Woodstock Festival 1969

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counterculture event music festival rock festival

Woodstock Festival 1969 was a landmark three-day music and arts festival in upstate New York that became a defining symbol of the 1960s counterculture and peace movement.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Woodstock Festival	39
Woodstock Music & Art Fair	11
Woodstock Festival 1969 canonical	4
Woodstock music festival	3
Woodstock	1
Woodstock 1969 performance of I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag	1
Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969	1
Woodstock festival	1
Woodstock festival series	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T901675 — 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.

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Target entity: Woodstock Festival 1969
Context triple: [Joan Baez, performedAt, Woodstock Festival 1969]

A. Woodstock
Woodstock is a historic market town in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the location of Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
B. Old Woodstock
Old Woodstock is a small historic settlement on the edge of Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England, known for its proximity to Blenheim Palace and the River Glyme.
C. Isle of Wight 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.
D. Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York is a small arts-oriented town in the Catskill Mountains best known for its vibrant creative community and association with the 1960s counterculture movement.
E. Newport Folk Festival
The Newport Folk Festival is a historic American music festival renowned for showcasing influential folk, roots, and Americana artists and for pivotal moments like Bob Dylan’s controversial electric performance in 1965.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Woodstock Festival 1969
Target entity description: Woodstock Festival 1969 was a landmark three-day music and arts festival in upstate New York that became a defining symbol of the 1960s counterculture and peace movement.

A. Woodstock
Woodstock is a historic market town in Oxfordshire, England, best known as the location of Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
B. Old Woodstock
Old Woodstock is a small historic settlement on the edge of Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England, known for its proximity to Blenheim Palace and the River Glyme.
C. Isle of Wight 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.
D. Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York is a small arts-oriented town in the Catskill Mountains best known for its vibrant creative community and association with the 1960s counterculture movement.
E. Newport Folk Festival
The Newport Folk Festival is a historic American music festival renowned for showcasing influential folk, roots, and Americana artists and for pivotal moments like Bob Dylan’s controversial electric performance in 1965.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	counterculture event ⓘ music festival ⓘ rock festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Woodstock ⓘ Woodstock Music & Art Fair ⓘ linked to: Woodstock Festival 1969
approximateAttendance	400000 ⓘ
associatedMovement	anti–Vietnam War movement ⓘ hippie movement ⓘ
becameFreeEvent	true ⓘ
births	2 births (reported) ⓘ
casualties	2 deaths ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Woodstock '94 ⓘ Woodstock '99 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalImpact	became a symbol of 1960s youth culture ⓘ influenced future large-scale music festivals ⓘ
documentedInAlbum	Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More ⓘ
documentedInFilm	Woodstock (1970 film) ⓘ
duration	3 days ⓘ
endDate	1969-08-18 ⓘ
genre	folk music ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ
headliner	Jimi Hendrix ⓘ
heldAt	Max Yasgur's dairy farm ⓘ
heritageStatus	site listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
location	Bethel, New York ⓘ
notableIssue	food shortages ⓘ sanitation problems ⓘ traffic jams ⓘ
notablePerformance	Jimi Hendrix's rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
organizer	Artie Kornfeld ⓘ Joel Rosenman ⓘ John Roberts ⓘ Michael Lang ⓘ
originalPlannedLocation	Wallkill, New York ⓘ
performer	Arlo Guthrie ⓘ Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ Country Joe and the Fish ⓘ Creedence Clearwater Revival ⓘ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ⓘ Grateful Dead ⓘ Janis Joplin ⓘ Jefferson Airplane ⓘ Jimi Hendrix ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ Joe Cocker ⓘ Richie Havens ⓘ Santana ⓘ linked to: Santana (band) Sha Na Na ⓘ Sly and the Family Stone ⓘ linked to: Sly & the Family Stone Ten Years After ⓘ The Band ⓘ linked to: Bob Dylan and The Band The Who ⓘ
reasonBecameFree	fences and ticket booths were not completed in time ⓘ
siteNow	Bethel Woods Center for the Arts ⓘ
slogan	An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music ⓘ
startDate	1969-08-15 ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
theme	1960s counterculture ⓘ love ⓘ peace ⓘ
ticketPricePlanned	18 USD in advance ⓘ 24 USD at the gate ⓘ
weatherCondition	heavy rain ⓘ

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