Festival d’Avignon
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The Festival d’Avignon is one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the world, held each summer in the historic city of Avignon, France.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1347110 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Festival d’Avignon Context triple: [Avignon, hasFestival, Festival d’Avignon]
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A.
Festival de Carcassonne
The Festival de Carcassonne is a major summer arts and music festival held in the historic fortified city of Carcassonne in southern France, featuring concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
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Festival de Thau
Festival de Thau is a summer music and cultural festival held around the Thau Lagoon in southern France’s Occitanie region, known for its diverse programming and environmentally conscious, community-focused atmosphere.
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Jazz à Vienne festival
The Jazz à Vienne festival is a renowned annual jazz music festival in southeastern France, celebrated for its open-air concerts in a historic Roman theatre and its wide-ranging international lineup.
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D.
Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Festival Interceltique de Lorient is a major annual cultural festival in Lorient, Brittany, celebrating Celtic music, dance, and traditions from Celtic nations around the world.
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E.
SALA Festival
SALA Festival is an annual visual arts festival in South Australia that showcases the work of local artists across galleries, public spaces, and unconventional venues.
- 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: Festival d’Avignon Target entity description: The Festival d’Avignon is one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the world, held each summer in the historic city of Avignon, France.
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A.
Festival de Carcassonne
The Festival de Carcassonne is a major summer arts and music festival held in the historic fortified city of Carcassonne in southern France, featuring concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
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B.
Festival de Thau
Festival de Thau is a summer music and cultural festival held around the Thau Lagoon in southern France’s Occitanie region, known for its diverse programming and environmentally conscious, community-focused atmosphere.
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C.
Jazz à Vienne festival
The Jazz à Vienne festival is a renowned annual jazz music festival in southeastern France, celebrated for its open-air concerts in a historic Roman theatre and its wide-ranging international lineup.
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D.
Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Festival Interceltique de Lorient is a major annual cultural festival in Lorient, Brittany, celebrating Celtic music, dance, and traditions from Celtic nations around the world.
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E.
SALA Festival
SALA Festival is an annual visual arts festival in South Australia that showcases the work of local artists across galleries, public spaces, and unconventional venues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
performing arts festival
ⓘ
theatre festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Avignon Festival
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linked to:
Festival d’Avignon
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| audience | international audience ⓘ |
| city | Avignon ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalDomain |
contemporary theatre
ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ |
| department | Vaucluse ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jean Vilar ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Avignon ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary performing arts
ⓘ
dance ⓘ music ⓘ performance art ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasArtisticDirector | Jean Vilar (founding director) ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
European theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
European theater
contemporary performing arts ⓘ |
| hasPart |
In Festival (official programme)
ⓘ
Off Festival (fringe programme) ⓘ |
| heritage | major event of French cultural life ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Avignon
ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ Vaucluse ⓘ historic city of Avignon ⓘ |
| mainVenue |
Cour d’honneur du Palais des Papes
ⓘ
linked to:
Palais des Papes
|
| notableFor |
focus on contemporary creation
ⓘ
international programme ⓘ use of historical heritage sites as stages ⓘ |
| occursDuring | summer ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
Association Festival d’Avignon
ⓘ
linked to:
Festival d’Avignon
|
| programIncludes |
international touring productions
ⓘ
world premieres ⓘ |
| region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ |
| scheduling | held annually since 1947, with rare interruptions ⓘ |
| significance | one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the world ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | several weeks in July ⓘ |
| typicalStartTime | July ⓘ |
| usesVenue |
Palais des Papes
ⓘ
public spaces in Avignon ⓘ various theatres in Avignon ⓘ |
| website | https://festival-avignon.com ⓘ |
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Jean Vilar (founding director)
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