A pastoral (also pastorale) is a work in the genre of literature, art, and music known as the pastoral genre, that depicts the simple life of a shepherd in an idealised manner.

Pastoral may also refer to:

• Pastoral farming, the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock
• Pastoralism, a form of animal husbandry where livestock are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people

• Pastoral (theatre of Soule), a traditional kind of play from the Basque Country
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country, a 1974 Japanese film

• English Pastoral School, a group of English composers of classical music
• Pastoral, Beethoven's 6th Symphony
• Pastoral, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 15
• Pastoral, a song by The Jesus Lizard from the 1990 album Head
• Pastoral (album), album by Gazelle Twin, 2018

• Pastoral, a 2000 poetry collection by Carl Phillips
• Pastoral, novel by André Alexis
• Pastoral, novel by Nevil Shute

• Pastoral, of or relating to a pastor, an ordained leader of a Christian congregation
• Pastoral letter, or pastoral, an open letter by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese
• Pastoral care, an ancient model of emotional and spiritual support

• All pages with titles beginning with Pastoral
• All pages with titles containing pastoral
• Pastoral Symphony (disambiguation)
• Pastorale (disambiguation)
• Pastoralia (disambiguation)
• Pastourelle, a typically Old French lyric form