diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index a38153c42..fda65b4aa 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	templates        string           // path to extensible templates
 	registry         string           // default registry for OCI image tags
 	progressListener ProgressListener // progress listener
+	emitter          Emitter          // Emits CloudEvents to functions
 }
 
 // ErrNotBuilt indicates the Function has not yet been built.
@@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ type DNSProvider interface {
 	Provide(Function) error
 }
 
+// Emit CloudEvents to functions
+type Emitter interface {
+	Emit(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) error
+}
+
 // New client for Function management.
 func New(options ...Option) *Client {
 	// Instantiate client with static defaults.
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ func New(options ...Option) *Client {
 		lister:           &noopLister{output: os.Stdout},
 		dnsProvider:      &noopDNSProvider{output: os.Stdout},
 		progressListener: &noopProgressListener{},
+		emitter:          &noopEmitter{},
 	}
 
 	// Apply passed options, which take ultimate precidence.
@@ -254,6 +261,14 @@ func WithRegistry(registry string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithEmitter sets a CloudEvent emitter on the client which is capable of sending
+// a CloudEvent to an arbitrary function endpoint
+func WithEmitter(e Emitter) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) {
+		c.emitter = e
+	}
+}
+
 // New Function.
 // Use Create, Build and Deploy independently for lower level control.
 func (c *Client) New(ctx context.Context, cfg Function) (err error) {
@@ -529,6 +544,11 @@ func (c *Client) Remove(ctx context.Context, cfg Function) error {
 	return c.remover.Remove(ctx, f.Name)
 }
 
+// Emit a CloudEvent to a function endpoint
+func (c *Client) Emit(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) error {
+	return c.emitter.Emit(ctx, endpoint)
+}
+
 // Manual implementations (noops) of required interfaces.
 // In practice, the user of this client package (for example the CLI) will
 // provide a concrete implementation for all of the interfaces.  For testing or
@@ -573,3 +593,7 @@ func (p *noopProgressListener) SetTotal(i int)     {}
 func (p *noopProgressListener) Increment(m string) {}
 func (p *noopProgressListener) Complete(m string)  {}
 func (p *noopProgressListener) Done()              {}
+
+type noopEmitter struct{}
+
+func (p *noopEmitter) Emit(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) error { return nil }
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 39cb37efa..8a4430b1b 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -704,6 +704,30 @@ func TestDeployUnbuilt(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEmit(t *testing.T) {
+	sink := "http://testy.mctestface.com"
+	emitter := mock.NewEmitter()
+
+	// Ensure sink passthrough from client
+	emitter.EmitFn = func(s string) error {
+		if s != sink {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected sink %v\n", s)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Instantiate in the current working directory, with no name.
+	client := bosonFunc.New(bosonFunc.WithEmitter(emitter))
+
+	if err := client.Emit(context.Background(), sink); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !emitter.EmitInvoked {
+		t.Fatal("Client did not invoke emitter.Emit()")
+	}
+
+}
+
 // TODO: The tests which confirm an error is generated do not currently test
 // that the expected error is received; just that any error is generated.
 // This should be replaced with typed errors or at a minimum code prefixes
diff --git a/cloudevents/emitter.go b/cloudevents/emitter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..956b96464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudevents/emitter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package cloudevents
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	cloudevents "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2"
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/client"
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/event"
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/protocol/http"
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/types"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultSource = "/boson/fn"
+	DefaultType   = "boson.fn"
+)
+
+type Emitter struct {
+	Endpoint    string
+	Source      string
+	Type        string
+	Id          string
+	Data        string
+	ContentType string
+}
+
+func NewEmitter() *Emitter {
+	return &Emitter{
+		Source:      DefaultSource,
+		Type:        DefaultType,
+		Id:          uuid.NewString(),
+		Data:        "",
+		ContentType: event.TextPlain,
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *Emitter) Emit(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (err error) {
+	c, err := newClient(endpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	evt := event.Event{
+		Context: event.EventContextV1{
+			Type:   e.Type,
+			Source: *types.ParseURIRef(e.Source),
+			ID:     e.Id,
+		}.AsV1(),
+	}
+	if err = evt.SetData(e.ContentType, e.Data); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if result := c.Send(ctx, evt); cloudevents.IsUndelivered(result) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(result.Error())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newClient(target string) (c client.Client, err error) {
+	p, err := http.New(http.WithTarget(target))
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	return client.New(p)
+}
diff --git a/cloudevents/emitter_test.go b/cloudevents/emitter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31fbe6317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudevents/emitter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package cloudevents
