In the performing arts, film exhibition, and other forms of

entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousan ...

, a matinée is a performance or exhibition in the

afternoon Afternoon is the time after solar noon. It is the time when the sun is descending from its peak in the sky to somewhat before its terminus at the horizon in the west. In human life, it occupies roughly the latter half of the standard work an ...

(or occasionally earlier), as distinguished from the evening. Matinée may also refer to: * ''Matinée'' (album), an album by Jack Peñate * ''Matinee'' (1993 film), an American period film by Joe Dante * ''Matinee'' (2012 film), an Indian film by Aneesh Upasana *" The Dark of the Matinée", also known as "Matinée", a song by Franz Ferdinand *

Matinée (disco) In Argentina and other South American countries, a ''matinée'' (also spelled matiné) is a discothèque open to teenagers (usually between 14 and 18) before midnight. It was introduced in the 1990s because laws prohibited young people from going to ...

, South American alcohol-free discothèque for teenagers * Matinee, a machinima production software tool

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