The year 2020, the specific crisis that arose in that period, and the strong impact of the crisis on the event industry are the main driving points that prompted the start of this study. The introductory part of the paper serves as a basis for understanding the main issues and subjects of research, while the theoretical part chronologically describes all important elements of the topic, starting of with introduction of the event industry, finishing with alternative solutions to combat the crisis. In accordance with the circumstances, and the imposed strict epidemiological measures, the focus is on adaptation and new ways of holding events. The question of event industry survival in the corona crisis arises on a global scale, so this paper focuses in more detail on the event organizers in Croatia in order to find out the trend of future development. Survey research, processing, and analysis of the obtained answers, concludes that the crisis has led the Croatian organizers to the necessary changes. Existing technology has created a virtual world to which the event industry is turning to, which is evident from the research of secondary data, but also through survey research on a sample of Croatian organizers. New ways of holding events indicate the need to see the advantages and disadvantages. The results of the survey indicate a match between the views of Croatian organizers and event organizers from around the world. There are a few key conclusions of the study. Firstly, the virtual world cannot surpass the experience of holding a live event overnight. Likewise, opinion of the organizers indicates that certain advantages of the virtual world are not negligible, especially when it comes to removing any border or physical barriers to be a part of an event. Accordingly, the ultimate goal of the paper is to look at the future of events in Croatia. The synergy of advantages and disadvantages of traditional events, and virtual, leads to a hybrid model as a model of the future for events in Croatia and entire world. More specifically, 62% of respondents said YES to the hybrid model, so it can be concluded that the corona crisis has led the event industry in Croatia to make changes that are here to stay.