diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java
index 627a9c77b9256..ca4706368d4ec 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/InjectableObserverMethod.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.Bean;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.ObserverMethod;
 
+import io.quarkus.arc.impl.EventContextImpl;
+import io.quarkus.arc.impl.EventMetadataImpl;
+
 /**
  * Represents an observer method.
  *
@@ -32,6 +35,11 @@ default Bean<?> getDeclaringBean() {
         return Arc.container().bean(getDeclaringBeanIdentifier());
     }
 
+    default void notify(T event) {
+        notify(new EventContextImpl<>(event,
+                new EventMetadataImpl(getObservedQualifiers(), event.getClass())));
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @return the identifier or null for synthetic observers
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventContextImpl.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventContextImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d906a97d7570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventContextImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package io.quarkus.arc.impl;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.EventContext;
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.EventMetadata;
+
+// this class is public because it is used in io.quarkus.arc.InjectableObserverMethod
+public class EventContextImpl<T> implements EventContext<T> {
+
+    private final T payload;
+
+    private final EventMetadata metadata;
+
+    public EventContextImpl(T payload, EventMetadata metadata) {
+        this.payload = payload;
+        this.metadata = metadata;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public T getEvent() {
+        return payload;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EventMetadata getMetadata() {
+        return metadata;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventImpl.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventImpl.java
index 71dbb4d24d316..b35920b97c1f3 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventImpl.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventImpl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Any;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.EventContext;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.EventMetadata;
-import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.ObserverMethod;
 import jakarta.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral;
 import jakarta.transaction.RollbackException;
@@ -351,58 +350,6 @@ private boolean isNotTxObserver(ObserverMethod<?> observer) {
 
     }
 
-    static class EventContextImpl<T> implements EventContext<T> {
-
-        private final T payload;
-
-        private final EventMetadata metadata;
-
-        public EventContextImpl(T payload, EventMetadata metadata) {
-            this.payload = payload;
-            this.metadata = metadata;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public T getEvent() {
-            return payload;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public EventMetadata getMetadata() {
-            return metadata;
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    static class EventMetadataImpl implements EventMetadata {
-
-        private final Set<Annotation> qualifiers;
-
-        private final Type eventType;
-
-        public EventMetadataImpl(Set<Annotation> qualifiers, Type eventType) {
-            this.qualifiers = qualifiers;
-            this.eventType = eventType;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Set<Annotation> getQualifiers() {
-            return qualifiers;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint() {
-            // Currently we do not support injection point of the injected Event instance which fired the event
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Type getType() {
-            return eventType;
-        }
-
-    }
-
     static class ArcSynchronization implements Synchronization {
 
         private List<DeferredEventNotification<?>> deferredEvents;
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventMetadataImpl.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventMetadataImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..72a33e153bd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/EventMetadataImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package io.quarkus.arc.impl;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.EventMetadata;
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint;
+
+// this class is public because it is used in io.quarkus.arc.InjectableObserverMethod
+public class EventMetadataImpl implements EventMetadata {
+
+    private final Set<Annotation> qualifiers;
+
+    private final Type eventType;
+
+    public EventMetadataImpl(Set<Annotation> qualifiers, Type eventType) {
+        this.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+        this.eventType = eventType;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Annotation> getQualifiers() {
+        return qualifiers;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint() {
+        // Currently we do not support injection point of the injected Event instance which fired the event
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Type getType() {
+        return eventType;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/ifexists/ReceptionIfExistsTest.java b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/ifexists/ReceptionIfExistsTest.java
index 5cab7d8d171f1..99a4cd94c31dd 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/ifexists/ReceptionIfExistsTest.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/ifexists/ReceptionIfExistsTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public void testObserver() {
         assertEquals(DependentObserver.class.getName() + "foo", EVENTS.get(1));
         container.requestContext().deactivate();
 
-        // TODO check reception metadata
         Set<ObserverMethod<? super String>> foundOm = Arc.container().beanManager().resolveObserverMethods("eventString");
         assertEquals(2, foundOm.size());
         for (ObserverMethod<? super String> om : foundOm) {
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/notification/ManualNotifyInvocationTest.java b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/notification/ManualNotifyInvocationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a60ac261dd7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/observers/notification/ManualNotifyInvocationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package io.quarkus.arc.test.observers.notification;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.ObserverMethod;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
+import io.quarkus.arc.test.ArcTestContainer;
+
+public class ManualNotifyInvocationTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public ArcTestContainer container = new ArcTestContainer(StringObserver.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void testManualNotifyInvocation() {
+        assertEquals(0, StringObserver.NOTIFIED.get());
+        Arc.container().beanManager().getEvent().fire("hello");
+        assertEquals(1, StringObserver.NOTIFIED.get());
+
+        Set<ObserverMethod<? super String>> foundOM = Arc.container().beanManager().resolveObserverMethods("foo");
+        assertEquals(1, foundOM.size());
+        foundOM.iterator().next().notify("test");
+        assertEquals(2, StringObserver.NOTIFIED.get());
+    }
+
+    @ApplicationScoped
+    static class StringObserver {
+        private static final AtomicInteger NOTIFIED = new AtomicInteger();
+
+        void observeString(@Observes String value) {
+            NOTIFIED.incrementAndGet();
+        }
+    }
+}