festivity

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity.

1. A festival or similar celebration.

   “Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities.”

   “[…] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […]”

2. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.