Event

Event may refer to:

Gatherings of people

 * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion
 * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest
 * Event management, the organization of events
 * Festival, an event that celebrates some unique aspect of a community
 * Happening, a type of artistic performance
 * Media event, an event created for publicity
 * Party, a social, recreational or corporate events held
 * Sporting event, at which athletic competition takes place
 * Virtual event, a gathering of individuals within a virtual environment

Science, technology, and mathematics

 * Event (computing), a software message indicating that something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click
 * Event (philosophy), an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object
 * Event (probability theory), a set of outcomes to which a probability is assigned
 * Event (relativity), a point in space at an instant in time, i.e. a location in spacetime
 * Event (synchronization primitive), a type of synchronization mechanism
 * Event (UML), in Unified Modeling Language, a notable occurrence at a particular point in time
 * Event (particle physics), refers to the results just after a fundamental interaction took place between subatomic particles
 * Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime, typically surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an exterior observer
 * Extinction event, a sharp decrease in the number of extant species in a short period of time
 * Impact event, in which an extraterrestrial object impacts planet
 * Mental event, something that happens in the mind, such as a thought

Arts and entertainment

 * Event film, a term used to describe highly-anticipated blockbusters
 * The Event, an American conspiracy thriller television series for NBC
 * The Event (2003 film), directed by Thom Fitzgerald
 * The Event (2015 film), directed by Sergei Loznitsa
 * Derren Brown: The Events, a Channel 4 television series
 * Event, a literary magazine published by Douglas College

Business

 * Event Communications, a London-based museum design consultancy