The concept of tourism, as any social and economic phenomenon, undergoes certain changes over time. The tourist offer is forced to respond to the increasingly demanding needs of modern tourists, which imply new experiences. Classic sea and sun tourism, ie. passive vacation, belongs to past. In this sense, specific forms of tourism are being developed that provide tourist destinations with the possibility of diversification and targeted attraction of a certain profile of tourists. Modern tourist needs open the possibility of tourist development of locations that do not necessarily have certain natural and cultural resources. One such form of tourism is event tourism which further branches out with regard to the type and size of the event. The type of tourism event that is the focus of this paper are music festivals, ie. even more specific EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals. It is a type of festival that has become one of the biggest contemporary tourism trends, and it also represents cultural and social youth movement that remindes of first music festivals. Throughout history, music festivals have played the role of gathering and cultural identification of youth. EDM festivals are a very significant part of the tourist offer of the locations where they are held, they are strong economic drivers. However, these festivals also have certain negative effects, such as cultural conflicts with the local population, a large amount of noise and waste, endangering the sustainability of the locations where they are performed. Therefore, it is very important that when planning and organizing, all potential threats are taken into account. It is important that the festival organizers work closely with the local community in order to be able to organize a sustainable festival with a potentially long tradition.