diff --git a/static/app/components/charts/eventsRequest.tsx b/static/app/components/charts/eventsRequest.tsx
index 42270cbaab1389..3941a2b4ac0a58 100644
--- a/static/app/components/charts/eventsRequest.tsx
+++ b/static/app/components/charts/eventsRequest.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type LoadingStatus = {
    * Whether there was an error retrieving data
    */
   errored: boolean;
+  errorMessage?: string;
 };
 
 export type RenderProps = LoadingStatus &
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ export type EventsRequestProps = DefaultProps &
 type EventsRequestState = {
   reloading: boolean;
   errored: boolean;
+  errorMessage?: string;
   timeseriesData: null | EventsStats | MultiSeriesEventsStats;
   fetchedWithPrevious: boolean;
 };
@@ -242,31 +244,37 @@ class EventsRequest extends React.PureComponent<EventsRequestProps, EventsReques
     this.setState(state => ({
       reloading: state.timeseriesData !== null,
       errored: false,
+      errorMessage: undefined,
     }));
 
+    let errorMessage;
     if (expired) {
-      addErrorMessage(
-        t('%s has an invalid date range. Please try a more recent date range.', name),
-        {append: true}
+      errorMessage = t(
+        '%s has an invalid date range. Please try a more recent date range.',
+        name
       );
+      addErrorMessage(errorMessage, {append: true});
 
       this.setState({
         errored: true,
+        errorMessage,
       });
     } else {
       try {
         api.clear();
         timeseriesData = await doEventsRequest(api, props);
       } catch (resp) {
+        if (resp && resp.responseJSON && resp.responseJSON.detail) {
+          errorMessage = resp.responseJSON.detail;
+        } else {
+          errorMessage = t('Error loading chart data');
+        }
         if (!hideError) {
-          if (resp && resp.responseJSON && resp.responseJSON.detail) {
-            addErrorMessage(resp.responseJSON.detail);
-          } else {
-            addErrorMessage(t('Error loading chart data'));
-          }
+          addErrorMessage(errorMessage);
         }
         this.setState({
           errored: true,
+          errorMessage,
         });
       }
     }
@@ -448,7 +456,7 @@ class EventsRequest extends React.PureComponent<EventsRequestProps, EventsReques
 
   render() {
     const {children, showLoading, ...props} = this.props;
-    const {timeseriesData, reloading, errored} = this.state;
+    const {timeseriesData, reloading, errored, errorMessage} = this.state;
     // Is "loading" if data is null
     const loading = this.props.loading || timeseriesData === null;
 
@@ -495,6 +503,7 @@ class EventsRequest extends React.PureComponent<EventsRequestProps, EventsReques
         loading,
         reloading,
         errored,
+        errorMessage,
         results,
         timeframe,
         previousTimeseriesData,
@@ -519,6 +528,7 @@ class EventsRequest extends React.PureComponent<EventsRequestProps, EventsReques
         loading,
         reloading,
         errored,
+        errorMessage,
         // timeseries data
         timeseriesData: transformedTimeseriesData,
         comparisonTimeseriesData: transformedComparisonTimeseriesData,
@@ -539,6 +549,7 @@ class EventsRequest extends React.PureComponent<EventsRequestProps, EventsReques
       loading,
       reloading,
       errored,
+      errorMessage,
       ...props,
     });
   }
diff --git a/static/app/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.tsx b/static/app/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.tsx
index 63aaf381c0cf5b..0a61ffd1f484e9 100644
--- a/static/app/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.tsx
@@ -204,13 +204,15 @@ class MiniGraph extends React.Component<Props> {
         expired={expired}
         name={name}
         referrer={referrer}
+        hideError
         partial
       >
-        {({loading, timeseriesData, results, errored}) => {
+        {({loading, timeseriesData, results, errored, errorMessage}) => {
           if (errored) {
             return (
               <StyledGraphContainer>
                 <IconWarning color="gray300" size="md" />
+                <StyledErrorMessage>{errorMessage}</StyledErrorMessage>
               </StyledGraphContainer>
             );
           }
@@ -317,4 +319,9 @@ const StyledGraphContainer = styled(props => (
   align-items: center;
 `;
 
+const StyledErrorMessage = styled('div')`
+  color: ${p => p.theme.gray300};
+  margin-left: 4px;
+`;
+
 export default withApi(withTheme(MiniGraph));
diff --git a/tests/js/spec/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.spec.tsx b/tests/js/spec/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.spec.tsx
index 9c6de186fc6fc8..8d4db52d50b557 100644
--- a/tests/js/spec/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/js/spec/views/eventsV2/miniGraph.spec.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ describe('EventsV2 > MiniGraph', function () {
     });
     // @ts-expect-error
     eventView = EventView.fromSavedQueryOrLocation(undefined, location);
+
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    MockApiClient.clearMockResponses();
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    MockApiClient.addMockResponse({
+      url: '/organizations/org-slug/events-stats/',
+      statusCode: 200,
+    });
   });
 
   it('makes an EventsRequest with all selected multi y axis', async function () {
@@ -118,4 +126,37 @@ describe('EventsV2 > MiniGraph', function () {
       },
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('renders error message', async function () {
+    const errorMessage = 'something went wrong';
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    const api = new MockApiClient();
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    MockApiClient.clearMockResponses();
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    MockApiClient.addMockResponse({
+      url: '/organizations/org-slug/events-stats/',
+      body: {
+        detail: errorMessage,
+      },
+      statusCode: 400,
+    });
+
+    const wrapper = mountWithTheme(
+      <MiniGraph
+        // @ts-expect-error
+        location={location}
+        eventView={eventView}
+        organization={organization}
+        api={api}
+      />,
+      initialData.routerContext
+    );
+
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    await tick();
+    wrapper.update();
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('MiniGraph').text()).toBe(errorMessage);
+  });
 });