Challenges and Future Development Study on EDM Festivals in China: Focus on the Belgium ‘Tomorrowland’ EDM Festival and Comparative Analysis

This paper aims to improve the domestic EDM festival market and serve as a reference of other studies. To this end, conducted a comprehensive comparison and analysis between domestic and internal EDM festivals. “ISY” in China one of the largest EDM festivals is described in this thesis to represent the festivals in China. “Tomorrowland” from Belgium which is one of the top 3 EDM festivals around the world is used as the overseas example case. In this thesis, basic information about the performing artists, cultural diversity, social and business values, and other factors of the EDM festivals are deeply investigated. As a result, it was found that EDM festivals in China boomed dramatically last decade, butsome challenges due to the internal festival development and external environment still exist. In this paper, explored the intrinsic meaning and value of Chinese EDM festival cultureand the development plan for future festivals is proposed.