Carnival is the name of a Catholic celebration that prepares for Lent, officially lasting for three days before Ash Wednesday. It has come to be a generic term for a large celebration or festival. Carnival or Carnaval may refer to:
Celebrations
- A Traveling Carnival see also: Funfair
- Brazilian Carnival
- Caribbean Carnival
- Carnaval or Quebec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec), the largest Winter Carnival in the world.
- West Country Carnival, English celebration related to The Gunpowder Plot of 1605
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
Music
- Carnival Records
- Carnaval (Schumann), a set of character pieces by Robert Schumann
- "Carnival" (The Pillows song), a song by J-rock outfit The Pillows
- "Carnival" (song), a Natalie Merchant song
- "Carnival" (Masatoshi Mashima song), a Masatoshi Mashima song
- Carnival (album), from Kasey Chambers
- Carnival (New Model Army album), an album by New Model Army
- "Carnival", a single by Our Lady Peace from the album Clumsy.
Television and theatre
- Carnival!, a 1960s Broadway musical
- Carnaval (ballet)
- Carnivàle, a US supernatural drama television series that aired on HBO from 2003 through 2005
Other
- Carnival (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game by Sega
- Carnival Cruise Lines, a large cruise company, and its parent company Carnival Corporation & plc
- Carnival Center for the Performing Arts the performing arts center in downtown Miami, Florida.
- 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
