.eventSubscribers = eventSubscribers;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void startUp() throws Exception {
+    if (!enabled) {
+      return; // If not enabled, don't start
+    }
+    eventSubscribers.forEach(eventSubscriber -> {
+      // Initialize the event subscribers with all the event readers provided by provider
+      try {
+        eventSubscriber.initialize();
+        eventSubscriber.startAndWait();
+        LOG.info("Successfully initialized eventSubscriber: {}",
+            eventSubscriber.getClass().getSimpleName());
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        LOG.error("Failed to initialize eventSubscriber: {}",
+            eventSubscriber.getClass().getSimpleName(), e);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void shutDown() throws Exception {
+    if (!enabled) {
+      return; // If not enabled, don't shut down
+    }
+    eventSubscribers.forEach(eventSubscriber -> {
+      try {
+        eventSubscriber.stopAndWait();
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        LOG.error("Failed to stop subscriber", e);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cdap-common/src/main/resources/cdap-default.xml b/cdap-common/src/main/resources/cdap-default.xml
index bb6bb1ceab99..f4ac4be1fbe3 100644
--- a/cdap-common/src/main/resources/cdap-default.xml
+++ b/cdap-common/src/main/resources/cdap-default.xml
@@ -5077,6 +5077,16 @@
     </description>
   </property>
 
+  <!-- event subscriber -->
+  <property>
+    <name>feature.event.reader.enabled</name>
+    <value>false</value>
+    <final>false</final>
+    <description>
+      Enable event subscribing in CDAP
+    </description>
+  </property>
+
   <!-- Spark on k8s  -->
   <property>
     <name>artifact.fetcher.bind.port</name>
diff --git a/cdap-features/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/features/Feature.java b/cdap-features/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/features/Feature.java
index b81ceb506d6d..eb2377979a20 100644
--- a/cdap-features/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/features/Feature.java
+++ b/cdap-features/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/features/Feature.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 public enum Feature {
   REPLICATION_TRANSFORMATIONS("6.6.0"),
   EVENT_PUBLISH("6.7.0", false),
+  EVENT_READER("6.10.0", false),
   PIPELINE_COMPOSITE_TRIGGERS("6.8.0"),
   PUSHDOWN_TRANSFORMATION_GROUPBY("6.7.0"),
   PUSHDOWN_TRANSFORMATION_DEDUPLICATE("6.7.0"),
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@ public boolean isEnabled(FeatureFlagsProvider featureFlagsProvider) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return string that identifies the feature flag.
+   * Retrieve the string that identifies the feature flag.
+   *
+   * @return feature flag string
    */
   public String getFeatureFlagString() {
     return featureFlagString;
diff --git a/cdap-standalone/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/StandaloneMain.java b/cdap-standalone/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/StandaloneMain.java
index 35bdf6593b91..223a2a799d38 100644
--- a/cdap-standalone/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/StandaloneMain.java
+++ b/cdap-standalone/src/main/java/io/cdap/cdap/StandaloneMain.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.app.services.AppFabricServer;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.app.worker.sidecar.ArtifactLocalizerService;
 import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventPublishManager;
+import io.cdap.cdap.internal.events.EventSubscriberManager;
 import io.cdap.cdap.logging.LoggingUtil;
 import io.cdap.cdap.logging.appender.LogAppenderInitializer;
 import io.cdap.cdap.logging.framework.LogPipelineLoader;
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ public class StandaloneMain {
   private final RuntimeServer runtimeServer;
   private final ArtifactLocalizerService artifactLocalizerService;
   private final EventPublishManager eventPublishManager;
+  private final EventSubscriberManager eventSubscriberManager;
 
   private ExternalAuthenticationServer externalAuthenticationServer;
 
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ private StandaloneMain(List<Module> modules, CConfiguration cConf) {
     cConf.setInt(Constants.ArtifactLocalizer.PORT, 0);
     artifactLocalizerService = injector.getInstance(ArtifactLocalizerService.class);
     eventPublishManager = injector.getInstance(EventPublishManager.class);
+    eventSubscriberManager = injector.getInstance(EventSubscriberManager.class);
 
     if (cConf.getBoolean(Constants.Transaction.TX_ENABLED)) {
       txService = injector.getInstance(InMemoryTransactionService.class);
@@ -301,6 +304,7 @@ public void startUp() throws Exception {
     secureStoreService.startAndWait();
     supportBundleInternalService.startAndWait();
     eventPublishManager.startAndWait();
+    eventSubscriberManager.startAndWait();
 
     String protocol = sslEnabled ? "https" : "http";
     int dashboardPort = sslEnabled
@@ -339,6 +343,7 @@ public void shutDown() {
       previewHttpServer.stopAndWait();
       artifactLocalizerService.stopAndWait();
       eventPublishManager.stopAndWait();
+      eventSubscriberManager.stopAndWait();
       // app fabric will also stop all programs
       appFabricServer.stopAndWait();
       runtimeServer.stopAndWait();