diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/sockets.py b/invokeai/app/api/sockets.py
index e651e43559..c5d9ace8d2 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/sockets.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/sockets.py
@@ -12,16 +12,27 @@ class SocketIO:
     __sio: AsyncServer
     __app: ASGIApp
 
+    __sub_queue: str = "subscribe_queue"
+    __unsub_queue: str = "unsubscribe_queue"
+
+    __sub_bulk_download: str = "subscribe_bulk_download"
+    __unsub_bulk_download: str = "unsubscribe_bulk_download"
+
+
     def __init__(self, app: FastAPI):
         self.__sio = AsyncServer(async_mode="asgi", cors_allowed_origins="*")
         self.__app = ASGIApp(socketio_server=self.__sio, socketio_path="/ws/socket.io")
         app.mount("/ws", self.__app)
 
-        self.__sio.on("subscribe_queue", handler=self._handle_sub_queue)
-        self.__sio.on("unsubscribe_queue", handler=self._handle_unsub_queue)
+        self.__sio.on(self.__sub_queue, handler=self._handle_sub_queue)
+        self.__sio.on(self.__unsub_queue, handler=self._handle_unsub_queue)
         local_handler.register(event_name=EventServiceBase.queue_event, _func=self._handle_queue_event)
         local_handler.register(event_name=EventServiceBase.model_event, _func=self._handle_model_event)
 
+        self.__sio.on(self.__sub_bulk_download, handler=self._handle_sub_bulk_download)
+        self.__sio.on(self.__unsub_bulk_download, handler=self._handle_unsub_bulk_download)
+        local_handler.register(event_name=EventServiceBase.bulk_download_event, _func=self._handle_bulk_download_event)
+
     async def _handle_queue_event(self, event: Event):
         await self.__sio.emit(
             event=event[1]["event"],
@@ -39,3 +50,18 @@ class SocketIO:
 
     async def _handle_model_event(self, event: Event) -> None:
         await self.__sio.emit(event=event[1]["event"], data=event[1]["data"])
+
+    async def _handle_bulk_download_event(self, event: Event):
+        await self.__sio.emit(
+            event=event[1]["event"],
+            data=event[1]["data"],
+            room=event[1]["data"]["bulk_download_id"],
+        )
+
+    async def _handle_sub_bulk_download(self, sid, data, *args, **kwargs):
+        if "bulk_download_id" in data:
+            await self.__sio.enter_room(sid, data["bulk_download_id"])
+
+    async def _handle_unsub_bulk_download(self, sid, data, *args, **kwargs):
+        if "bulk_download_id" in data:
+            await self.__sio.leave_room(sid, data["bulk_download_id"])
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/events/events_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/events/events_base.py
index 5355fe2298..0a0668b274 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/events/events_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/events/events_base.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from invokeai.backend.model_manager import AnyModelConfig
 
 class EventServiceBase:
     queue_event: str = "queue_event"
+    bulk_download_event: str = "bulk_download_event"
     download_event: str = "download_event"
     model_event: str = "model_event"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ class EventServiceBase:
     def dispatch(self, event_name: str, payload: Any) -> None:
         pass
 
+    def _emit_bulk_download_event(self, event_name: str, payload: dict) -> None:
+        """Bulk download events are emitted to a room with queue_id as the room name"""
+        payload["timestamp"] = get_timestamp()
+        self.dispatch(
+            event_name=EventServiceBase.bulk_download_event,
+            payload={"event": event_name, "data": payload},
+        )
+
     def __emit_queue_event(self, event_name: str, payload: dict) -> None:
         """Queue events are emitted to a room with queue_id as the room name"""
         payload["timestamp"] = get_timestamp()
@@ -430,3 +439,25 @@ class EventServiceBase:
                 "error": error,
             },
         )
+
+    def emit_bulk_download_started(self, bulk_download_id: str) -> None:
+        """Emitted when a bulk download starts"""
+        self._emit_bulk_download_event(
+            event_name="bulk_download_started",
+            payload={"bulk_download_id": bulk_download_id, }
+        )
+    
+    def emit_bulk_download_completed(self, bulk_download_id: str, file_path: str) -> None:
+        """Emitted when a bulk download completes"""
+        self._emit_bulk_download_event(
+            event_name="bulk_download_completed",
+            payload={"bulk_download_id": bulk_download_id,
+                    "file_path": file_path}
+        )
+    
+    def emit_bulk_download_failed(self, bulk_download_id: str, error: str) -> None:
+        """Emitted when a bulk download fails"""
+        self._emit_bulk_download_event(
+            event_name="bulk_download_failed",
+            payload={"bulk_download_id": bulk_download_id, "error": error}
+        )