Isle of Wight Festival

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music festival rock festival

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
1968 Isle of Wight Festival 1
1969 Isle of Wight Festival 1
1970 Isle of Wight Festival 1

Statements (59)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Isle of Wight → hasEvent → Isle of Wight Festival ⓘ
Isle of Wight → knownFor → 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