Festival Festival

Festival - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Anniversary, Banquet, Birthday, Blowout, Carnival, Celebration, Do, Entertainment, Fair, Feast, Fiesta, Holiday, Party

A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. "Cherry Days" in Paonia, Colorado is a typical festival.

Types of Festivals

The word fest derives from the German language. See List of German expressions in English.

See also: List of festivals, wiktionary:fest, wiktionary:festival

External links


In Mythology, a festival was also a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.


The Festival Speech Synthesis System : http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/

Example Usage of Festival

mohakprince: Jazz Festival I'm missing today - http://www.jazzutsavFestival.com/
kahmarton14: Parabens bestinha minha *-* melhor ator no Festival de teatro, estou contente por vc ^^
mikerainham: @VickiC88 have you ever been to edinburgh Festival just wondering about going up to see any of it next year.
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