US Festival 1982
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US Festival 1982 was a large-scale rock and new wave music festival held in Southern California over Labor Day weekend in 1982, organized and funded by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| US Festival 1982 canonical | 1 |
| US Festival 1982 Rock Day | 1 |
| US Festival 1983 New Wave Day | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5451540 — 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: US Festival 1982 Context triple: [US Festival, hasPart, US Festival 1982]
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A.
Sunfest
Sunfest is a major annual world music and arts festival held in London, Ontario, featuring diverse international performers and cultural celebrations.
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B.
Reading Rock Festival
Reading Rock Festival is a major annual music festival in Reading, England, best known for its rock-focused lineups and status as one of the UK’s longest-running popular music events.
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C.
Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94 was a large-scale music festival held in 1994 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock, featuring major rock and alternative acts and drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees.
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D.
Polyfest
Polyfest is a major annual secondary schools cultural festival in Auckland, New Zealand, celebrating Pacific Island and Māori performing arts and heritage.
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E.
Arbor Daze festival
The Arbor Daze festival is an annual community event in Euless, Texas, celebrating trees, environmental stewardship, and local culture with family-friendly activities and entertainment.
- 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: US Festival 1982 Target entity description: US Festival 1982 was a large-scale rock and new wave music festival held in Southern California over Labor Day weekend in 1982, organized and funded by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
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A.
Sunfest
Sunfest is a major annual world music and arts festival held in London, Ontario, featuring diverse international performers and cultural celebrations.
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B.
Reading Rock Festival
Reading Rock Festival is a major annual music festival in Reading, England, best known for its rock-focused lineups and status as one of the UK’s longest-running popular music events.
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C.
Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94 was a large-scale music festival held in 1994 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock, featuring major rock and alternative acts and drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees.
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D.
Polyfest
Polyfest is a major annual secondary schools cultural festival in Auckland, New Zealand, celebrating Pacific Island and Māori performing arts and heritage.
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E.
Arbor Daze festival
The Arbor Daze festival is an annual community event in Euless, Texas, celebrating trees, environmental stewardship, and local culture with family-friendly activities and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music festival
ⓘ
new wave music festival ⓘ |
| approximateAttendance | 400000 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| endDate | 1982-09-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy | US Festival 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| funder | Steve Wozniak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave music
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| hasName | US Festival 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Country Day
ⓘ
New Wave Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStage |
main stage
ⓘ
secondary stage ⓘ |
| heldDuring | Labor Day weekend 1982 ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
advanced sound system for large outdoor venue
ⓘ
large video screens for audience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
Glen Helen Regional Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Bernardino County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motive | celebration of technology and music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being funded by Steve Wozniak
ⓘ
large-scale outdoor rock festival in Southern California ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Fleetwood Mac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Benatar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramones NERFINISHED ⓘ Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ The B-52s NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cars NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kinks NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDays | 3 ⓘ |
| organizer |
Steve Wozniak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Unuson Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | US Festival series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| sponsor | Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1982-09-03 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| year | 1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: US Festival 1982 Description of subject: US Festival 1982 was a large-scale rock and new wave music festival held in Southern California over Labor Day weekend in 1982, organized and funded by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
US Festival 1982 Rock Day
this entity surface form:
US Festival 1983 New Wave Day