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/client"
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/event"
+	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/protocol/http"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func makeClient(t *testing.T) (c client.Client, p *http.Protocol) {
+	p, err := http.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	c, err = client.New(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to make client %s", err.Error())
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func receiveEvents(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, events chan<- event.Event) (p *http.Protocol) {
+	c, p := makeClient(t)
+	go func() {
+		err := c.StartReceiver(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, event event.Event) error {
+			go func() {
+				events <- event
+			}()
+			return nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to start receiver %s", err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // let the server start
+	return
+}
+
+func TestEmitterDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	events := make(chan event.Event)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+	// start a cloudevent client that receives events
+	// and sends them to a channel
+	p := receiveEvents(t, ctx, events)
+
+	emitter := NewEmitter()
+	if err := emitter.Emit(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%v", p.GetListeningPort())); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error emitting event: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	// received event
+	got := <-events
+
+	cancel()                    // stop the client
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // let the server stop
+
+	if got.Source() != "/boson/fn" {
+		t.Fatal("Expected /boson/fn as default source")
+	}
+	if got.Type() != "boson.fn" {
+		t.Fatal("Expected boson.fn as default type")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmitter(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := map[string]struct {
+		cesource string
+		cetype   string
+		ceid     string
+		cedata   string
+	}{
+		"with-source": {
+			cesource: "/my/source",
+		},
+		"with-type": {
+			cetype: "my.type",
+		},
+		"with-id": {
+			ceid: "11223344",
+		},
+		"with-data": {
+			cedata: "Some event data",
+		},
+	}
+	for n, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(n, func(t *testing.T) {
+			events := make(chan event.Event)
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+			// start a cloudevent client that receives events
+			// and sends them to a channel
+			p := receiveEvents(t, ctx, events)
+
+			emitter := NewEmitter()
+
+			if tc.cesource != "" {
+				emitter.Source = tc.cesource
+			}
+			if tc.cetype != "" {
+				emitter.Type = tc.cetype
+			}
+			if tc.ceid != "" {
+				emitter.Id = tc.ceid
+			}
+			if tc.cedata != "" {
+				emitter.Data = tc.cedata
+			}
+			if err := emitter.Emit(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%v", p.GetListeningPort())); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error emitting event: %v\n", err)
+			}
+
+			// received event
+			got := <-events
+
+			cancel()                           // stop the client
+			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // let the server stop
+
+			if tc.cesource != "" && got.Source() != tc.cesource {
+				t.Fatalf("%s: Expected %s as source, got %s", n, tc.cesource, got.Source())
+			}
+			if tc.cetype != "" && got.Type() != tc.cetype {
+				t.Fatalf("%s: Expected %s as type, got %s", n, tc.cetype, got.Type())
+			}
+			if tc.ceid != "" && got.ID() != tc.ceid {
+				t.Fatalf("%s: Expected %s as id, got %s", n, tc.ceid, got.ID())
+			}
+			if tc.cedata != "" {
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.cedata, string(got.Data())); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected difference (-want, +got): %v", diff)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/emit.go b/cmd/emit.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cf9a43a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/emit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	fn "github.com/boson-project/func"
+	"github.com/boson-project/func/cloudevents"
+	"github.com/boson-project/func/knative"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/ory/viper"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	e := cloudevents.NewEmitter()
+	root.AddCommand(emitCmd)
+	// TODO: do these env vars make sense?
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("sink", "k", "", "Send the CloudEvent to the function running at [sink]. The special value \"local\" can be used to send the event to a function running on the local host. When provided, the --path flag is ignored  (Env: $FUNC_SINK)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("source", "s", e.Source, "CloudEvent source (Env: $FUNC_SOURCE)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("type", "t", e.Type, "CloudEvent type  (Env: $FUNC_TYPE)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("id", "i", uuid.NewString(), "CloudEvent ID (Env: $FUNC_ID)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("data", "d", "", "Any arbitrary string to be sent as the CloudEvent data. Ignored if --file is provided  (Env: $FUNC_DATA)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "", "Path to a local file containing CloudEvent data to be sent  (Env: $FUNC_FILE)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("content-type", "c", "application/json", "The MIME Content-Type for the CloudEvent data  (Env: $FUNC_CONTENT_TYPE)")
+	emitCmd.Flags().StringP("path", "p", cwd(), "Path to the project directory. Ignored when --sink is provided (Env: $FUNC_PATH)")
+}
+
+var emitCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "emit",
+	Short: "Emit a CloudEvent to a function endpoint",
+	Long: `Emit event
+
+Emits a CloudEvent, sending it to the deployed function.
