How to Use festival in a Sentence

festival

1 of 2 adjective
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  • The Nova Twins will open for Muna on all of the non-festival tour dates.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Its still so crazy to me that a festival lineup can be 90% male.
    — Danny Klein, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The concerts all appear to be warm-up gigs ahead of festival dates.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The festival partners with Leave No Trace to use biodegradable lanterns with a short burn and flight time.
    — Emily Cappiello, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2023
  • And yet Burning Man wasn’t even the center of festival mess over the weekend.
    — Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Over time, the festival length was extended and the start date moved forward.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • To see festival film schedule, go to coronadofilmfest.com.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Admission to the festival area is free and each vendor sets their own prices.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Jungkook, the youngest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, will bring his solo work to the festival stage.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • John McClain cleverly tied a batch of festival foliage to the back of each chair.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The UnPrisoned star sported a full olive green suede Bally look to the festival premiere of the new Hulu show.
    — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The competition is free, open to the public and includes a festival area as well as a viewing area to watch each event live.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The dawn side will be more exciting and have festival vibes, while the dusk side will be more mature with darker-sounding tracks.
    — Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
  • The weekend before the fair was slated to open, a group of police officers showed up at the festival site in riot gear.
    — Gillian Bagwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • For festival info and a schedule of events, visit worldpremierewisconsin.com.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Tickets for the non-festival dates will go on sale July 22 at 10 a.m. local time via Paramore’s website.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2022
  • The Curated Storefront will create a live mural near the main stage throughout the festival day.
    — cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
  • More:Things to do in Cincinnati this week: Let festival season commence!
    — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
  • There is a widespread, complete lack of care in the live show business, not just for Black people, but for the festival goers in general.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
  • The festival site is in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale, providing easy walking access to bars, restaurants and hotels.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2023
  • And a former director of the Cambridge Film Festival said no copies were in the festival archives.
    — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Now, all that’s left to do is flick off the lights and take a video of your new neon green mani for the ‘Gram! Check out Firstfinds to shop more celebrity fashion and beauty moments from festival season.
    — Sarah Maberry, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
  • All festival season long, Vulture’s film writers have ventured all over the world — Cannes!
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Middle school students will host a make-and-take art project for festival visitors.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Below just a small selection of the series screening at the Market or in Berlinale Series, the festival strand.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Event organizers said Sunday that mud and rain had made a main road into and out of the festival site impassable.
    — Derrick Bryson Taylor, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The actor, who is also starring in the film, kept his style simple but classic at the movie’s festival debut in a Brunello Cucinelli dark-blue suit.
    — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Tickets are $8 in advance and $12 at festival gates; children under 3 are free.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2023
  • The present-day community, which now numbers just over 1,000, played a key role in putting the festival tribute together.
    — Elise Morton, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • More: Advance tickets are sold out, but there is stand-by availability at the door; seats often open up for festival panels at the last minute.
    — Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
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festival

2 of 2 noun
  • The town has a summer festival in the park.
  • Each year, a festival was held to celebrate the harvest.
  • The first two parts will screen both at the festival and online.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The fan fest will run from April 5-8, and the music festival will go from April 5-7.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The festival took place in the open air, surrounded by rocks and rivers, grape fields, and farms.
    — Nastya Platinova, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Read on to learn about 31 of the best fall festivals and fairs across America!
    — Janece Maze, Country Living, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The film screens in Harbour, the festival’s largest and broadest program.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Why was there no communication to campers about this festival from the very start in the area?
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
  • More than 2,500 years ago, ancient Greeks honored the best plays at their spring festivals.
    — Tim Gray, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But Steve had been in Capri for the film festival a number of times and noticed this villa and was so taken with it.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Founded in 2017, Atlas V has a bullish track record in festivals.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • Non-traditional venues are even on the rise, with a shift away from clubs and toward festivals.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The festival will feature live music, food trucks, art vendors, and more.
    — Wendy O'Dea, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Katie England, also 21, of Portland, was with Jones at the festival.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The festival, running through July 2, celebrates the work of people of color from around the world.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Tickets for Solid Sound 2024 are on sale now via the festival’s website.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The deputies explained that a gunman had opened fire on a crowd at a music festival in Washington state.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • The film festival is a place for open minds and new communication.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2023
  • Rachel: Lots of music festivals and events still don’t have many female acts on their rosters.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
  • According to the official website, this year, the four-day festival will be held Sept. 26-29.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The site of the festival itself was once a golf course that was then donated to the nonprofit by a local philanthropist.
    — Jason Potere, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The Florida town was known as a trendy place to go for arts festivals and entertainment.
    — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
  • One goal of the festival is to promote connections between younger and older artists.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2023
  • But because the Youth Cinema Project was by then turning a profit, its funds could be used to revive the film festival.
    — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Here's your complete guide to 2023 Louder Than Life festival.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2023
  • The second day of the two-day festival, meant to begin Sunday afternoon, has been canceled.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 18 June 2023
  • The festival will feature live performances from Puerto Rican artists, arts and crafts, food, and rides.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • In June, the center sponsored one of the county’s Pride festivals, which included a drag queen reading books to children.
    — Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • While walking across a bridge at a hot air balloon festival in August 2019, fireworks went off.
    — Jeff Seidel, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
  • There is, of course, the more wild side to Burning Man that the festival has become well-known for: the parties, drugs, music and oversized art installations.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023

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