US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day

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concert event music festival day

US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day was a dedicated day of the 1983 US Festival featuring performances by major heavy metal bands before a massive outdoor audience in California.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
US Festival 1983	3
US Festival 1983 Rock Day	2
US Festival 1983 Country Day	1
US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day canonical	1
US Festival 1983 New Wave Day	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5451560 — 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: US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day
Context triple: [US Festival, hasPart, US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day]

A. Sacrum Profanum Festival
The Sacrum Profanum Festival is an annual contemporary music festival in Kraków, Poland, known for blending classical, avant-garde, and popular music in innovative concert settings.
B. Reading Rock Festival
Reading Rock Festival is a major annual music festival in Reading, England, best known for its rock-focused lineups and status as one of the UK’s longest-running popular music events.
C. Sunfest
Sunfest is a major annual world music and arts festival held in London, Ontario, featuring diverse international performers and cultural celebrations.
D. A Heavy Metal Christmas
A Heavy Metal Christmas is a holiday-themed heavy metal music release, best known for its metal renditions of traditional Christmas songs.
E. Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94 was a large-scale music festival held in 1994 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock, featuring major rock and alternative acts and drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees.
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: US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day
Target entity description: US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day was a dedicated day of the 1983 US Festival featuring performances by major heavy metal bands before a massive outdoor audience in California.

A. Sacrum Profanum Festival
The Sacrum Profanum Festival is an annual contemporary music festival in Kraków, Poland, known for blending classical, avant-garde, and popular music in innovative concert settings.
B. Reading Rock Festival
Reading Rock Festival is a major annual music festival in Reading, England, best known for its rock-focused lineups and status as one of the UK’s longest-running popular music events.
C. Sunfest
Sunfest is a major annual world music and arts festival held in London, Ontario, featuring diverse international performers and cultural celebrations.
D. A Heavy Metal Christmas
A Heavy Metal Christmas is a holiday-themed heavy metal music release, best known for its metal renditions of traditional Christmas songs.
E. Woodstock '94
Woodstock '94 was a large-scale music festival held in 1994 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock, featuring major rock and alternative acts and drawing hundreds of thousands of attendees.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concert event ⓘ music festival day ⓘ
approximateAttendance	hundreds of thousands ⓘ
approximateDate	May 29, 1983 ⓘ
associatedWith	US Festival 1982 ⓘ US Festival 1983 Country Day ⓘ linked to: US Festival US Festival 1983 New Wave Day ⓘ linked to: US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day US Festival 1983 Rock Day ⓘ linked to: US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day
audienceDemographic	rock and heavy metal fans ⓘ
audienceType	outdoor audience ⓘ
broadcastCoverage	partial television and radio coverage ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalImpact	noted event in 1980s heavy metal history ⓘ
festivalSeries	US Festival ⓘ
genre	heavy metal ⓘ
hasLanguage	English (announcements and promotion) ⓘ
headliner	Van Halen ⓘ
location	Devore, California ⓘ Glen Helen Regional Park ⓘ linked to: Glen Helen San Bernardino County, California ⓘ linked to: San Bernardino County
mediaType	live music performances ⓘ
notableAspect	high performance fees for bands ⓘ massive festival sound and lighting production ⓘ
notableFor	large attendance ⓘ lineup of major heavy metal bands ⓘ
organizer	Steve Wozniak ⓘ Unuson Corporation ⓘ
outcome	financial loss for organizers ⓘ
partOf	US Festival 1983 ⓘ linked to: US Festival 1983 Heavy Metal Day
performedBy	Accept ⓘ Judas Priest ⓘ Motörhead ⓘ Mötley Crüe ⓘ linked to: Motley Crue Ozzy Osbourne ⓘ Quiet Riot ⓘ Scorpions ⓘ Triumph ⓘ Van Halen ⓘ
recordingsExist	archival video and audio recordings ⓘ
safetyMeasures	large-scale crowd control and security ⓘ
sponsor	Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak ⓘ linked to: Steve Wozniak
stageType	outdoor stage ⓘ
ticketedEvent	true ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1980s rock era ⓘ
weather	hot daytime temperatures ⓘ
year	1983 ⓘ