- festival
- noun1 series of performances/eventsADJECTIVE▪ big, huge, major▪ annual▪ spring, summer, etc.▪ three-day, five-day, etc.▪ international, local, national, regional, village▪ outdoor, street▪ arts, cultural▪ art, film, literary (esp. BrE), music, poetry▪ dance, drama (BrE), opera, theatre/theater▪ folk, jazz, rock, etc.▪ beer, wine▪ gay pride, pride▪ Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, etc.▪ flower (BrE)VERB + FESTIVAL▪ have, hold▪ host▪ attend, go to, visit▪ organize, run▪ sponsor▪ participate in (esp. AmE), take part in (esp. BrE)▪
The school has taken part in the festival since 1997.
▪ appear at, play, play at▪I like to play any big festivals.
▪ open▪The dance troupe will open the festival on June 13.
FESTIVAL + VERB▪ take place▪ begin, open, start▪ attract sb▪The festival attracts thousands of visitors every year.
▪ feature sb/sth▪a festival featuring five local bands
▪ commemorate sth, mark sthFESTIVAL + NOUN▪ director, organizer▪ events, programme/program▪ performance▪ audience▪ circuit▪the film festival circuit
▪ groundsPREPOSITION▪ at a/the festival▪He's appearing at a local folk festival tonight.
▪ during a/the festival▪the movies shown during the eight-day festival
▪ in a/the festival▪the events in this year's festival
2 religious celebrationADJECTIVE▪ great, important, major▪ annual▪ pagan, religious▪ traditional▪ ancient▪ Christian, Hindu, etc.▪ harvestVERB + FESTIVAL▪ celebrate, observe▪The family always celebrates the Jewish festivals.
PREPOSITION▪ at/on a/the festival▪the pilgrims who arrived on major festivals
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
