jubilee A jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of y ...

is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th (silver), 40th (ruby), 50th (golden), 60th (diamond), or 70th (platinum), anniversary. Jubilee may also refer to:

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 in the Catholic Church A jubilee is a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon. In '' Leviticus'', a jubilee year ( he, יובל ''yūḇāl'') is mentioned to occur every 50th year; during which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgi ...

, occurring every 25 years, in celebration of the mercy of God **

Great Jubilee The Great Jubilee in 2000 was a major event in the Catholic Church, held from Christmas Eve (December 24) 1999 to Epiphany (January 6) 2001. Like other previous Jubilee years, it was a celebration of the mercy of God and forgiveness of sins. ...

, the Catholic jubilee that occurred in the year 2000 * List of jubilees of British monarchs

Other events

Jubilee riots {{One source, date=February 2022 The Jubilee riots of 1875 were an outbreak of Protestant-Catholic sectarian violence in Toronto. The riots happened during a series of Catholic religious pilgrimages related to the Jubilee year declared by Pope Pi ...

, 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)

Arts and entertainment

Film, television and radio

* ''Jubilee'' (1978 film), a cult film directed by Derek Jarman *''Jubilee'', a 2000 comedy film directed by

Michael Hurst Michael Eric Hurst ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a British-born New Zealand actor, director and writer. He is known internationally for acting in the television programs '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and companion series '' Xena: ...

* ''Jubilee'' (radio program), an Armed Forces Radio Service program 1942–1953 *'' Jubilee Bunt-a-thon'', a 2012 animated short film * Jubilee1, a former Scottish local radio station

Literature

Book of Jubilees The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters (1,341 verses), considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as well as Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), where it is ...

, an ancient Jewish religious text * ''Jubilee'' (collection), a collection of short stories by Jack Dann *

Jubilee (comics) Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Marc Silvestri, the character first appeare ...

, a Marvel Comics character * ''Jubilee'' (novel), by Margaret Walker

Music

* ''Jubilee'' (opera), a 1976 opera by Ulysses Kay *

Jubilee Records Jubilee Records was an American independent record label, specializing in rhythm and blues and novelty records. It was founded in New York City in 1946 by Herb Abramson. His partner was Jerry Blaine. Blaine bought Abramson's half of the compan ...

, an American independent record label * Jubilee quartet, a style of 20th-Century African-American religious vocal group

Musical groups

Fisk Jubilee Singers The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American '' a cappella'' ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of traditio ...

, African-American ''a cappella'' ensemble of students at Fisk University *

Jubilee (band) Jubilee was an Indie rock band from Hollywood, California. The band was started in late 2007 by Aaron North ( Nine Inch Nails, The Icarus Line) who is the main songwriter and singer in the band. He plays guitar as well. Also on guitar is Ton ...

, American rock band *

The Jubilees The Jubilees were an English four-piece band from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. The band The band formed in January 2004 in the Lincolnshire market town of Sleaford, named after the Jubilee Rooms which was one of the rooms in their local v ...

, English rock band

Albums

* ''Jubilee'' (Japanese Breakfast album), 2021 * ''Jubilee'' (Maverick City Music album), 2021 * ''Jubilee'' (The Deep Dark Woods album), 2013 * ''Jubilee'' (Grant Lee Buffalo album) or the title song, 1998 * ''Jubilee'' (Sex Pistols album), 2002 * ''Jubilee'' (Ten Shekel Shirt album) or the title song, 2008 * ''Jubilee'' (Versailles album), 2010 *''Jubilee'', by

Glenn Yarbrough Glenn Robertson Yarbrough (January 12, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He was the lead singer (tenor) with the Limeliters from 1959 to 1963 and also had a prolific solo career. Yarbrough had a restless ...

, 1970 *'' Jubilee: Live at Wolf Trap'', a 1996 live video album by Mary Chapin Carpenter

EPs

* ''Jubilee'' (EP), 2021 EP by Maverick City Music

Songs

* "Jubilee" (Maverick City Music song), by Maverick City Music from ''Jubilee'', 2021 *"Jubilee", by 10,000 Maniacs from '' Blind Man's Zoo'', 1989 *"Jubilee", by

Alison Krauss Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...

, 2004 *"Jubilee", by Blur from ''

Parklife ''Parklife'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994 on Food Records. After disappointing sales for their previous album '' Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (1993), ''Parklife'' returned Blur to prominence i ...

'', 1994 *"Jubilee", by Mary Chapin Carpenter from ''

Stones in the Road ''Stones in the Road'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter, and her first and only #1 Country Album on the Billboard charts. The album also contains her first and only #1 Hot Country Singles hit, "Shut ...

'', 1992 *"Jubilee", by Patti Smith from '' Trampin''', 2004 *"Jubilee", by Spyro Gyra from ''

Morning Dance ''Morning Dance'' is the second album by the jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra. The album was released in 1979 and was certified gold by the RIAA on September 19, 1979, and was certified platinum on June 1, 1987. At ''Billboard'' magazine, the al ...

'', 1979 *"Jubilee", written by

Willard Robison Willard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri. His songs reflect a rural, melancholy theme steeped in Americana and their warm style has ...

*" Jubilee Song", a song written by Fr. Carlo Magno Marcelo in 1996 for the Great Jubilee of 2000 * "Junk" (song), working title "Jubilee", by Paul McCartney, 1968

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! ''Jubilee!'' was a Las Vegas Strip-based spectacular revue. It opened on July 31, 1981 at an initial cost of 10 million dollars and was originally produced by Donn Arden. Donn Arden set the standard for all the spectacular Las Vegas shows th ...

