: a gathering, event, or show having a specified focus
a music fest
—often used in combinationa gabfest
Examples of fest in a Sentence
a country music fest
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Cairo Industry Days will also highlight how new technologies are changing the Egyptian film industry, including workshops on extended reality (XR) and digital restoration, linked to the Cairo fest’s new section on XR films and the Cairo Classics sidebar.
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Martin Dale, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
The 2026 fest will improve upon this system by swapping out all tanks prior to guest arrival, so each system is fresh and empty at the start of the event.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2025
That meant that Emms pulled double duty of sorts at the London fest, also appearing in Jonatan Etzler’s black comedy Bad Apples, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a teacher finding her class of 10-year-olds disrupted by one unruly pupil.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Baahubali-fest launched Wednesday on 131 top-tier PLF (premium large format) screens — Imax, Dolby Cinema at AMC, Cinemark XD, Regal RPX, 4DX, D-Box.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
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Martin Dale, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
The 2026 fest will improve upon this system by swapping out all tanks prior to guest arrival, so each system is fresh and empty at the start of the event.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2025
That meant that Emms pulled double duty of sorts at the London fest, also appearing in Jonatan Etzler’s black comedy Bad Apples, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a teacher finding her class of 10-year-olds disrupted by one unruly pupil.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Baahubali-fest launched Wednesday on 131 top-tier PLF (premium large format) screens — Imax, Dolby Cinema at AMC, Cinemark XD, Regal RPX, 4DX, D-Box.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Fest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fest. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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