Big Day Out music festival
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The Big Day Out music festival was a major annual Australasian touring rock and alternative music festival that featured international and local acts across multiple cities, including Sydney.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Big Day Out music festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6643665 — 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: Big Day Out music festival Context triple: [Sydney Olympic Park, hostedEvent, Big Day Out music festival]
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A.
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Byron Bay Bluesfest is a major annual Australian music festival renowned for showcasing blues, roots, and related genres over several days each Easter.
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B.
Adelaide Festival
The Adelaide Festival is a major annual international arts festival in Adelaide, South Australia, showcasing theatre, music, dance, visual arts, and literature.
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C.
Lucerne Blues Festival
The Lucerne Blues Festival is a renowned annual music event in Lucerne, Switzerland, that showcases leading international blues artists.
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D.
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.
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E.
Reading Festival
The Reading Festival is one of the UK’s most famous annual rock and alternative music festivals, held over the August bank holiday weekend and known for its major international headliners and lively camping culture.
- 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: Big Day Out music festival Target entity description: The Big Day Out music festival was a major annual Australasian touring rock and alternative music festival that featured international and local acts across multiple cities, including Sydney.
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A.
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Byron Bay Bluesfest is a major annual Australian music festival renowned for showcasing blues, roots, and related genres over several days each Easter.
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B.
Adelaide Festival
The Adelaide Festival is a major annual international arts festival in Adelaide, South Australia, showcasing theatre, music, dance, visual arts, and literature.
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C.
Lucerne Blues Festival
The Lucerne Blues Festival is a renowned annual music event in Lucerne, Switzerland, that showcases leading international blues artists.
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D.
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.
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E.
Reading Festival
The Reading Festival is one of the UK’s most famous annual rock and alternative music festivals, held over the August bank holiday weekend and known for its major international headliners and lively camping culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | music festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | BDO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ |
| finalEdition | 2014 ⓘ |
| finalEditionLocation | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEventHeadliner |
Nirvana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Violent Femmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEventLocation | Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEventVenue | Hordern Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
Ken West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vivian Lees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ hip hop ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| location |
Adelaide
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ Brisbane NERFINISHED ⓘ Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
featured both international and local acts
ⓘ
multiple stages ⓘ outdoor festival format ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Foo Fighters
NERFINISHED
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Korn NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirvana NERFINISHED ⓘ Pearl Jam NERFINISHED ⓘ Rage Against the Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Hot Chili Peppers NERFINISHED ⓘ Soundgarden NERFINISHED ⓘ The Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prodigy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organiser | Big Day Out Pty Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | Australasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| touringFormat | multi-city annual tour ⓘ |
| typicalAudienceSize | tens of thousands per city ⓘ |
| typicalEndTimeOfYear | February ⓘ |
| typicalStartTimeOfYear | January ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Big Day Out music festival Description of subject: The Big Day Out music festival was a major annual Australasian touring rock and alternative music festival that featured international and local acts across multiple cities, including Sydney.
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