'', a long-running Las Vegas burlesque show that opened in 1981 *'' The Jubilee'', a 1769 play by David Garrick

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Jubilee (solitaire), two solitaire card games

People

James Fisk (financier) James Fisk Jr. (April 1, 1835 – January 7, 1872), known variously as "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim", and "Jubilee Jim" – was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the " robber barons" of the Gilded Age ...

(1835–1872), American stockbroker and corporate executive known as "Jubilee Jim" * Jubilee (DJ), American electronic musician * Jubilee Dunbar (born 1949), American gridiron football player * Jubilee Jenna Mandl, Austrian figure skater

Places

* Jubilee Auditorium (disambiguation), either of two facilities in Alberta, Canada *Jubilee Cave, the longest show cave at

Jenolan Caves The Jenolan Caves ( Tharawal: ''Binoomea'', ''Bindo'', ''Binda'') are limestone caves located within the Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve in the Central Tablelands region, west of the Blue Mountains, in Jenolan, Oberon Council, New South Wa ...

in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia * Jubilee Lake, in Oregon, United States * Jubilee Oil Field, in the South Atlantic Ocean * Jubilee Peak, in the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula * Jubilee Pool, in Penzance, Cornwall, England *

Jubilee Recreation Centre The Jubilee Recreation Centre is a 1,586-seatJubilee Recreation Centre - Official site

, in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada *

Jubilee River The Jubilee River is a hydraulic channel in southern England. It is long and is on average wide. It was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s to take overflow from the River Thames and so alleviate flooding to areas in and around the ...

, in southern England * Jubilee Rock, in Blisland, Cornwall, England *

Jubilee Walkway The Jubilee Walkway is an official walking route in London. It was originally opened as the Silver Jubilee Walkway to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's accession; the Queen herself opened it on 9 June 1977 during her silver jubilee celebratio ...

, in London, England

Transportation

* MS ''Jubilee'', a former cruise ship also known as ''Pacific Sun'' and ''Henna'' *Jubilee, collective name of the Boeing 777 fleet owned by

Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines ( abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in corporat ...

* Jubilee Class (disambiguation), locomotives and ocean liners *

Jubilee Exhibition Railway The Jubilee Exhibition Railway was a railway spur in Adelaide, South Australia. It was built in 1887 from where the Adelaide station currently is to the Jubilee Exhibition Building which stood near Frome Road on what is now part of the Univers ...

, formerly in Adelaide, South Australia

Stations and lines

* Health Sciences/Jubilee station, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada *

Jubilee Bus Station Jubilee Bus Station or JBS is a bus station located in Secunderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the two main bus stations for buses leaving Hyderabad city, the other being MGBS. It is owned by state run bus transport corporation, TSRTC. JBS ...

, Secunderabad, India *

Jubilee line The Jubilee line is a London Underground line that runs between in east London and in the suburban north-west, via the Docklands, South Bank and West End. Opened in 1979, it is the newest line on the Underground network, although some secti ...

, the newest line on the London Underground network **

Jubilee Line Extension The Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee line from to through south and east London. An eastward extension of the line was first proposed in the 1970s. As part of the development of London Docklands, ...

SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee station SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee station, is a CTrain light rail station in Calgary Calgary, Alberta. It serves the Northwest Line (Route 201) and opened on September 7, 1987, as part of the original line. The station is located on the exclusive LRT right o ...

, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Organizations

Jubilee 2000 Jubilee 2000 was an international coalition movement in over 40 countries that called for cancellation of third world debt by the year 2000. This movement coincided with the Great Jubilee, the celebration of the year 2000 in the Catholic Churc ...

, a former international organization dedicated to debt cancellation and poverty reduction *

Jubilee Alliance The Jubilee Alliance was a political alliance in Kenya. History The alliance was established to support the joint presidential election ticket of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto in the 2013 general elections. At the time of the election, its me ...

, a former political alliance in Kenya *

Jubilee Debt Coalition Debt Justice (formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign, Jubilee Debt Coalition and Drop The Debt) is a UK-based campaigning organisation that exists to end unjust developing countries' debt and the poverty and inequality it perpetuates. The organisation’s ...

, successor to the Jubilee 2000 coalition * Jubilee Party, a Kenyan political party established in 2016

Other uses

Debt jubilee A debt jubilee is a clearance of debt from public records across a wide sector or a nation. Such a jubilee was proposed as a solution to debt incurred or anticipated during the COVID-19 recession. The American economist Michael Hudson is a proponen ...

, a clearance of debt from public records across a wide sector or a nation *

Jubilee Clip A Jubilee Clip is a genericised brand name for a worm drive hose clamp, a type of band clamp, consisting of a circular metal band or strip combined with a worm gear fixed to one end. It is designed to hold a soft, pliable hose onto a rigid cir ...

, a genericised brand name for a worm-drive hose clamp *

Jubilee FC Jubilee is a football club based in Monrovia, Liberia. The team plays in Liberian Premier League. Stadium Their home Stadium is the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in Monrovia. League participations * Liberian Premier League: 2013– * Liberian Sec ...

, a football (soccer) team in Liberia *

Jubilee High School Jubilee High School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Addlestone, Surrey, England. The school holds Artsmark Gold Award and International School status. History The school was formed in September 1985 by ...

, in Addlestone, Surrey, England *

Jubilee School The Jubilee School, also known as The Jubilee Institute is a non-profit, independent, residential, co-educational high school dedicated for Jordanian gifted students located in Amman, Jordan.http://www.en.jubilee.edu.jo/Default.aspx?tabid=76 His ...

, in Amman, Jordan