Carnival (disambiguation)

Carnival (disambiguation)

Carnival (English) or Carnaval (Portuguese, Spanish, and French) is a Christian celebration occurring before Lent. The word has come to refer to other annual festivals of a similar (but not necessarily religious) nature. This page also lists other things named "Carnival".

Celebrations

Celebrations of Carnival

*Maltese Carnival, a major celebration of Carnival held in Malta
*Bahian Carnival
*Brazilian Carnival
*Brazilian Street Carnival, an annual event in California
*Buenos Aires Carnival
*Carnaval Brasileiro in Austin, Texas, the largest indoor Brazilian Carnival in the world
*Carnaval of Santiago de Cuba
*Carnaval San Francisco
*Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the largest Carnival in the Caribbean

Other carnivals

*Barranquilla's Carnival ("Carnaval de Barranquilla"), a Colombian festival dating back to the 19th century
*Caribbean Carnival
*Carnaval de Oruro, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia
*Carnaval Del Pueblo, a celebration of Latin American culture held in London
*Summer Carnaval ("Zomercarnaval") is summertime version of Carnival held in the Netherlands
*Quebec Winter Carnival ("Carnaval de Québec"), the largest winter carnival in the world
*West Country Carnival, an English celebration related to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
*Carnivàle Lune Bleue, a 1930s-style travelling carnival that debuted in Ottawa, Ontario.
*Electric Daisy Carnival, a music festival held annually in Los Angeles, California.
*Any traveling carnival, funfair, or other fair

Literature

*"Carnival" (novel), a 2005 novel by Robert Antoni
*"Carnival" (Elizabeth Bear novel), a novel by Elizabeth Bear
*"Carnival" (Compton Mackenzie novel), a novel by Compton Mackenzie
*"Carnival" (James Thurber novel), a novel by James Thurber
*O País do Carnaval is a Brazilian Modernist novel.
*"Carnival! Carnival!", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book "Babel"

Music

ongs

*Carnaval (song) is the first track on the 1977 album "Festival" by American rock band Santana
*"Carnival", a song by Swedish band The Cardigans from their 1995 album "Life"
*Carnival (song), a 1995 song by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant
*"Carnival", a single from the 1997 album "Clumsy" by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace
*Carnival (The Pillows song), a 1999 song by Japanese rock band The Pillows
*"Carnival", a song by Japanese rock guitarist Masatoshi Mashima
*"Carnaval de Paris", a song by English pop group Dario G sometimes played at sporting events
*Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) ("Morning of Carnival"), a song by Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria which appeared in the 1959 film "Orfeu Negro" ("Black Orpheus")

Albums and other musical series

*"Carnaval" (Schumann), a set of piano pieces by Robert Schumann
*"The Carnival of the Animals" ("Le Carnaval des Animaux"), a musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns
*"Carnaval" (Spyro Gyra album), a 1980 album by American jazz band Spyro Gyra
*"Carnival (EP)", a 1982 EP by British band Duran Duran
*"Carnaval" (album), a 1988 album by Brazilian rock band Barão Vermelho
*"Carnival of Carnage", the 1992 debut album of American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse
*"The Carnival", a 1997 album by the Haitian hip hop artist Wyclef Jean
*"Carnival" (New Model Army album), a 2005 album by English rock band New Model Army
*"Carnival" (album), a 2006 album by Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers

Bands

*The Carnival Band, a Canadian marching band
*The Carnival Band (folk group), an English folk and early music band
*The Carnival (UK band), an English dark cabaret band

Record labels

*Carnival Records

Organisations

*Carnival Band Secretaries League

Performing arts

*"Carnival!", a 1960s Broadway musical
*Carnaval (ballet)
*Carnaval en Amazonas is a typical dance from the Amazonas Region, Peru.

Television and film

*"Carnivàle", a US supernatural drama television series that aired on HBO from 2003 through 2005
* (2000) is a documentary film directed by Carolina Moraes-Liu.
*Domingo de carnaval is a 1945 Spanish crime film written, directed and produced by Edgar Neville.
*Le Carnaval des vérités is a 1920 French silent film directed and written by Marcel L'Herbier .
*"Carnival" was the 2nd official episode of the animated series "The Bellflower Bunnies", and the third one broadcast during the show's original run on France's TF1.

Other

*Carnival (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game by Sega
*Carnival Cruise Lines, a large cruise company, and its parent company Carnival Corporation & plc
*Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, a Miami performing arts center formerly known as the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
*Kia Carnival, a car built by Kia Motors
*A Blog Carnival, a blog article that contains links to articles on other blogs covering a specific topic
*Carnival Night Zone, a level in the Sega Genesis video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3


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