jazz festival
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- noun
- /dʒæz ˈfɛstəvəl/
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festival de jazz
- The Count Basie Orchestra performed at the world's first outdoor jazz festival, the 1938 Carnival of Swing on Randall's Island in New York City.
- an annual jazz festival
- a summer jazz festival
- a world-famous jazz festival
He's the, you know, did all these huge jazz festivals around the world, came up to me and said, I love it.
- He's the, you know, did all these huge jazz festivals around the world, came up to me and said, I love it.
- And that healed my Montro Jazz Festival sadness forever.
Examples
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The Advisory Committee noted the rising popularity of jazz festivals abroad.
Academic text (2015) -
We are honored here in Newport to welcome some very famous orchestras for the jazz festival tomorrow night.
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This festival, which was initially in Bled, Yugoslavia (held in Ljubljana since 1967), is one of the oldest European jazz festivals.
Academic text (2015) -
He spoke in particular of the Place Milieu-Gamelin as part of the underground manifestations of Quebec culture, bordering the popular and commercial Quartier des Spectacles, which is best known for the annual summer jazz festival.
Academic text (2011) -
The city hosts an annual jazz festival that attracts musicians from all over the world.
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Many famous artists are scheduled to perform at the upcoming jazz festival in the park.
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She plans to attend the jazz festival this weekend to enjoy live music with her friends.
Synonyms
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An event with many shows like music or theatre
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'jazz' (a music genre) combined with 'festival' (a series of performances) yields a festival featuring jazz performances, which a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer. This noun–noun combination follows a common cross-linguistic pattern for event-type compounds, so the expression is immediately transparent.
Etymology
Jazz festival comes from the image of many jazz musicians playing together at a big public celebration. The word jazz names the music and festival means a large event with stages and crowds, so a jazz festival is a public event, often outdoors and over several days, with many live jazz performances.