Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival

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annual event music festival

The Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival is a major annual French-language music event held in La Rochelle, showcasing a wide range of francophone artists across multiple genres.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Francofolies La Rochelle	1
Francofolies de La Rochelle 2019	1
Francofolies de La Rochelle 2022	1
Francofolies de La Rochelle 2023	1
Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival canonical	1
Les Francofolies de La Rochelle	1
Les Francofolies de Spa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2873631 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival
Context triple: [La Rochelle, hostsEvent, Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. Festival d’Avignon
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.
E. 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.
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: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival
Target entity description: The Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival is a major annual French-language music event held in La Rochelle, showcasing a wide range of francophone artists across multiple genres.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. Festival d’Avignon
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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ music festival ⓘ
artisticDirectionFocus	diversity of francophone genres ⓘ
audienceType	general public ⓘ
cityFeature	Atlantic coast port city ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
culturalImpact	major event in the French summer festival circuit ⓘ supports French-speaking musical creation ⓘ
economicImpact	tourism boost for La Rochelle ⓘ
focus	francophone music ⓘ
foundedBy	Jean-Louis Foulquier ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	chanson ⓘ electronic music ⓘ hip hop ⓘ pop ⓘ rock ⓘ world music ⓘ
hasActivity	concerts ⓘ showcases ⓘ special themed nights ⓘ
hasEdition	Francofolies de La Rochelle 2019 ⓘ linked to: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival Francofolies de La Rochelle 2022 ⓘ linked to: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival Francofolies de La Rochelle 2023 ⓘ linked to: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival
hasMediaCoverage	French national press ⓘ music magazines ⓘ
hasNameInFrench	Les Francofolies de La Rochelle ⓘ linked to: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival
hasWebsite	https://www.francofolies.fr ⓘ
inception	1985 ⓘ
locatedIn	Charente-Maritime ⓘ Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
location	La Rochelle ⓘ
musicFocus	live performance ⓘ
notableFor	large open-air concerts ⓘ promotion of French-language music ⓘ showcasing emerging francophone artists ⓘ
organisedIn	La Rochelle city center ⓘ linked to: La Rochelle Vieux Port area of La Rochelle ⓘ linked to: historic center of La Rochelle
primaryLanguage	French ⓘ
relatedFestival	Les Francofolies de Montréal ⓘ linked to: FrancoFolies de Montréal Les Francofolies de Spa ⓘ linked to: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival
season	summer ⓘ
shortName	Francofolies La Rochelle ⓘ linked to: Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival
stageType	indoor venues ⓘ outdoor stages ⓘ
targetRegion	francophone world ⓘ linked to: Francophonie
typicalAudienceSize	tens of thousands of spectators per edition ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	July ⓘ