star attractions
Top-billed featured acts
Star attractions are the main draws or highlights of an event, venue, or collection—the things that pull audiences in.
A circus advertises its star attractions on posters; a museum promotes its star attractions to boost attendance.
The phrase emphasizes what's most appealing or noteworthy: The star attractions of the festival were the fireworks and the headlining band.
- pièce de résistanceOutstanding item in collection
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- big drawPopular attraction pulling crowds
- drawcardSomething that attracts attendance
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
centerpiece · center stage · showstopper · highlight · magnet · flagship · spectacle · must-see · headline act · standout · megastar · marquee name · crowd-puller · marvel · nova · superstars · pinnacle · icon
star attractionsundercard
Preliminary contest lineup
bit players · filler · preliminaries · curtain raisers · side shows
star attractionsduds
Clothes or failures
disappointments · flops · letdowns · non-events · yawners
star, stars, starred, starring, starry, stardom, starlet, stellar, asterisk