extravaganzas

Noun

extravaganza (plural extravaganzas or extravaganze)

1. An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama, originally associated with Victorian England.
   • The ingenious method was hit upon of dove-tailing extravaganza and pantomime. A long burlesque, the characters in which have nothing to do with the harlequinade, terminates with one of those elaborate and gorgeous displays which have acquired the name of “Transformation Scenes.”1879, James Planché, “The Island of Jewels”, in The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planché, esq., page 8
2. (broadly) An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.
   • The bride had her heart set on a simple wedding, but her parents insisted on a three-hundred-guest extravaganza.