Jubilee
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A Jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, or 70th anniversary. Of biblical origins, the term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of years have passed.
Events
Anniversaries and celebrations
- Jubilee (biblical) (Hebrew yovel יובל), end of seven cycles of shmita (Sabbatical years) in the Mosaic Law
- Jubilee of the Reunification of Jerusalem, an Israeli celebration in 2017
- Jubilee (Christianity), a special year for the remission of sins and universal pardon
- Great Jubilee, a Roman Catholic celebration in the year 2000
- Celebrations in the reign of a monarch (see List of Jubilees of British monarchs):
- Silver jubilee, for a 25th anniversary
- Ruby jubilee, for a 40th anniversary
- Golden jubilee, for a 50th anniversary
- Diamond jubilee, for a 60th anniversary
- Sapphire jubilee, for a 65th anniversary
- Platinum jubilee, for a 70th anniversary
- Double Platinum jubilee, for a 75th anniversary
Other events
- Jubilee riots, in Toronto, Canada in 1875
- Mobile Bay jubilee, a regularly occurring natural underwater phenomenon
- Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid by the Allied Forces on Dieppe in WW-2 (1942)
Art, entertainment, and media
Film
- Jubilee (1978 film), a cult film directed by Derek Jarman
- Jubilee (2000 film), a comedy film directed by Michael Hurst
- Jubilee (2008 film), a Malayalam family-thriller film
Literature
- Jubilee (collection), a collection of short stories by Jack Dann
- Jubilee (novel), by Margaret Walker
- Jubilees, an ancient Jewish religious text
Music
Artists
- Jubilee (band), an American rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California
- The Jubilees, an English rock band from Lincolnshire
- Jubilee (DJ), an electronic musician based in NYC
Albums
- Jubilee, a 1970 album by folk singer Glenn Yarbrough
- Jubilee (Grant Lee Buffalo album), a 1998 album by Grant Lee Buffalo
- Jubilee (Sex Pistols album), a 2002 compilation album by the Sex Pistols
- Jubilee (Ten Shekel Shirt album), 2008
- Jubilee (Versailles album), a 2010 album by Versailles
- Jubilee (The Deep Dark Woods), a 2013 album by The Deep Dark Woods
Songs
- "Jubilee" (song), a 2004 song by Patti Smith
- "Jubilee", a 1928 jazz song by Willard Robison
- "Jubilee", a 1937 song by Hoagy Carmichael
- "Jubilee", the working title of the Paul McCartney song "Junk" (1968)
- "Jubilee", a song on the 10,000 Maniacs album Blind Man's Zoo (1989)
- "Jubilee", a song from Mary Chapin Carpenter's album Stones in the Road (1992)
- "Jubilee", a song on Blur's album Parklife (1994)
- "Jubilee", a song performed by Alison Krauss in a documentary film about the Paper Clips Project (2004)
Theatre
- Jubilee (audio drama), based on the British television series Doctor Who
- Jubilee (musical), a 1935 stage musical by Cole Porter and Moss Hart
- Jubilee , a 2001 play by Peter Barnes
- Jubilee!, a long-running Las Vegas burlesque show that opened on July 31, 1981
- The Jubilee (1769), a play by David Garrick
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Jubilee (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Jubilee (solitaire), two solitaire card games
- "Jewbilee", a 1999 episode of the animated series South Park
- Jubilee, a music show on Kentucky Educational Television
Places
- Jubilee Cave, the longest show cave at Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
- Jubilee oil field, 60 kilometers south of the coast of Ghana
- Jubilee Auditorium (disambiguation), either of two facilities in Alberta, Canada
Transportation
- Jubilee Bus Station
- Jubilee line, the newest line on the London Underground network
- Jubilee station (Calgary), in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Health Sciences/Jubilee station, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- LMS Jubilee Class, a class of British steam locomotive
- Jubilee, collective name of the Boeing 777 fleet owned by Singapore Airlines
Other uses
- Jubilee 2000, an international organization dedicated to debt cancellation and poverty reduction
- Jubilee Dunbar (born 1949), American football player
- Jubilee Alliance, a coalition of Kenyan political parties established for the 2013 general election
- Jubilee Party of Kenya, a Kenyan political party established in 2016
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