1 a series of performances of music, plays, films/movies, etc., usually organized in the same place once a year; a series of public events connected with a particular activity or idea:
the Edinburgh festival * the Cannes film festival * a beer festival * a rock festival (= where bands perform, often outdoors and over a period of several days)
2 a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebrate a special event, often a religious one:
Christmas and Easter are the main Christian festivals.
seealsoHARVESTFESTIVAL
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