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jubilees

noun

plural of jubilee

as in celebrations

a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something the town is planning a year-long jubilee in celebration of its founding 200 years ago

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Recent Examples of jubilees It's been weekend after weekend of box office jubilees. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

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The weekend would include a lakefront welcome party at Westward, an intimate rehearsal dinner at a private club, a ceremony at a chapel near her home, and the rest of the celebrations in her family’s backyard.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The Cinema Eye Honors, one of the main bellwethers for the Best Documentary Feature race, began its 20th annual celebrations with a first wave of awards announcements for its 2027 ceremony.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

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Born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1951, Bergasa was known for his black-and-white documentary photographs of rural festivals and rituals at risk of erasure.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The founding festivals of the Academy were Sarajevo Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and the Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

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The family-friendly festivities include trick-or-treating bags for the first 250 children younger than 12 in the vendor and tattoo rooms on Saturday, plus a kids’ costume contest where every participating child wins and specialty drinks.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
The Georgia Renaissance Festival is extending its season for the third time with the Fall Fling, an autumnal take on the Renaissance Festival featuring six themed weekends with cooler weather, fewer crowds and adults-only evening festivities.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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