music festival

collocation in English

meaningsofmusicandfestival

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music
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmjuː.zɪk/us
/ˈmjuː.zɪk/
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening ...
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festival
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfes.tɪ.vəl/us
/ˈfes.tə.vəl/
a special day or period, usually in memory of a religious event, with its own social activities, food, ...
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(Definition ofmusicandfestivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Participating in the communitymusicfestivalis one means of acting out this identification.
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It was installed for the totally huge newmusicfestivalin 2001, and visited by several thousand people despite its remote location.
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Yet, although the communitymusicfestivalcan be seen as an articulation of local connections between identity and place, this is problematic.
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The artist can be invited to a poetry festival, a biennial for visual arts, an electronicmusicfestival, etc., and the same concept can be used.
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The phrase 'communitymusicfestival' suggests an occasion characterised both by its location and by the community involved.
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When performing within the context of themusicfestival, participants use this aesthetic to create, and reconnect to, their sense of place and to others within the folk scene.
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The communitymusicfestival, then, can be seen as a means of promoting a community's identity, or at least how that community would like others to see it.
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It is becoming increasingly difficult to hold amusicfestival.
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Sadly, this year, the event was an unlicensed rockmusicfestivalof around two weeks' duration.
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A wide range of musical events will also take place as part of the nationalmusicfestival.
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Lexington is host to the oldest bluegrassmusicfestivalin the state.
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Founded in 1999, thismusicfestivalnow produces three to four operas each season with over seventy performers.
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She had her debut at amusicfestivalin 1994.
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This familymusicfestivalconsists of music and fun activities for the whole family.
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It is a ten-hour indoormusicfestivalfeaturing some of the same values at the summer festival.
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This beach is also the site of amusicfestivalduring the holidays.
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It is the world's largestmusicfestival, with viewing rates of 100-600 million recorded.
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After seeing the harbor, the gang decides to go to the outback and see themusicfestival.
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This is how one e-email became amusicfestival.
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A temporarymusicfestivalis typically an outdoor venue.
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