English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From mini- +‎ festival.

Noun

edit

minifestival (plural minifestivals)

  1. A small festival, especially a small-scale exhibition of theatrical or film works
    • 1970 August 3, Clive Barnes, “Dance: Where the Young Don't Yawn”, in The New York Times[1]:
      I saw it over the weekend at the Sheffield Play House, during what was described, less than felicitously perhaps, as a minifestival.