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Carnival is a festive season occurring immediately before Lent.

Carnival, carnaval or The Carnival may also refer to:

Festivals and entertainment

• Caribbean Carnival, carnivals with origins in Caribbean culture that occur across the World
• Traveling carnival, an amusement show typically including rides, games, etc.
• West Country Carnival, parades held in the West of England between late August and late November

Transport

• Carnival Cruise Line
  • Carnival Corporation & plc, the parent company of Carnival Cruise Line
• Kia Carnival, a minivan
• SS Carnivale, a steamship operating 1975-1993

Literature

• Carnival (Mackenzie novel), a 1912 novel by Compton Mackenzie
• Carnival (Antoni novel), a 2005 novel by Robert Antoni
• Carnival (Bear novel), a 2006 science fiction novel by Elizabeth Bear
• "The Carnival" (short story), a 1980 short story by Michael Fedo
• "Carnival! Carnival!", a poem by Patti Smith in her 1978 book Babel

Film and television

Film

• The Carnival (film), a 1911 short film
• Carnival (1921 film), a British silent drama
• Carnival (1931 film), a British drama
• Carnival (1935 film), an American film
• Carnival (1946 film), a British drama
• Carnival (1953 film), a French comedy film
• Carnival (1981 film), a Russian romantic comedy
• Carnaval (2021 film), a Brazilian comedy film
• Carnaval (2024 film), a Peruvian documentary film
• Carnivel, a 1989 Malayalam film
• Karnaval, a 1999 French film
• Carnivale, a 1999 French animated film by Millimages
• The Carnival, a 1984 Telugu documentary by B. Narsing Rao

Television

• Carnivàle, a 2003-2005 American TV series
• "Carnival" (Bottom), a television episode
• "Carnival", a season 1 episode of The Bellflower Bunnies
• "Carnival", a 1997 episode of the series Teletubbies
• "Carnaval", a 2018 episode of the series Mickey Mouse
• "Carnival", a Malcolm in the Middle episode from season 2 (2001)
• "Carnival", a Series C episode of the television series QI (2005)

Performing arts

• Carnival!, a stage musical
• The Carnival (play), a 1664 comedy by Thomas Porter
• Carnaval (ballet)
• Carnival Center for the Performing Arts

People

• Danielle Carnival, American neuroscientist

Other uses

• Carnival (video game)
• Carnival Food Stores

Music

• Carnival Records

Classical music

• Carnaval (Schumann), an 1834–1835 set of piano pieces by Robert Schumann
• Carnival Overture (Dvořák), Op. 92, an 1891 concert overture by Antonín Dvořák
• Carnival, a c. 1934 composition by John Foulds

Performers

• The Carnival (band), a 1960s American pop group
• The Carnival Band (Canadian band), a Canadian marching band
• The Carnival Band (folk group), an English band
• Karnivool, an Australian progressive rock band
• Valya Karnaval (or Karna.val), a Russian video blogger, TikToker, and singer

Albums

• Carnaval (Barão Vermelho album) or the title song, 1988
• Carnaval (Ron Carter album), 1983; by Ron Carter, Hank Jones, Satao Watanabe, and Tony Williams, recorded in 1978
• Carnaval (Spyro Gyra album) or the title song, 1980
• Carnaval, by Wynton Marsalis and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, 1987
• Carnaval, by Zelda, 1983
• Carnival (Kasey Chambers album), 2006
• Carnival (John Handy album) or the title song, 1977
• Carnival (Maynard Ferguson album), 1978
• Carnival (New Model Army album), 2005
• Carnival (Randy Weston album) or the title song, 1975
• Carnival, by Bryce Vine, 2019
• Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival or the title song, 1997
• The Carnival, self-titled album by The Carnival, 1969

EPs

• Carnival (B.A.P. EP) or the title song, 2016
• Carnival (Duran Duran EP), 1982
• Carnival, by Bvndit, 2020

Songs

• "Carnaval" (song), by Maluma, 2014
• "Carnaval", by Claudia Leitte featuring Pitbull, 2018
• "Carnaval", by Santana from Festival, 1977
• "Carnival" (The Cardigans song), 1995
• "Carnival" (Ch!pz song), 2005
• "Carnival" (Eric Clapton song), 1977
• "Carnival" (Natalie Merchant song), 1995
• "Carnival" (Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign song), 2024
• " Manhã de Carnaval" ("Carnival Morning"), written by Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria; covered by several performers as "Carnival", an English-language version
• " Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves"), written by Juventino Rosas; covered by the Beach Boys as "Carnival (Over the Waves)"
• "Carnival", by Bikini Kill from Revolution Girl Style Now, 1991
• "Carnival", by Gorillaz from Humanz, 2017
• "Carnival", by Our Lady Peace from Clumsy, 1997
• "Carnival", by the Pillows, 1999

See also

• All pages with titles containing Carnival
• All pages with titles containing Carnaval
• All pages with titles beginning with Carnival
• All pages with titles beginning with Carnaval
• Carnevale (disambiguation)
• Karneval (disambiguation)

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