A comprehensive analysis has been made of Zhangjiajie tourism events from 1999 to 2015 by using correlation coefficient method, condition index method and weighed construction method based on the variance, and four evaluation indexes about tourism events has thus been worked out: innovation, sustainability, compatibility and integration, which provides a concise criteria for the evaluation of the development of tourism events. On that basis are screened out some representative events of Zhangjiajie Tourism. Some proposals have been made for the development of festival events, which is of theoretical and practical significance for the promotion of the tourism industry in the future.