diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/layer.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/layer.rs
index dde717b7..bfacafae 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/layer.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/layer.rs
@@ -620,6 +620,44 @@ impl<'a, S: Subscriber> Context<'a, S> {
             // `tracing-core` should make `Current::unknown()` public?
             .unwrap_or_else(span::Current::none)
     }
+
+    /// Returns whether the wrapped subscriber would enable the current span.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn enabled(&self, metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
+        self.subscriber
+            .map(|subscriber| subscriber.enabled(metadata))
+            // If this context is `None`, we are registering a callsite, so
+            // return `true` so that the layer does not incorrectly assume that
+            // the inner subscriber has disabled this metadata.
+            // TODO(eliza): would it be more correct for this to return an `Option`?
+            .unwrap_or(true)
+    }
+
+    /// Records the provided `event` with the wrapped subscriber.
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    ///
+    /// - The subscriber is free to expect that the event's callsite has been
+    ///   [registered][register], and may panic or fail to observe the event if this is
+    ///   not the case. The `tracing` crate's macros ensure that all events are
+    ///   registered, but if the event is constructed through other means, the
+    ///   user is responsible for ensuring that [`register_callsite`][register]
+    ///   has been called prior to calling this method.
+    /// - This does _not_ call [`enabled`] on the inner subscriber. If the
+    ///   caller wishes to apply the wrapped subscriber's filter before choosing
+    ///   whether to record the event, it may first call [`Context::enabled`] to
+    ///   check whether the event would be enabled. This allows `Layer`s to
+    ///   elide constructing the event if it would not be recorded.
+    ///
+    /// [register]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/latest/tracing_core/subscriber/trait.Subscriber.html#method.register_callsite
+    /// [`enabled`]: https://docs.rs/tracing-core/latest/tracing_core/subscriber/trait.Subscriber.html#method.enabled
+    /// [`Context::enabled`]: #method.enabled
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn event(&self, event: &Event) {
+        if let Some(ref subscriber) = self.subscriber {
+            subscriber.event(event);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, S> Context<'a, S> {