WOMAD

E361051

arts festival festival organization music festival

WOMAD is an international arts festival organization founded by Peter Gabriel that celebrates global music, dance, and culture through large-scale events held around the world.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
WOMAD canonical	4
WOMAD Cáceres	2
WOMAD festival	2
WOMAD Abu Dhabi	1
WOMAD Charlton Park	1
WOMAD Chile	1
WOMAD Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	1
WOMAD New Zealand	1
WOMAD New Zealand festival	1
WOMAD Sicily	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3468684 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WOMAD
Context triple: [WOMADelaide, partOf, WOMAD]

A. WOMADelaide
WOMADelaide is a major Australian world music, arts, and dance festival held annually in Adelaide’s Botanic Park, showcasing diverse international performers and cultural experiences.
B. Lucerne Festival
The Lucerne Festival is a renowned annual classical music festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, attracting leading orchestras, conductors, and soloists from around the world.
C. Big Ears Festival
Big Ears Festival is an annual avant-garde music and arts festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, known for its adventurous programming that spans experimental, classical, jazz, and indie genres.
D. Global Citizen Festival
Global Citizen Festival is an annual music and advocacy event that brings together major artists and world leaders to promote action on global poverty, climate change, and social justice.
E. Trans Musicales festival
The Trans Musicales festival is a renowned annual music festival in Rennes, France, celebrated for showcasing emerging and innovative artists from around the world.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WOMAD
Target entity description: WOMAD is an international arts festival organization founded by Peter Gabriel that celebrates global music, dance, and culture through large-scale events held around the world.

A. WOMADelaide
WOMADelaide is a major Australian world music, arts, and dance festival held annually in Adelaide’s Botanic Park, showcasing diverse international performers and cultural experiences.
B. Lucerne Festival
The Lucerne Festival is a renowned annual classical music festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, attracting leading orchestras, conductors, and soloists from around the world.
C. Big Ears Festival
Big Ears Festival is an annual avant-garde music and arts festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, known for its adventurous programming that spans experimental, classical, jazz, and indie genres.
D. Global Citizen Festival
Global Citizen Festival is an annual music and advocacy event that brings together major artists and world leaders to promote action on global poverty, climate change, and social justice.
E. Trans Musicales festival
The Trans Musicales festival is a renowned annual music festival in Rennes, France, celebrated for showcasing emerging and innovative artists from around the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arts festival ⓘ festival organization ⓘ music festival ⓘ
aimsTo	celebrate cultural diversity ⓘ promote cross-cultural understanding ⓘ showcase artists from around the world ⓘ
audience	international audience ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionHeld	1982 ⓘ
focusesOn	culture ⓘ dance ⓘ global music ⓘ
founder	Peter Gabriel ⓘ
fullName	World of Music, Arts and Dance ⓘ
genre	world music ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	global ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer	Angelique Kidjo ⓘ Baaba Maal ⓘ Gilberto Gil ⓘ Manu Chao ⓘ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ⓘ Peter Gabriel ⓘ Ravi Shankar ⓘ Salif Keita ⓘ Tinariwen ⓘ Youssou N’Dour ⓘ surface form: Youssou N'Dour
hasRecurringEvent	WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD Abu Dhabi WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD Charlton Park WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD Chile WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD Cáceres WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD Las Palmas de Gran Canaria WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD New Zealand WOMAD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOMAD Sicily WOMADelaide ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://womad.co.uk/ ⓘ
inception	1980 ⓘ
language	multilingual ⓘ
motto	World of Music, Arts and Dance ⓘ
organizes	cultural workshops ⓘ dance performances ⓘ international arts festivals ⓘ large-scale music events ⓘ
typicalEventType	outdoor festival ⓘ
typicalProgrammingIncludes	dance performances ⓘ family activities ⓘ food stalls ⓘ live music performances ⓘ visual arts ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WOMADelaide → partOf → WOMAD ⓘ

New Plymouth → hasCulturalEvent → WOMAD ⓘ

this entity surface form: WOMAD New Zealand festival

Real World Records → associatedWith → WOMAD ⓘ

Cáceres → hasFestival → WOMAD ⓘ

this entity surface form: WOMAD Cáceres