songfestn.
/ˈsɒŋfɛst/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋˌfɛst/, /ˈsɑŋˌfɛst/ Originally North American.
An informal session of group singing; a festive sing-song; (also) a festival or competition involving singing.In quot. 1902 showing a Swedish word; see note in etymology.
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stethva1612
festival1753
music festival1790
musical festival1804
Eisteddfod1822
Sängerfest1865
mod1891
Oireachtas1896
songfest1903
biennial1928
pop festival1951
folkfest1963
fleadh1966
rockfest1966
fleadh cheoil1972
festie1988
1902 Boston Daily Globe 7 Mar. 7/5 The next sangfest of the eastern division of the United Swedish singers of America, to be held here In the summer of 1903.]
1903 Boston Daily Globe 3 Sept. 5/2 The team has nightly concerts and morning musicals, as well as midnight songfests.
1916 Dial. Notes 4 354 Songfest. ‘There's to be a songfest at the church Friday night.’
1979 Yale Alumni Mag. Apr. 30/2 Fifty members of the two groups gathered for a gay, impromptu songfest in Pushkin Square.
2015 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) (Nexis) 13 Dec. (National section) 3 The annual Christmas songfest filled Auckland Domain with a crowd of around 200,000 people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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