Sentence examples for true festival from inspiring English sources

Now that's what I call a true festival experience.

'People think of me as the character and while I loved playing Will, I need to give myself and the audience a break,' said McCormick, who donned the kilt to get into the true festival spirit.

Free of the gushing masses of Glastonbury and the sparse crowds of tiny "boutique" fests, Larmer Tree's size and superb organisation gives you a true festival feel without the gigantic treks and endless toilet queues.

The beauty of a true festival is in its excess: the sheer impossibility of seeing and hearing everything that's offered, and the mixture of name-brand headliners with unknown performers who might turn out to be revelations.

There was a true festival atmosphere, but only one band as the real focal point – some might say a canny business strategy on the London folk-rock quartet's part to shift their Gentlemen of the Road label and events brand into festival promotions and reap the benefits which go with that.

And in the grounds of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover I had the true festival joy of stumbling on something new: Henry Coombes's coruscatingly zany black- and-white film I Am the Architect, This is Not Happening, This is Unacceptable, in which architecture fights art to a thrilling soundtrack and overtones of Fritz Lang, Francis Picabia and those Russian constructivists.

While Mr. Malaty and Mr. Mossbrucker like taking creative risks with their dance group, they are satisfied with tried-and-true festival programming.

True, the festival, which runs through May 22, has a history of showing such filmmaking coups and seems to relish a chance to play host to persecuted directors.

As locals celebrated the Muslim feast of Eid al Adha, the bid's organisers explained that the fan‑friendly proximity of the Doha‑centric stadia would turn their mooted tournament into a true football festival.

With the Nations Cup just round the corner the year 2012 promises to be a true football festival that Gabonese would not forget for a long time.

Ten days of a true international festival under the most glamorous settings, beneath Jerusalem's Old City walls.