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Festivalen är alltid på sommaren.

Festivalen är alltid på sommaren.
The festival is always in the summer.
From Lesson 70:Habitual time expressions (på)·Swedish

Questions & Answers about Festivalen är alltid på sommaren.

Why do we use på sommaren here instead of i sommar?
The phrase på sommaren is used for things that happen habitually every summer. Because the sentence says the festival is alltid (always), it happens every year. If you used i sommar, it would mean specifically this upcoming or current summer.
Why is it sommaren with the definite ending instead of just sommar?
When using på to talk about recurring seasons (like every summer or every winter), Swedish requires the definite form of the noun. That is why we use sommaren (literally the summer) instead of the base word sommar.
The lesson teaches på måndagar (on Mondays) for habits. Why is Monday plural but summer is singular here?
For recurring days of the week, Swedish uses på plus the plural form (like måndagar). But for recurring seasons and parts of the day (like morning or evening), it uses på plus the singular definite form (like sommaren or morgonen). Both patterns show that an event happens regularly!
Why does alltid come directly after the verb är?
In Swedish main clauses, adverbs that describe frequency or time (like alltid, ofta, or aldrig) generally come immediately after the first verb. So the word order must be är alltid rather than alltid är.

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