Festival
noun
An event, typically one that is celebrated by a community, which includes activities, music, games, etc.
The town hosts an annual music festival.
Often appears as...
- music festival
- cultural festival
noun
A series of performances of music, films, or theater.
We went to a film festival in Venice.
Often appears as...
- theatre festival
- film festival
noun
A religious day or period of celebration.
Christmas is a festival celebrated by Christians around the world.
Often appears as...
- religious festival
- buddhist festival
Usage tips
Religious
noun
Period of celebration or joy.
There was a festival atmosphere in the city after the big win.
Often appears as...
- festival atmosphere
- festival spirit
noun
An event, typically one that is celebrated by a community, which includes activities, music, games, etc.
The town hosts an annual music festival.
Often appears as...
- music festival
- cultural festival
noun
A series of performances of music, films, or theater.
We went to a film festival in Venice.
Often appears as...
- theatre festival
- film festival
noun
A religious day or period of celebration.
Christmas is a festival celebrated by Christians around the world.
Often appears as...
- religious festival
- buddhist festival
Usage tips
Religious
noun
Period of celebration or joy.
There was a festival atmosphere in the city after the big win.
Often appears as...
- festival atmosphere
- festival spirit
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Community Bonding
Festivals often bring local people together to strengthen community ties.
The harvest festival united the entire village with shared joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Celebrate Traditions
They may celebrate traditions or mark historic events specific to a place or group.
The town's historic festival recounts our forebears' journey.
Pro Tip 3/3Outdoor Events
Such festivals are often held outdoors and can include parades or fairs.
The street festival featured floats, food stalls, and live bands.
Pro Tip 1/3Community Bonding
Festivals often bring local people together to strengthen community ties.
The harvest festival united the entire village with shared joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Celebrate Traditions
They may celebrate traditions or mark historic events specific to a place or group.
The town's historic festival recounts our forebears' journey.
Pro Tip 3/3Outdoor Events
Such festivals are often held outdoors and can include parades or fairs.
The street festival featured floats, food stalls, and live bands.
Pro Tip 1/3Community Bonding
Festivals often bring local people together to strengthen community ties.
The harvest festival united the entire village with shared joy.
Pro Tip 2/3Celebrate Traditions
They may celebrate traditions or mark historic events specific to a place or group.
The town's historic festival recounts our forebears' journey.
Pro Tip 3/3Outdoor Events
Such festivals are often held outdoors and can include parades or fairs.
The street festival featured floats, food stalls, and live bands.
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Giant Python Attacks PIPE...
open wound and all this all this festival oh man he bit me really I'm gonna try and move slowly towards no no way I just don't want to be bitten again I really they had bosey still grabbing you know it went okay he's nervous I said just among just possession just Patel he's planning something yes something is going on like that he's planning something he's squeezing me
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Greeting the world in...
only a small fraction of it is visible. Food, flags, and festivals, which are often talked about in schools, are the visible parts that we rightly celebrate. However, only when we look deeper, under the water, are we able to focus on the common values that connect us. In what seems to be an increasingly troubled world,
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Courtney Martin:...
is that growing up is about rejecting the past and then promptly reclaiming it. Feminism was the water I grew up in. When I was just a little girl, my mom started what is now the longest-running women's film festival in the world. So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons,
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Lopburi Monkey Festival...
bring them food but on the day of the festival near the camere temple the spread is huge including a colorful display of fruits and goodies for the monkeys to choose from and indulge even statues of monkeys get trays of colorful food and a bottle of water
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Living Embodiment of...
--even when she has to go to festivals and to attend to other rituals in the city. MORGAN This royal treatment isn't required merely out of respect for the divine. It avoids her receiving cuts to her feet. If she bleeds, she ceases to be a goddess.
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What does it mean to be...
and those of us who look beyond our borders are on the right side of history. So where are we? So we run this amazing festival, we've scored some big policy wins, and citizens are signing up all over the world. But have we achieved our mission?
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Why invest in the...
