The aim of this final paper is to provide the reader with a better understanding of the impact of the corona crisis on the event industry, connecting the theoretical background with the help of selected examples from practice. To collect data in the research part of the paper, a survey questionnaire was used to examine the experiences of selected companies in the field of events during the corona crisis. The aim of the research was to gather knowledge about the business actions that the respondents carried out in order to deal with the corona crisis. The reader is introduced to basic theoretical concepts related to the event industry. The business crisis and its causes are explained in order to better understand the cause-and-effect relationships that occur in the observed area. The basic methods of crisis management are listed and explained in more detail. In order to better understand and adopt the explained concepts, examples of crisis phenomena in business are given in order to bring the reader closer to the causes of crisis situations in business. Finally, the impact of the corona crisis on the event industry in the Republic of Croatia was analyzed. The conducted research provided insight into the operations of certain companies within the event industry and knowledge of how the surveyed companies behaved during the corona crisis.