Offering fun and gaiety:
— A festive (or festal) occasion.

synonyms: festal, gay, merry.

Roget 892: sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable^†, cosy, cosey^†, chatty, conversational; homiletical.    convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable.    welcome, welcome as the roses in May; f=eted, entertained.    free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted.    social, neighborly; international; gregarious.    ... show more

Roget 840: amusing, entertaining, diverting etc. v.; recreational, recreative, lusory^†; pleasant etc. (pleasing) 829; laughable etc. (ludicrous) 853; witty etc. 842; fun, festive, festal; jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish^†; playful, playful as a kitten; sportive, ludibrious^†.    funny; very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting.    amused etc. v.; pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw" [Pope]; laughing etc. v.; risible; ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter; convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles.    ... show more