Walnut Valley Festival

E805334

annual event music festival

The Walnut Valley Festival is a renowned annual acoustic music and bluegrass gathering known for its instrumental contests and camping culture in Winfield, Kansas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Walnut Valley Festival canonical	7
National Hammer Dulcimer Championship	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9539696 — 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: Walnut Valley Festival
Context triple: [Winfield, Kansas, hosts, Walnut Valley Festival]

A. Wendell Harvest Festival
The Wendell Harvest Festival is an annual community celebration in Wendell, North Carolina, featuring seasonal activities, local vendors, food, and family-friendly entertainment to mark the fall harvest.
B. Prescott Bluegrass Festival
The Prescott Bluegrass Festival is an annual music event in Prescott, Arizona, showcasing bluegrass bands and related acoustic performances in a community-oriented outdoor setting.
C. Western Days Festival
Western Days Festival is an annual community celebration in Lewisville, Texas, featuring live music, Western-themed activities, food, and family-friendly entertainment.
D. Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is a long-running annual spring celebration in Winchester, Virginia, featuring parades, concerts, pageants, and community events centered around the region’s apple heritage.
E. Red River Revel Arts Festival
The Red River Revel Arts Festival is a major annual arts and music festival held in downtown Shreveport that showcases visual arts, live performances, food, and cultural activities along the Red River.
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: Walnut Valley Festival
Target entity description: The Walnut Valley Festival is a renowned annual acoustic music and bluegrass gathering known for its instrumental contests and camping culture in Winfield, Kansas.

A. Wendell Harvest Festival
The Wendell Harvest Festival is an annual community celebration in Wendell, North Carolina, featuring seasonal activities, local vendors, food, and family-friendly entertainment to mark the fall harvest.
B. Prescott Bluegrass Festival
The Prescott Bluegrass Festival is an annual music event in Prescott, Arizona, showcasing bluegrass bands and related acoustic performances in a community-oriented outdoor setting.
C. Western Days Festival
Western Days Festival is an annual community celebration in Lewisville, Texas, featuring live music, Western-themed activities, food, and family-friendly entertainment.
D. Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is a long-running annual spring celebration in Winchester, Virginia, featuring parades, concerts, pageants, and community events centered around the region’s apple heritage.
E. Red River Revel Arts Festival
The Red River Revel Arts Festival is a major annual arts and music festival held in downtown Shreveport that showcases visual arts, live performances, food, and cultural activities along the Red River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ music festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Winfield ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
drawsAudienceFrom	across the United States ⓘ international visitors ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	acoustic music ⓘ bluegrass music ⓘ folk music ⓘ
hasCompetition	National Bluegrass Banjo Championship ⓘ National Finger Style Guitar Championship ⓘ National Flat Pick Guitar Championship ⓘ National Hammer Dulcimer Championship ⓘ linked to: Walnut Valley Festival National Mandolin Championship ⓘ National Mountain Dulcimer Championship ⓘ fiddle contests ⓘ
hasFeature	arts and crafts vendors ⓘ food vendors ⓘ instrument workshops ⓘ main stage concerts ⓘ multiple performance stages ⓘ on-site camping ⓘ songwriting workshops ⓘ
inception	1972 ⓘ
location	Winfield, Kansas ⓘ
musicFocus	acoustic instruments ⓘ string band music ⓘ
musicStyle	Americana ⓘ new acoustic music ⓘ traditional bluegrass ⓘ
name	Walnut Valley Festival ⓘ
notableFor	banjo contest ⓘ campground jam sessions ⓘ camping culture ⓘ dulcimer contests ⓘ fiddle contest ⓘ fingerstyle guitar contest ⓘ flatpicking guitar contest ⓘ instrumental music contests ⓘ mandolin contest ⓘ
organizer	Walnut Valley Association ⓘ
state	Kansas ⓘ
typicalMonthHeld	September ⓘ
venue	Winfield Fairgrounds ⓘ
website	https://www.wvfest.com/ ⓘ