See also Entertainment (disambiguation) and The Entertainer (disambiguation)

A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England

Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the "audience" may be only one person). The audience may participate in the entertainment passively as in watching opera, or actively as in computer games.

The playing of sports and reading of literature are usually included in entertainment, but these are often called recreation more specifically, because they involve some active participation beyond mere leisure.

The industry that provides entertainment is called the entertainment industry.

Examples of entertainment

• Animation
• Anime
• Circus
• Cinema
• Comedy
• Comics
• Corporate Entertainment
• Conventions
• Dance
• Fantasy
• Film
• Gambling
• Games
• Horror
• Lecture
• Magic
  

  

  Morris dancers entertain in the grounds of Wells Cathedral, Wells, England
• Manhwa
• Manga
• Mass media
• Music
• Revue
• Reading
• Television
• Science Fiction
• Sports
• Theatre
• Video game

See also

• Leisure

External links

Look up entertainer in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• / Entertainment at the Open Directory Project