diff --git a/src/sentry/eventstore/models.py b/src/sentry/eventstore/models.py
index bca5783584f736..67a49708ce2a03 100644
--- a/src/sentry/eventstore/models.py
+++ b/src/sentry/eventstore/models.py
@@ -572,6 +572,11 @@ def __getstate__(self) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
         state.pop("_groups_cache", None)
         return state
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<sentry.eventstore.models.Event at 0x{:x}: event_id={}>".format(
+            id(self), self.event_id
+        )
+
     @property
     def data(self) -> NodeData:
         return self._data