Band 5: describe the event that you attended or watched (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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To begin with, last year there was an annual music festival nearby my hometown, and it was the first time it was held there. I was really excited about that. After that, I went there with my friends, and we had a fun time. Fortunately, we arrived on time. The musician hadn't arrived yet, and when he came from his car, the crowd went wild, and everyone started cheering. He started singing, and the musician was really famous in my country, but it was the first time he was visiting my hometown, and everyone liked him. The musician was really amazed looking at the crowd, and we tried to get his autograph at the end of his concert, but we couldn't do that because there were a lot of people who wanted to get his picture or a selfie. Unfortunately, this festival gives lasting memories because it had an amazing atmosphere with a bunch of fireworks, laser lights, and things like that.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

To begin with, last year there was an annual music festival nearby my hometown and it was for the first time and I was really excited about that. After that I went there with my friends and we had a fun time on there and fortunately we arrived there on time. The musician didn’t arrive yet and when he came from his car the crowd went wild and everyone started cheering. He started singing and the musician was really famous in my country but it was the first time he was visiting my hometown and everyone liked him. The musician was really amazed looking at him and we tried to get his sign at the end of his concert but we can’t do that because there’s a lot of people who want to get his picture or selfie. And unfortunately and plus in addition this festival gives last longing memories because it’s got like atomic, used to have an atomic environment atmosphere with a bunch of fireworks laser guns and such like these things.

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