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Let's say an event organisation creates the concept of a new event where people gather to listen to music. It's going to be a recurring event taking place once every year. Whenever that event takes place, we call that 'an event'. Is there also a word for the concept/definition of the event? So not any of the instances of it, but rather the concept of it.

Update: It's not necessarily a musical event. It could be the concept of an outdoor activity. It could be the concept of prize winning pumpkins held annually. It could even be a recurring event where people are not gathering, but I can't think of an example yet.

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    Is it a recurring event to which a name has been assigned? For example, Burning Man?
    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    Jan 23, 2017 at 11:48
  • Great example. Thank you. I changed the question to reflect that.
    – Christiaan Westerbeek
    Jan 23, 2017 at 11:49
  • So you are looking for a generic term which means "a periodically recurring event where people come to attend performances"?
    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    Jan 23, 2017 at 11:50
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    I hope you're not trying to name a table in SQL. :)
    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    Jan 23, 2017 at 11:59
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    You can call it RecurrentEventDefinition. Table names can consist of more than one word, and they don't need to follow the rules of natural language. The price of admission column would be in the RecurrentEventInstances table.
    – Tᴚoɯɐuo
    Jan 23, 2017 at 12:02

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I would probably refer to such an event as a festival - an organised series of events, typically held annually in the same place.

In the past it was often used to describe the annual celebration of a special time of year (for example, harvest festival), nowadays it is often used to describe more modern events, such as a music festival.

A quite famous example would be the Glastonbury Music Festival - an annual music in the UK since 1970.

The term can also be used to describe a multitude of other annual events. To give but a few examples:

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  • Thanks. But it's not necessarily a musical event. I wasn't clear about this in my question. It could be the concept of an outdoor activity. It could be the concept of prize winning pumpkins held annually. It could even be a recurring event where people are not gathering, but I can't think of an example.
    – Christiaan Westerbeek
    Jan 23, 2017 at 12:00
  • I've updated my answer to clarify on the definition of the word, but if you are naming an SQL table, then it's not really a question on English anymore :) It's more a question of clarity and structure, and TRomano's suggestions provide both.
    – mike
    Jan 23, 2017 at 12:11

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