carnivals
Festive traveling shows
Carnivals is the plural of carnival, a traveling amusement show with rides, games, and sideshows, or a festival of public celebration, often before Lent.
The word carries connotations of bright lights, noise, and slightly seedy entertainment: State fairs and carnivals came through every summer.
Figuratively, any chaotic or colorful spectacle: The trial became a media carnival.
Travels aboard something
- ferris wheelRotating vertical amusement ride
- carouselRevolving platform with seats
- roller coasterTrack with dramatic plunges
- cotton candySpun sugar confection
midway · games · prizes · bumper cars · funhouse · tilt-a-whirl · ticket booth · barker
Ceremonial public procession
- Mardi GrasPre-Ash Wednesday celebration
- RioBrazilian coastal city, shortened
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
floats · confetti · samba · beads · revelry · Trinidad · street party · music
Performers of athletic feats
- clownsComic performers in costume
- jugglersMulti-object tossing artists
- fire-eatersPerformers ingesting flames
- magiciansPractitioners of sleight-of-hand
sword swallowers · contortionists · strongmen · fortune tellers · ringmaster · snake charmers · tightrope · trapeze
rides
Travels aboard something
- ferris wheelRotating vertical amusement ride
- carouselRevolving platform with seats
- roller coasterTrack with dramatic plunges
cotton candy · midway · games · prizes · bumper cars · funhouse · tilt-a-whirl · ticket booth · barker · sideshow
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- Mardi GrasPre-Ash Wednesday celebration
- RioBrazilian coastal city, shortened
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
costumes · floats · confetti · samba · beads · revelry · Trinidad · street party · music · dancing
acrobats
Performers of athletic feats
- clownsComic performers in costume
- jugglersMulti-object tossing artists
- fire-eatersPerformers ingesting flames
magicians · sword swallowers · contortionists · strongmen · fortune tellers · ringmaster · snake charmers · tightrope · trapeze · balloon artists
itinerant
Moving for work
carnies · setup · teardown · circuit · seasonal · nomadic · wagons · troupe · routes · county fair
- community eventsparade, parades, festival, festivals, fair
- folk customsfolk dances, folk customs, burial rite, folk costumes, folk traditions
- outdoor eventsblock party, concerts, garden party, festivals, parade
- park eventspicnics, concerts, festivals, fireworks, farmers markets
- public eventsfestivals, festival, light shows, parades, fireworks
- public rejoicingparades, fireworks, festivals, parties, street fairs
carnivalstheme parks
Attractions built around concepts
Disneyland · museums · opera houses · monuments · concert halls
- carnival ridesMechanical amusements at fairs
- carnival gameBooth competition for prizes
- carnival barkerFairground attraction promoter
- winter carnivalCold-season outdoor celebration
- carnival prizeAward from midway games
- school carnivalCampus fundraising festival