block party

An outdoor public party organized by the residents of a neighborhood or city block.

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block party

chiefly US and Canadian an outdoor party held for the residents of an urban neighbourhood

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

block′ par`ty

an outdoor festival, usually held in a closed-off city street, often to raise money for a local organization.

Translations

Straßenfest

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The Back-to-School Block Party will kick off in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, August 24th, from 2-6pm.

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Before the Chicago Block Party ends on Sunday, we will be giving away 500 backpacks for kids headed back-to-school.

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(https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/block-party) The Summer Block Party , which includes the creative showdown and pro-am, is a two-day celebratory festival that features famous "Fortnite" characters, creators and celebrities.

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"Disco beers and bait under the bridge what could be more perfect?" There are 500 tickets available for Block Party: By The River and are on sale now online from Fatsoma priced PS5.

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Maya Medvesek - aka Nightwave - can't wait to play Block Party stage.

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A joint project of Create Little Rock, studioMAIN and the Little Rock Regional Chamber, PopUp in the Rock isn't a street fair or a block party. It's a temporary demonstration --a live rendering--of what is possible.

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KARACHI -- American DJ and record producer Thomas Wesley Pentz, also known as Diplo is all set to bring his Mad Decent Block Party to the country's capital this February.

Mad Decent Block Party set to hold concert in Pakistan next month

Obviously, he and I had plenty to talk about over the next hour, and our wives had to drag us apart as the block party was winding down (we kept the good times rolling at a nearby bar).

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The 11th annual Whiteaker Block Party on Saturday will feature more than 80 diverse bands ranging from hip-hop to folk groups at stages throughout one of Eugene's most treasured cultural districts.

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Attendance at all the events, with the exception of the Block Party, were up from prior years making the 2017 Pride festival the most successful to date.