as in celebration
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something
tourists flock to the town for its annual strawberry festival
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Lollapalooza reveals dates for 2025 festival The festival announced other buzzy performers Tuesday including Role Model, Sierra Ferrell, Finneas, Dominic Fike, T-Pain, Bleachers, Clairo, Remi Wolf, Isaiah Rashad, Gryffin, Wallows and Dom Dolla.
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Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Veteran Hong Kong actor and producer Louis Koo will be honored as the festival’s Filmmaker in Focus this year.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
There are many others, as would only befit this hard-to-pin-down group, which is now the subject of ASCO: Without Permission, a documentary that premiered last week at the SXSW festival.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Starting this year, the award is presented at four leading documentary festivals in Europe: the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, FIPADOC in Biarritz, France, Sheffield DocFest, and doclisboa in Lisbon.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
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Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Veteran Hong Kong actor and producer Louis Koo will be honored as the festival’s Filmmaker in Focus this year.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
There are many others, as would only befit this hard-to-pin-down group, which is now the subject of ASCO: Without Permission, a documentary that premiered last week at the SXSW festival.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Starting this year, the award is presented at four leading documentary festivals in Europe: the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, FIPADOC in Biarritz, France, Sheffield DocFest, and doclisboa in Lisbon.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
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