diff --git a/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/src/api/eventsApi.ts b/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/src/api/eventsApi.ts
index e152efd85008..b5d4bac7ce18 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/src/api/eventsApi.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/workspaces/cluster-ui/src/api/eventsApi.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
   SqlExecutionRequest,
   sqlResultsAreEmpty,
   SqlStatement,
+  SqlApiResponse,
+  formatApiResult,
 } from "./sqlApi";
 import { withTimeout } from "./util";
 import moment from "moment";
@@ -89,20 +91,20 @@ export function buildEventsSQLRequest(
 export function getNonRedactedEvents(
   req: NonRedactedEventsRequest = {},
   timeout?: moment.Duration,
-): Promise<EventsResponse> {
+): Promise<SqlApiResponse<EventsResponse>> {
   const eventsRequest: SqlExecutionRequest = buildEventsSQLRequest(req);
   return withTimeout(
     executeInternalSql<EventColumns>(eventsRequest),
     timeout,
   ).then(result => {
-    // If request succeeded but query failed, throw error (caught by saga/cacheDataReducer).
-    if (result.error) {
-      throw result.error;
-    }
-
     if (sqlResultsAreEmpty(result)) {
-      return [];
+      return formatApiResult([], result.error, "retrieving events information");
     }
-    return result.execution.txn_results[0].rows;
+
+    return formatApiResult(
+      result.execution.txn_results[0].rows,
+      result.error,
+      "retrieving events information",
+    );
   });
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/apiReducers.ts b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/apiReducers.ts
index 0f1807bcfa04..8995bac0c08d 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/apiReducers.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/apiReducers.ts
@@ -524,7 +524,9 @@ export const refreshRawTrace = rawTraceReducerObj.refresh;
 
 export interface APIReducersState {
   cluster: CachedDataReducerState<api.ClusterResponseMessage>;
-  events: CachedDataReducerState<clusterUiApi.EventsResponse>;
+  events: CachedDataReducerState<
+    clusterUiApi.SqlApiResponse<clusterUiApi.EventsResponse>
+  >;
   health: HealthState;
   nodes: CachedDataReducerState<INodeStatus[]>;
   raft: CachedDataReducerState<api.RaftDebugResponseMessage>;
diff --git a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/events.ts b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/events.ts
index 073e6ef4e613..57e071816ff3 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/events.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/redux/events.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { AdminUIState } from "src/redux/state";
  * eventsSelector selects the list of events from the store.
  */
 export function eventsSelector(state: AdminUIState) {
-  return state.cachedData.events.data;
+  return state.cachedData.events?.data?.results;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ export function eventsValidSelector(state: AdminUIState) {
 export function eventsLastErrorSelector(state: AdminUIState) {
   return state.cachedData.events.lastError;
 }
+
+export const eventsMaxApiReached = (state: AdminUIState): boolean => {
+  return !!state.cachedData.events?.data?.maxSizeReached;
+};
diff --git a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/util/api.spec.ts b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/util/api.spec.ts
index 0b1fe15f8ca4..55af5a3e6554 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/util/api.spec.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/util/api.spec.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ describe("rest api", function () {
 
       return clusterUiApi.getNonRedactedEvents().then(result => {
         expect(fetchMock.calls(clusterUiApi.SQL_API_PATH).length).toBe(1);
-        expect(result.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(result.results.length).toBe(1);
       });
     });
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ describe("rest api", function () {
 
       return clusterUiApi.getNonRedactedEvents(req).then(result => {
         expect(fetchMock.calls(clusterUiApi.SQL_API_PATH).length).toBe(1);
-        expect(result.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(result.results.length).toBe(1);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/views/cluster/containers/events/index.tsx b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/views/cluster/containers/events/index.tsx
index 505233051f7e..1c5bab561d93 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/views/cluster/containers/events/index.tsx
+++ b/pkg/ui/workspaces/db-console/src/views/cluster/containers/events/index.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   eventsLastErrorSelector,
   eventsSelector,
   eventsValidSelector,
+  eventsMaxApiReached,
 } from "src/redux/events";
 import { LocalSetting } from "src/redux/localsettings";
 import { AdminUIState } from "src/redux/state";
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   util,
   api as clusterUiApi,
 } from "@cockroachlabs/cluster-ui";
+import { InlineAlert } from "@cockroachlabs/ui-components";
 import "./events.styl";
 
 // Number of events to show in the sidebar.
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ export interface EventPageProps {
   sortSetting: SortSetting;
   setSort: typeof eventsSortSetting.set;
   lastError: Error;
+  maxSizeApiReached: boolean;
 }
 
 export class EventPageUnconnected extends React.Component<EventPageProps, {}> {
@@ -148,30 +151,43 @@ export class EventPageUnconnected extends React.Component<EventPageProps, {}> {
   }
 
   renderContent() {
-    const { events, sortSetting } = this.props;
+    const { events, sortSetting, maxSizeApiReached } = this.props;
     const simplifiedEvents = _.map(events, getEventInfo);
 
     return (
-      <div className="l-columns__left events-table">
-        <EventSortedTable
-          data={simplifiedEvents}
-          sortSetting={sortSetting}
-          onChangeSortSetting={setting => this.props.setSort(setting)}
-          columns={[
-            {
-              title: "Event",
-              name: "event",
-              cell: e => e.content,
-            },
-            {
-              title: "Timestamp",
-              name: "timestamp",
-              cell: e => e.fromNowString,
-              sort: e => e.sortableTimestamp,
-            },
-          ]}
-        />
-      </div>
+      <>
+        <div className="l-columns__left events-table">
+          <EventSortedTable
+            data={simplifiedEvents}
+            sortSetting={sortSetting}
+            onChangeSortSetting={setting => this.props.setSort(setting)}
+            columns={[
+              {
+                title: "Event",
+                name: "event",
+                cell: e => e.content,
+              },
+              {
+                title: "Timestamp",
+                name: "timestamp",
+                cell: e => e.fromNowString,
+                sort: e => e.sortableTimestamp,
+              },
+            ]}
+          />
+        </div>
+        {maxSizeApiReached && (
+          <InlineAlert
+            intent="info"
+            title={
+              <>
+                Not all events are displayed because the maximum number of
+                events was reached in the console.&nbsp;
+              </>
+            }
+          />
+        )}
+      </>
     );
   }
 
@@ -183,7 +199,7 @@ export class EventPageUnconnected extends React.Component<EventPageProps, {}> {
         <section className="section section--heading">
           <h1 className="base-heading">Events</h1>
         </section>
-        <section className="section l-columns">
+        <section className="section">
           <Loading
             loading={!events}
             page={"events"}
@@ -220,6 +236,7 @@ const eventPageConnected = withRouter(
         eventsValid: eventsValidSelector(state),
         sortSetting: eventsSortSetting.selector(state),
         lastError: eventsLastErrorSelector(state),
+        maxSizeApiReached: eventsMaxApiReached(state),
       };
     },
     {