diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_events.py b/tests/pipeline/test_events.py
index 0a9c8b1d..9663b94e 100644
--- a/tests/pipeline/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_events.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 
 import blaze as bz
 from nose_parameterized import parameterized
+import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas.util.testing import assert_series_equal
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ ABSTRACT_EXPECTED_COLS_ERROR = 'abstract methods event_date_col, expected_cols'
 
 class EventDataSet(DataSet):
     previous_announcement = Column(datetime64ns_dtype)
+    next_announcement = Column(datetime64ns_dtype)
 
 
 class EventDataSetLoader(EventsLoader):
@@ -62,6 +64,12 @@ class EventDataSetLoader(EventsLoader):
             self.dataset.previous_announcement,
         )
 
+    @lazyval
+    def next_announcement_loader(self):
+        return self._next_event_date_loader(
+            self.dataset.next_announcement,
+        )
+
 
 # Test case just for catching an error when multiple columns are in the wrong
 #  data format, so no loader defined.
@@ -90,6 +98,34 @@ dtx = pd.date_range('2014-01-01', '2014-01-10')
 
 
 class EventLoaderTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_null_in_event_date_col(self):
+        # Tests that if there is a null date in the event date column, it is
+        # filtered out and does not break on loading the adjusted array.
+        dates_with_null = pd.Series(dtx)
+        dates_with_null[2] = pd.NaT
+        events_by_sid = {0: pd.DataFrame({ANNOUNCEMENT_FIELD_NAME:
+                                         dates_with_null,
+                                         TS_FIELD_NAME: dtx})}
+        loader = EventDataSetLoader(
+            dtx,
+            events_by_sid,
+        )
+
+        prev_result = loader.load_adjusted_array({
+            EventDataSet.previous_announcement
+        }, dtx, [0], [True])[EventDataSet.previous_announcement].data[:, 0]
+
+        next_result = loader.load_adjusted_array({
+            EventDataSet.next_announcement
+        }, dtx, [0], [True])[EventDataSet.next_announcement].data[:, 0]
+
+        expected_prev = dates_with_null[:]
+        expected_prev[2] = dtx[1]
+        assert_array_equal(prev_result, expected_prev)
+        expected_next = dates_with_null[:]
+        expected_next[2] = np.datetime64('NaT')
+        assert_array_equal(next_result, expected_next)
+
     def assert_loader_error(self, events_by_sid, error, msg,
                             infer_timestamps, loader):
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(error, re.escape(msg)):
@@ -261,25 +297,3 @@ class BlazeEventDataSetLoader(BlazeEventsLoader):
         ).__init__(expr,
                    dataset=dataset,
                    **kwargs)
-
-
-class BlazeEventLoaderNullInDateColumnTestCase(TestCase):
-    def test_null_in_event_date_col(self):
-        # Tests that if there is a null date in the event date column, it is
-        # filtered out and does not break on loading the adjusted array.
-        dates_with_null = pd.Series(dtx)
-        dates_with_null[2] = pd.NaT
-        events_by_sid = pd.DataFrame({SID_FIELD_NAME: 0,
-                                      ANNOUNCEMENT_FIELD_NAME: dates_with_null,
-                                      TS_FIELD_NAME: dtx})
-        loader = BlazeEventDataSetLoader(
-            bz.data(events_by_sid),
-        )
-
-        result = loader.load_adjusted_array({
-            EventDataSet.previous_announcement
-        }, dtx, [0], [True])[EventDataSet.previous_announcement].data[:, 0]
-
-        expected = dates_with_null.copy(True)
-        expected[2] = dtx[1]
-        assert_array_equal(result, expected)
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/blaze/events.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/blaze/events.py
index 34d7f37d..6fae418f 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/blaze/events.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/blaze/events.py
@@ -77,11 +77,8 @@ class BlazeEventsLoader(PipelineLoader):
             )
 
         expected_fields = self._expected_fields
-        expr = expr[list(expected_fields)]
         self._expr = bind_expression_to_resources(
-            expr[expr[
-                self.concrete_loader.event_date_col
-            ].notnull()],
+            expr[list(expected_fields)],
             resources,
         )
         self._odo_kwargs = odo_kwargs if odo_kwargs is not None else {}
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/consensus_estimates.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/consensus_estimates.py
index f22378e0..9d8f20f8 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/consensus_estimates.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/consensus_estimates.py
@@ -152,6 +152,5 @@ class ConsensusEstimatesLoader(EventsLoader):
     def previous_actual_value_loader(self):
         return self._previous_event_value_loader(
             self.dataset.previous_actual_value,
-            RELEASE_DATE_FIELD_NAME,
             ACTUAL_VALUE_FIELD_NAME,
         )
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/events.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/events.py
index 42afac97..be1a8ba3 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/events.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/events.py
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ class EventsLoader(PipelineLoader):
                 raise ValueError(
                     WRONG_MANY_COL_DATA_FORMAT_ERROR.format(sid=k)
                 )
-
+        self.events_by_sid = {sid: df.dropna(subset=[self.event_date_col]) for
+                              sid, df in self.events_by_sid.items()}
         self.dataset = dataset
 
     def get_loader(self, column):
diff --git a/zipline/testing/fixtures.py b/zipline/testing/fixtures.py
index 3ae3deb8..d1547489 100644
--- a/zipline/testing/fixtures.py
+++ b/zipline/testing/fixtures.py
@@ -912,8 +912,8 @@ class WithPipelineEventDataLoader(with_metaclass(
         frame = pd.DataFrame({sid: get_values_for_date_ranges(
             zip_date_index_with_vals,
             vals[sid],
-            pd.DatetimeIndex(zip(*date_intervals[sid])[0]),
-            pd.DatetimeIndex(zip(*date_intervals[sid])[1]),
+            pd.DatetimeIndex(list(zip(*date_intervals[sid]))[0]),
+            pd.DatetimeIndex(list(zip(*date_intervals[sid]))[1]),
             dates
         ) for sid in self.get_sids()[:-1]})
         frame[self.get_sids()[-1]] = zip_date_index_with_vals(