diff --git a/ingestify/infra/event_log/consumer.py b/ingestify/infra/event_log/consumer.py
index 696c6b7..ef53818 100644
--- a/ingestify/infra/event_log/consumer.py
+++ b/ingestify/infra/event_log/consumer.py
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import logging
 import time
-from typing import Callable, Optional
+from typing import Callable, List, Optional
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, select
 
+from ingestify.domain.models.event.domain_event import DomainEvent
+
 from .event_log import EventLog
 from .tables import get_tables
 
+OnEventHandler = Callable[[DomainEvent], None]
+OnEventsHandler = Callable[[List[DomainEvent]], None]
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ def _update_cursor(self, conn, event_id: int) -> None:
         )
         conn.commit()
 
-    def _run_once(self, on_event: Callable, batch_size: int = 100) -> int:
+    def _run_once(self, on_event: OnEventHandler, batch_size: int = 100) -> int:
         """Returns number of events processed, or -1 if a processing error occurred."""
         with self._engine.connect() as conn:
             self._ensure_reader_state(conn)
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ def _run_once(self, on_event: Callable, batch_size: int = 100) -> int:
 
     def run(
         self,
-        on_event: Callable,
+        on_event: OnEventHandler,
         poll_interval: Optional[int] = None,
         batch_size: int = 100,
     ) -> int:
@@ -114,3 +119,58 @@ def run(
                 if poll_interval is None:
                     return 0
                 time.sleep(poll_interval)
+
+    def _run_batched_once(self, on_events: OnEventsHandler, batch_size: int) -> int:
+        """Returns number of events processed, or -1 if a processing error occurred.
+
+        on_events receives the full list of DomainEvent instances for this
+        batch. The cursor advances to the last event's id only after
+        on_events returns without raising.
+        """
+        with self._engine.connect() as conn:
+            self._ensure_reader_state(conn)
+            last_id = self._get_last_event_id(conn)
+
+        rows = self._event_log.fetch_batch(last_id, batch_size)
+        if not rows:
+            return 0
+
+        events = [event for _, event in rows]
+        try:
+            on_events(events)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(
+                "Failed to process batch of %d events — cursor NOT advanced",
+                len(rows),
+            )
+            return -1
+
+        last_event_id = rows[-1][0]
+        with self._engine.connect() as conn:
+            self._update_cursor(conn, last_event_id)
+
+        return len(rows)
+
+    def run_batched(
+        self,
+        on_events: OnEventsHandler,
+        poll_interval: Optional[int] = None,
+        batch_size: int = 1000,
+    ) -> int:
+        """Consume events in batches.
+
+        on_events is called with a List[DomainEvent] per batch. The cursor
+        advances once per batch, not per event — letting callers parallelize
+        I/O-bound work within a batch (threads, asyncio, etc.) without
+        hitting the DB on every event.
+
+        Exit codes match run(): 0 success, 1 processing error.
+        """
+        while True:
+            count = self._run_batched_once(on_events, batch_size)
+            if count < 0:
+                return 1
+            if count == 0:
+                if poll_interval is None:
+                    return 0
+                time.sleep(poll_interval)