devival

Noun

1. In the Church of the SubGenius parody religion, an event including sermons, music, etc.
   • In 1985, a "devival meeting" at the Stone Bar in San Francisco's North Beach section came to the unwelcome attention of the police. - 1987, William A. Marsano, Man suffocated by potatoes, page 186:
   • "Devivals" include ranting preachers, "anti-music" (much like the post-punk "industrial music" genre pioneered by Mail Artist Genesis P-Orridge and his former band Throbbing Gristle) and, behind the scenes, much drug...
   • "As far as Sideshow acts go, I've done fire and glass. I opened for Henry Rollins and I usually perform at local Sub-Genius Devivals. I also do the Human Pincushion." - 1998, Jan T. Gregor, Tim Cridland, Circus of the...