A matinee performance is a show given in the afternoon. Book the matinee performance, a Wednesday matinee performance, cheaper at the matinee performance.
It is usually cheaper and is what school parties and older audiences attend. The word is French for morning, which it never means in English, since a matinee performance is always after lunch.
1nounmatinee performanceA show given in the afternoon.
“We took the children to the matinee performance so they'd be home before bedtime.”
matinee performance is a performance.
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