- For a more comprehensive list, see the List of entertainment topics.
Entertainment is an event, exhibition, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the "audience" may be a single individual). The audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera or actively as in computer games. The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry.
The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to entertainment:
Essence of entertainment
- Main article: Entertainment
Types of entertainment
Exhibition entertainment:
- Amusement parks - Art exhibits - Fairs - Museums - Theme parks - Trade shows - Wax museums
Live entertainment:
- Busking - Circus - Comedy, Comedy clubbing - Concerts - cooking - Dance - Drama - Fireworks - Musical theatre - Nightclubbing - Discotheques - Dancing - Operas - Parades - Performance art - Plays - Magic - Spectator sports, Sports events - Striptease, Lap dances, Strip clubbing, - Theatre
Mass media entertainment:
- Films - Magazines - Music, Recordings - New media - Novels - Radio, Radio programs - Television, Television programs - Video games
History of entertainment
- Main article: History of entertainment
Basic entertainment concepts
Famous entertainers
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Entertainment lists
- Main article: List of entertainment topics
See also
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