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Type Words
Synonyms fete
Type of celebration, festivity
Has types kwanzaa, oktoberfest, saturnalia, sheepshearing, kwanza, carnival, dionysia, eisteddfod, film festival, jazz festival, bacchanalia


a drama festival.
Type Words
Type of period, time period, period of time
Has types religious festival, church festival

Examples of festivals

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I have nothing against the festivals that celebrate one's roots, one's heritage.
From the washingtontimes.com
We played festivals this summer and there wasn't any distortion or loud guitars.
From the latimes.com
Families head there for picnics and the devout bathe during religious festivals.
From the time.com
Consider festivals like the November elephant round-up at Surin Elephant Centre.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
I have been to many music festivals and they run these events with a tight hand.
From the gothamgal.com
The Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay in July is the mother of all reggae festivals.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Similar festivals are being held in San Diego, Philadelphia and Cambridge, Mass.
From the sfgate.com
Autumn is for festivals and festive leaf color along the ridge of Pine Mountain.
From the sacbee.com
She traveled to poetry festivals and workshops in Florida and New York to write.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • A day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
  • An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"
  • A festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community.
  • Home Box Office (commonly abbreviated as HBO), a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, is an American premium cable television network that broadcasts in over 150 countries.
  • A Festival is a type of observance in the Churches of the Anglican Communion, considered to be less significant than a Principal Feast or Principal Holy Day, but more significant than a Lesser Festival or Commemoration. ...
  • Festival is the name of two films: * Festival (1967 film), documentary about the 1963-1965 Newport Folk Festivals * Festival (2005 film), comedy about performers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
  • Festival is the fourth release by the band Jon Oliva's Pain. Released in February 2010 in Europe, it peaked at #87 in the German MRC Radio Charts.
  • (FESTIVALS) A public gathering of Witches, Wiccans and Pagans to share ideas. They generally are composed of from a few to a few hundred people. Often Festivals have workshops, Rituals and a lot of social sharing.
  • (Festivals) Across Cerilia the various human and non-human peoples hold festivals to mark sacred events and the passing of time. These are listed in Time, seasons, and holidays.