I so passionate about the creative economy well in all my experience as a copywriter a novelist a playwright a poet a filmmaker a festival director and the teacher I have come to realize that the creative economy is one of the key
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Elephants Freed From...
this is the biggest festival or celebration if you like of elephants in the country and originally this was set up to be a reminder of that cultural traditional heritage link that they have but also to help educate people about
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The Monkey Festival PIPE...
festival near the camere temple the spread is huge including a colorful display of fruits and goodies for the monkeys to choose from and indulge even statues of monkeys get trays of colorful food and a bottle of water
Video examples
Lopburi Monkey Festival...
of the festival near the kamir temple the spread is huge including a colorful display of fruits and goodies for the monkeys to choose from and indulge even statues of monkeys get trays of colorful
Video examples
Giant Python Attacks PIPE...
open wound and all this all this festival oh man he bit me really I'm gonna try and move slowly towards no no way I just don't want to be bitten again I really they had bosey still grabbing you know it went okay he's nervous I said just among just possession just Patel he's planning something yes something is going on like that he's planning something he's squeezing me
Video examples
Greeting the world in...
only a small fraction of it is visible. Food, flags, and festivals, which are often talked about in schools, are the visible parts that we rightly celebrate. However, only when we look deeper, under the water, are we able to focus on the common values that connect us. In what seems to be an increasingly troubled world,
Video examples
Courtney Martin:...
is that growing up is about rejecting the past and then promptly reclaiming it. Feminism was the water I grew up in. When I was just a little girl, my mom started what is now the longest-running women's film festival in the world. So while other kids were watching sitcoms and cartoons,
Video examples
Lopburi Monkey Festival...
bring them food but on the day of the festival near the camere temple the spread is huge including a colorful display of fruits and goodies for the monkeys to choose from and indulge even statues of monkeys get trays of colorful food and a bottle of water
Video examples
Living Embodiment of...
--even when she has to go to festivals and to attend to other rituals in the city. MORGAN This royal treatment isn't required merely out of respect for the divine. It avoids her receiving cuts to her feet. If she bleeds, she ceases to be a goddess.
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
and those of us who look beyond our borders are on the right side of history. So where are we? So we run this amazing festival, we've scored some big policy wins, and citizens are signing up all over the world. But have we achieved our mission?
Video examples
Why invest in the...
I so passionate about the creative economy well in all my experience as a copywriter a novelist a playwright a poet a filmmaker a festival director and the teacher I have come to realize that the creative economy is one of the key
Video examples
Elephants Freed From...
this is the biggest festival or celebration if you like of elephants in the country and originally this was set up to be a reminder of that cultural traditional heritage link that they have but also to help educate people about
Video examples
The Monkey Festival PIPE...
festival near the camere temple the spread is huge including a colorful display of fruits and goodies for the monkeys to choose from and indulge even statues of monkeys get trays of colorful food and a bottle of water
Video examples
Lopburi Monkey Festival...
of the festival near the kamir temple the spread is huge including a colorful display of fruits and goodies for the monkeys to choose from and indulge even statues of monkeys get trays of colorful
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Zac Brown
American Musician
It doesn't seem expected for us to do something like that, but I love electronic music. I spend a lot of my time listening to that and just trying to understand what makes it work - what makes it move people the way it does and why they have some of the best-selling festivals in the world.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new foods, new ideas. You want to stop having so many wars? This could be a step in the right direction.
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Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
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James Cleverly
British Politician
Wow, a left-wing leader getting a good reception at a rock festival. What kind of crazy world is it we live in that that kind of thing happens?
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Farhan Akhtar
Indian Director
Film festivals are important, as they often provide an opportunity to look at a film from a fresh perspective.
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Hardwell
Dutch Musician
You can have the best production, the best stage in the world, but without a crowd, the festival is nothing.
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Adele
English Singer
I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.
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Ken Loach
English Director
Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.
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Vivek Agnihotri
Indian Director
I am passionate about film festivals.
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Zac Brown
American Musician
It doesn't seem expected for us to do something like that, but I love electronic music. I spend a lot of my time listening to that and just trying to understand what makes it work - what makes it move people the way it does and why they have some of the best-selling festivals in the world.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new foods, new ideas. You want to stop having so many wars? This could be a step in the right direction.
Quote examples
Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.
Quote examples
Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
Quote examples
James Cleverly
British Politician
Wow, a left-wing leader getting a good reception at a rock festival. What kind of crazy world is it we live in that that kind of thing happens?
Quote examples
Farhan Akhtar
Indian Director
Film festivals are important, as they often provide an opportunity to look at a film from a fresh perspective.
Quote examples
Hardwell
Dutch Musician
You can have the best production, the best stage in the world, but without a crowd, the festival is nothing.
Quote examples
Adele
English Singer
I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.
Quote examples
Ken Loach
English Director
Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.
Quote examples
Vivek Agnihotri
Indian Director
I am passionate about film festivals.
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