Monterey Folk Festival
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The Monterey Folk Festival was a prominent early-1960s California music festival that helped showcase and popularize leading artists of the American folk music revival.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
folk music festival
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music festival → |
| category |
1960s music festivals
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Folk festivals in the United States → Music festivals in California → |
| country |
United States
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| describedAs |
prominent early-1960s California music festival
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| dissolvedAbolishedOrDemolished |
1965
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| endTime |
1965
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| eventInterval |
annual
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| followedBy |
Monterey International Pop Festival
NERFINISHED
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| genre |
American folk music
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folk music → |
| hasAudience |
folk music fans
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youth audiences of the 1960s → |
| hasEffect |
contributed to the visibility of the American folk music revival on the West Coast
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helped popularize leading artists of the American folk music revival → |
| hasPart |
concerts
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folk music performances → multi-day festival program → |
| inception |
1963
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| influenced |
later rock and pop festivals in Monterey
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| influencedBy |
Newport Folk Festival
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| language |
English
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| locatedIn |
California
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Monterey County, California NERFINISHED → |
| location |
Monterey, California
NERFINISHED
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| notablePerformer |
Bob Dylan
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Doc Watson → Joan Baez → Judy Collins → Peter, Paul and Mary → Phil Ochs NERFINISHED → The Weavers NERFINISHED → |
| notableWork |
early performances by leading American folk artists
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| organizer |
Monterey Peninsula Volunteers
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| partOf |
American folk music revival
NERFINISHED
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| purpose |
to popularize American folk music
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to showcase leading artists of the American folk music revival → |
| significantEvent |
1963 Monterey Folk Festival
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1964 Monterey Folk Festival → 1965 Monterey Folk Festival NERFINISHED → |
| startTime |
1963
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| status |
defunct music festival
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| timePeriod |
early 1960s
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| venue |
Monterey County Fairgrounds
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Monterey Folk Festival
("1963 Monterey Folk Festival")
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Monterey Folk Festival ("1964 Monterey Folk Festival") → |
significantEvent |
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American folk music revival
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hasNotableEvent |