diff --git a/src/blueapi/core/event.py b/src/blueapi/core/event.py
index fff9c833d..9308f8ef4 100644
--- a/src/blueapi/core/event.py
+++ b/src/blueapi/core/event.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import itertools
+import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Generic, TypeVar
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 #: Subscription token type
 S = TypeVar("S")
 
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class EventStream(ABC, Generic[E, S]):
     """
@@ -75,6 +78,11 @@ def publish(self, event: E, correlation_id: str | None = None) -> None:
             correlation_id: An optional ID that may be used to correlate this
                 event with other events
         """
-
+        errs = []
         for callback in list(self._subscriptions.values()):
-            callback(event, correlation_id)
+            try:
+                callback(event, correlation_id)
+            except Exception as e:
+                errs.append(e)
+        if errs:
+            raise ExceptionGroup(f"Error(s) publishing event: {event}", errs)
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/core/test_event.py b/tests/unit_tests/core/test_event.py
index 4f39ebc11..2570d9ec7 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/core/test_event.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/core/test_event.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from queue import Queue
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -76,6 +77,22 @@ def test_correlation_id(publisher: EventPublisher[MyEvent]) -> None:
     assert f.result(timeout=_TIMEOUT) == correlation_id
 
 
+def test_callback_exceptions_are_contained(publisher: EventPublisher[MyEvent]):
+    event = MyEvent("foo")
+    c_id = "bar"
+
+    # First call should raise exception, next should be fine
+    handler = mock.Mock(side_effect=[ValueError("Bad Event"), ()])
+    publisher.subscribe(handler)
+    publisher.subscribe(handler)
+
+    with pytest.RaisesGroup(ValueError):
+        publisher.publish(event, c_id)
+
+    # Both handlers should be called but the exception should still be raised
+    handler.assert_has_calls([mock.call(event, c_id), mock.call(event, c_id)])
+
+
 def _drain(queue: Queue) -> Iterable:
     while not queue.empty():
         yield queue.get_nowait()