fest
Americannoun
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fests
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fest
< German Fest festival, holiday ( see feast), as in Sängerfest choral festival
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The inaugural fest, headlined by Olivia Dean and the Killers, is a watershed moment for Santa Monica as a music town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Given that the fest is steps from the E Line, and in the middle of Santa Monica’s world-class bike infrastructure, there will be no dedicated on-site parking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Destroys on stage during our weekly “Roast Battle” competition on Tuesdays in the Belly Room where comedians face off in a brutally funny one-on-one insult slug fest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jimmy Eat World is doing like their 25th anniversary of “Bleed American” at the fest this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I think I'm going to go out to the blues fest tomorrow and have some blues to calm my nerves.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
The lame-duck status and eventual departure of Colbert from late night in May presents an opportunity for “Tonight” to gain viewers who are still in the habit of watching the desk-and-sofa fests at 11:35 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
She instead got into sniping fests with Scott, a fellow South Carolinian.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Springer's daily fight fests soon matched "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in popularity.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
Other fests like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza built dance-oriented stages during the EDM explosion of the 2010s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
During the tyme I was heir their was so many fests or holy dayes that I werily think the thrid part of their year is made up of them.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
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