+`,
+	Example: `
+# Send a CloudEvent to the deployed function with no data and default values
+# for source, type and ID
+kn func emit
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the deployed function with the data found in ./test.json
+kn func emit --file ./test.json
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the function running locally with a CloudEvent containing
+# "Hello World!" as the data field, with a content type of "text/plain"
+kn func emit --data "Hello World!" --content-type "text/plain" -s local
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the function running locally with an event type of "my.event"
+kn func emit --type my.event --sink local
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the deployed function found at /path/to/fn with an id of "fn.test"
+kn func emit --path /path/to/fn -i fn.test
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to an arbitrary endpoint
+kn func emit --sink "http://my.event.broker.com"
+`,
+	SuggestFor: []string{"meit", "emti", "send"},
+	PreRunE:    bindEnv("source", "type", "id", "data", "file", "path", "sink", "content-type"),
+	RunE:       runEmit,
+}
+
+func runEmit(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
+	config := newEmitConfig()
+	var endpoint string
+	if config.Sink != "" {
+		if config.Sink == "local" {
+			endpoint = "http://localhost:8080"
+		} else {
+			endpoint = config.Sink
+		}
+	} else {
+		var f fn.Function
+		f, err = fn.NewFunction(config.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		// What happens if the function hasn't been deployed but they don't run with --local=true
+		// Maybe we should be thinking about saving the endpoint URL in func.yaml after each deploy
+		var d *knative.Describer
+		d, err = knative.NewDescriber("")
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		var desc fn.Description
+		desc, err = d.Describe(f.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		// Use the first available route
+		endpoint = desc.Routes[0]
+	}
+
+	emitter := cloudevents.NewEmitter()
+	emitter.Source = config.Source
+	emitter.Type = config.Type
+	emitter.Id = config.Id
+	emitter.ContentType = config.ContentType
+	emitter.Data = config.Data
+	if config.File != "" {
+		var buf []byte
+		if emitter.Data != "" && config.Verbose {
+			// TODO: This made me wonder whether we should switch to a real logging library
+			fmt.Printf("WARN: Found both --data and --file. Using file: %v\n", config.File)
+		}
+		buf, err = ioutil.ReadFile(config.File)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		emitter.Data = string(buf)
+	}
+
+	client := fn.New(
+		fn.WithEmitter(emitter),
+	)
+	return client.Emit(cmd.Context(), endpoint)
+}
+
+type emitConfig struct {
+	Path        string
+	Source      string
+	Type        string
+	Id          string
+	Data        string
+	File        string
+	ContentType string
+	Sink        string
+	Verbose     bool
+}
+
+func newEmitConfig() emitConfig {
+	return emitConfig{
+		Path:        viper.GetString("path"),
+		Source:      viper.GetString("source"),
+		Type:        viper.GetString("type"),
+		Id:          viper.GetString("id"),
+		Data:        viper.GetString("data"),
+		File:        viper.GetString("file"),
+		ContentType: viper.GetString("content-type"),
+		Sink:        viper.GetString("sink"),
+		Verbose:     viper.GetBool("verbose"),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/docs/guides/commands.md b/docs/guides/commands.md
index bd08a78a7..fc39f521b 100644
--- a/docs/guides/commands.md
+++ b/docs/guides/commands.md
@@ -124,3 +124,38 @@ When run as a `kn` plugin.
 ```console
 kn func delete <name> [-n namespace, -p path]
 ```
+
+## `emit`
+
+Emits a CloudEvent, sending it to the deployed function. The user may specify the event type, source and ID,
+and may provide event data on the command line or in a file on disk. By default, `event` works on the local
+directory, assuming that it is a function project. Alternatively the user may provide a path to a project
+directory using the `--path` flag, or send an event to an arbitrary endpoint using the `--sink` flag. The
+`--sink` flag also accepts the special value `local` to send an event to the function running locally, for
+example, when run via `func run`.
+
+Similar `kn` command when using the `kn-plgin-event`: `kn event send [FLAGS]`
+
+Examples:
+
+```console
+# Send a CloudEvent to the deployed function with no data and default values
+# for source, type and ID
+kn func emit
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the deployed function with the data found in ./test.json
+kn func emit --file ./test.json
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the function running locally with a CloudEvent containing
+# "Hello World!" as the data field, with a content type of "text/plain"
+kn func emit --data "Hello World!" --content-type "text/plain" -s local
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the function running locally with an event type of "my.event"
+kn func emit --type my.event --sink local
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to the deployed function found at /path/to/fn with an id of "fn.test"
+kn func emit --path /path/to/fn -i fn.test
+
+# Send a CloudEvent to an arbitrary endpoint
+kn func emit --sink "http://my.event.broker.com"
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f8b040ac7..04a2b1634 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/buildpacks/pack v0.18.0
+	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.10.5
 	github.com/docker/docker v20.10.2+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/markbates/pkger v0.17.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/ory/viper v1.7.4
diff --git a/mock/emitter.go b/mock/emitter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fdff63c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mock/emitter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package mock
+
+import (
+	"context"
+)
+
+type Emitter struct {
+	EmitInvoked bool
+	EmitFn      func(string) error
+}
+
+func NewEmitter() *Emitter {
+	return &Emitter{
+		EmitFn: func(string) error { return nil },
+	}
+}
+
+func (i *Emitter) Emit(ctx context.Context, s string) error {
+	i.EmitInvoked = true
+	return i.EmitFn(s)
+}