Sentence examples for memorial festival from inspiring English sources

When she saw McEntire in person at the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival in Meridian, Miss., she resolved to follow the same path.

After his son's death in a tractor accident in 1985, Watson continued to tour and record, sometimes with Merle's son, Richard; in 1988 he founded the annual acoustic Merle Watson Memorial Festival (MerleFest) in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

The John Jorgenson Quintet is the only American act to ever headline the prestigious Django Reinhardt Memorial Festival in France, and has been featured at other "Djangofests" in the U.S., UK, Germany and Canada.

Meanwhile, in Halifax, Nova Scotia -- where many Titanic victims are buried -- plans are reportedly underway for a 2012 memorial festival to mark the tragedy's centennial, though some enthusiasts have complained that the city has done little to take advantage of its connection to the ill-fated ship.

TRENTON WAR MEMORIAL "Tchaikovsky Festival," featuring the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

FOR CHILDREN BRENTWOOD Ross Memorial Park Spring Arts Festival, featuring musical theater, stories, games and more.

The event is part of the Douglas Moore Memorial Music Festival, which celebrates the Pulitzer prize-winning composer.

Memorial Day another festival of hot dogs, formerly known as Decoration Day is now an auxiliary Veterans Day.

Brown county also is known for its old-time fiddle and bluegrass music; the Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival, inaugurated in 1967 by bluegrass founder Bill Monroe, is held annually in the town of Bean Blossom.

In 1971, on the 40th anniversary of Beiderbecke's death, the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival was founded in Davenport, Iowa, to honor the musician.

On May 23 and 24, Mysteryland returns to upstate New York for another Memorial Day Weekend festival in Bethel Woods, the home of the original 1969 Woodstock festival.