bandstandnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbænd.stænd/us/ˈbænd.stænd/a covered place where musical groups can play outside
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Public entertainment venues
- auditorium
 - bar
 - boozer
 - brewpub
 - Broadway
 - fleshpot
 - flick
 - free house
 - gastropub
 - honky-tonk
 - hostelry
 - nineteenth
 - palace
 - pavilion
 - picture
 - playhouse
 - pub
 - public bar
 - public house
 - saloon
 
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Examples from literature
- The lovers round the bandstand seemed to sway to it and draw closer to each other.
 - There is a fine pavilion and bandstand at the end.
 - There was a bandstand and musicians were playing some sort of music.
 - They went through and out over the bridge of the south canal, on past the bandstand to the Administration building.
 - To reach these he was obliged to pass close to the bandstand, where the band was playing as if the very existence of the show depended upon them.