festival UK /ˈfɛstɪvəl/US /ˈfɛstəvəl/noun 4adjective 1forms 3 noun4 •a set of public events held to celebrate a theme, often at the same time every yearThe Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival. •A feast or feast day. •In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god. •(Caribbean) Fried cornbread. adjective1 •Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […] — 1590 formsfestivals · more festival · most festival