fest
n. countablen. a festival or a large party. You often see this word added to the end of another word to describe a specific kind of event, like a 'film fest'.
n. a festival, celebration, or large gathering. Frequently used as a suffix in compound nouns to denote an event centered on a specific theme or activity.
The local food fest starts this weekend.
The neighborhood holds a small music fest every summer to showcase local bands and artists.
What began as a modest gathering of enthusiasts has evolved into a massive tech fest, attracting thousands of developers and investors from across the globe.
Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity (see these).
Often functions as a combining form in informal compounds like 'slugfest' or 'gabfest'.