Variety may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Entertainment formats

Variety (radio) Variety is a radio format that plays music across numerous genres. Free-form variety is associated with a wide range of programming including talk, sports, and music from a wide spectrum. This format is usually found on smaller, non-commercial p ...

Variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical theatre, musical performances, sketch comedy, magic (illusion), magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is ...

, in theater and television

Films

* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), a British musical film * ''Variety'' (1935 German film), a German drama film * ''Variety'' (1971 film), a Spanish drama film * ''Variety'' (1983 film), an American independent film

Music

* ''Variety'' (Family Fodder album), tenth studio album by Family fodder * ''Variety'' (Les Rita Mitsouko album), seventh studio album by Les Rita Mitsouko * ''Variety'' (Mariya Takeuchi album), sixth studio album by Mariya Takeuchi * ''Variety'' (Tokyo Jihen album), third studio album by Tokyo Jihen *

Variety Records Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

, a short-lived US record label that was produced by Brunswick Records

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Variety'' (magazine), an entertainment industry newspaper *

Variety Television Network Variety Television Network (VTV) (also referred to as the Variety Channel) was a digital subchannel operated by Newport Television (formerly Clear Channel Communications's broadcast television station division) on various US DTV stations; each stat ...

, an American former digital subchannel * " Variety", a 2002 ''Oz'' television episode

Botany and horticulture

Businesses and organizations

Variety, the Children's Charity Variety, the Children's Charity is a charitable organization founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1927. History On October 10, 1927, a group of eleven men involved in show business set up a social club which they named the "Variety Club". On ...

, international charity to help children with special needs *

Variety Cruises Variety Cruises is a private yacht cruise line based in Athens, Greece. It owns and operates eight small cruise ships and four yachts. The company was founded in 2006 by Lakis Venetopoulos. History Variety Cruises was established in 2006 foll ...

, a cruise line * ''Variety'' (magazine), an entertainment industry newspaper *

Variety Wholesalers Variety Wholesalers, Inc., is a privately held company based in Henderson, North Carolina, which owns more than 380 retail stores in the southeast including the Roses and Maxway stores, and employs more than 7,000 workers. History It originated i ...

, a retail store owner operating in the southeastern United States

Mathematics and systems

Algebraic variety Algebraic varieties are the central objects of study in algebraic geometry, a sub-field of mathematics. Classically, an algebraic variety is defined as the set of solutions of a system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers. Mo ...

, the set of solutions of a system of polynomial equations * Variety (cybernetics), the number of possible states of a system or of an element of the system * Variety (universal algebra), classes of algebraic structures defined by equations in universal algebra

Other uses

Variety (linguistics) In sociolinguistics, a variety, also called an isolect or lect, is a specific form of a language or language cluster. This may include languages, dialects, registers, styles, or other forms of language, as well as a standard variety.Meecham, M ...

, a specific form of a language (or of a dialect continuum) * Variety, a term in coin collecting * Variety Jones, pseudonym of a person closely involved with the founding of the darknet market Silk Road