as in celebration
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
tourists flock to the town for its annual strawberry festival
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The shoes brought a bright, athletic touch to her festival ensemble, which consisted of a simple navy top and pants (or jumpsuit) paired with a breezy white long-sleeve layer.
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Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
The pair also organise the biggest annual music festival on the island, ABR festival.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
The 10th anniversary edition of the nation’s first and only LGBTQ+ and Latino multidisciplinary arts festival ends with a comedy event produced and headlined by Puerto Rican comedian Gabe González.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
Levitation is implementing a new cross-hybrid format of the festival grounds, with this year’s main stage moving to Palmer Events Center while nightly venue shows take place across Austin’s Downtown Red River District.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
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Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
The pair also organise the biggest annual music festival on the island, ABR festival.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
The 10th anniversary edition of the nation’s first and only LGBTQ+ and Latino multidisciplinary arts festival ends with a comedy event produced and headlined by Puerto Rican comedian Gabe González.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
Levitation is implementing a new cross-hybrid format of the festival grounds, with this year’s main stage moving to Palmer Events Center while nightly venue shows take place across Austin’s Downtown Red River District.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for festival
festivity
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While the White Sox play the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be at Rate Field celebrating the new leader of the Catholic Church — who was born and raised on the city’s South Side — with a Mass by Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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“Festival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festival. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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