Isle of Wight Festival

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The Isle of Wight Festival is a major British music festival, famous for its historic late-1960s events featuring iconic rock acts and its modern revival as a large annual live music gathering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music festival
rock festival
attendanceRecord over 600000 in 1970
capacity tens of thousands of attendees
country United Kingdom
founder Ron Foulk
surface form: Bill Foulk

Ray Foulk
Ron Foulk
frequency annual
genre alternative rock
electronic music
indie rock
pop music
rock music
hasFeature camping
fairground attractions
food and drink vendors
multiple stages
headliner Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Coldplay
David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters
Jimi Hendrix
Joni Mitchell
Muse
Paul McCartney
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Doors
The Killers
The Rolling Stones
The Who
hiatusEnd 2002
hiatusStart 1971
inception 1968
locatedIn England
Isle of Wight
Newport, Isle of Wight
mediaCoverage online streaming
radio broadcasts
television broadcasts
notableEvent Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1968 Isle of Wight Festival

Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1969 Isle of Wight Festival

Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1970 Isle of Wight Festival

Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
surface form: Isle of Wight Festival 2002 revival
organizer John Giddings
Solo Music Agency
previousSite Afton Down
Woodside Bay
Wootton
regulationImpact Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971
resumedIn 2002
significantFor large-scale outdoor rock concerts
late-1960s counterculture
site Seaclose Park
ticketed yes
typicalTimeOfYear June

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Isle of Wight knownFor Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight hasEvent Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival notableEvent Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1968 Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival notableEvent Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1969 Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival notableEvent Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1970 Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival notableEvent Isle of Wight Festival self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Isle of Wight Festival 2002 revival
Newport hostsEvent Isle of Wight Festival
subject surface form: Newport, Isle of Wight
this entity surface form: Isle of Wight Festival (nearby at Seaclose Park)
Murray Lerner hasSubject Isle of Wight Festival
Ron Foulk notableFor Isle of Wight Festival
Ron Foulk coFounded Isle of Wight Festival
Ron Foulk notableWork Isle of Wight Festival
this entity surface form: original Isle of Wight Festival (late 1960s–early 1970s editions)
Afton Down siteOf Isle of Wight Festival
this entity surface form: Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Ray Foulk notableFor Isle of Wight Festival
Ray Foulk organized Isle of Wight Festival
this entity surface form: Isle of Wight Festival 1968
Ray Foulk organized Isle of Wight Festival
this entity surface form: Isle of Wight Festival 1969
Ray Foulk organized Isle of Wight Festival
this entity surface form: Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Seaclose Park hasEvent Isle of Wight Festival
Woodside Bay associatedWithEvent Isle of Wight Festival
John Giddings hasOrganized Isle of Wight Festival
John Giddings associatedWith Isle of Wight Festival