Roskilde Festival

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annual event music festival

Roskilde Festival is one of Europe’s largest and longest-running annual music and arts festivals, held in Roskilde, Denmark and renowned for its diverse lineup and strong volunteer-driven, non-profit ethos.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roskilde Festival canonical	3
Roskilde Festival 1971	1
Roskilde Festival Charity Society	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11326065 — 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: Roskilde Festival
Context triple: [Roskilde, knownFor, Roskilde Festival]

A. Open'er Festival
Open'er Festival is one of Poland's largest annual music and arts festivals, held on the Baltic coast and known for its diverse international lineup and large-scale open-air performances.
B. Aarhus Festival
Aarhus Festival is one of Denmark’s largest annual cultural festivals, featuring a wide range of music, art, theater, and community events throughout the city of Aarhus.
C. Helikon Festival
Helikon Festival is a long-standing Hungarian student arts and cultural festival held in Keszthely, showcasing youth talent in music, literature, theater, and other performing arts.
D. Kate Festival
Kate Festival is a traditional Cham cultural celebration in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuận Province, featuring rituals, music, dance, and offerings to honor ancestral gods and kings.
E. Sweden Rock Festival
Sweden Rock Festival is a major annual rock and metal music festival in Sweden, renowned for hosting prominent international acts and diverse subgenres of heavy music.
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: Roskilde Festival
Target entity description: Roskilde Festival is one of Europe’s largest and longest-running annual music and arts festivals, held in Roskilde, Denmark and renowned for its diverse lineup and strong volunteer-driven, non-profit ethos.

A. Open'er Festival
Open'er Festival is one of Poland's largest annual music and arts festivals, held on the Baltic coast and known for its diverse international lineup and large-scale open-air performances.
B. Aarhus Festival
Aarhus Festival is one of Denmark’s largest annual cultural festivals, featuring a wide range of music, art, theater, and community events throughout the city of Aarhus.
C. Helikon Festival
Helikon Festival is a long-standing Hungarian student arts and cultural festival held in Keszthely, showcasing youth talent in music, literature, theater, and other performing arts.
D. Kate Festival
Kate Festival is a traditional Cham cultural celebration in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuận Province, featuring rituals, music, dance, and offerings to honor ancestral gods and kings.
E. Sweden Rock Festival
Sweden Rock Festival is a major annual rock and metal music festival in Sweden, renowned for hosting prominent international acts and diverse subgenres of heavy music.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ music festival ⓘ
audienceSize	130000 ⓘ
capacity	130000 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Denmark ⓘ
donatesProfitsTo	cultural initiatives ⓘ humanitarian causes ⓘ
duration	8 days ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1971 ⓘ
foundedBy	Jesper Switzer Møller ⓘ Mogens Sandfær ⓘ Roskilde Foundation ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	electronic music ⓘ hip hop music ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ world music ⓘ
hasActivity	activism and debates ⓘ art installations ⓘ camping ⓘ music performances ⓘ workshops ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFocus	true ⓘ
hasNotableIncident	2000 crowd crush accident ⓘ
hasStage	Apollo ⓘ Arena ⓘ Avalon ⓘ Gloria ⓘ Orange Stage ⓘ Rising ⓘ
implementedAfter2000	enhanced crowd safety measures ⓘ
inception	1971 ⓘ
knownFor	Orange Stage tent ⓘ diverse lineup ⓘ large camping area ⓘ non-profit ethos ⓘ strong volunteer culture ⓘ
language	Danish ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Region Zealand ⓘ Roskilde ⓘ Roskilde Municipality ⓘ Zealand ⓘ
nonProfit	true ⓘ
numberOfFatalitiesIn2000Accident	9 ⓘ
numberOfVolunteers	30000 ⓘ
operatedBy	Roskilde Festival Charity Society ⓘ linked to: Roskilde Foundation
organisedBy	Roskilde Festival Charity Society ⓘ linked to: Roskilde Festival
promotes	sustainability ⓘ youth culture ⓘ
ticketType	full festival pass ⓘ one-day ticket ⓘ
typicalEndMonth	July ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	June ⓘ
volunteerBased	true ⓘ
website	https://www.roskilde-festival.dk/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roskilde → knownFor → Roskilde Festival ⓘ

Roskilde → hostsEvent → Roskilde Festival ⓘ

Roskilde → festivalFoundedIn → Roskilde Festival 1971 ⓘ

linked to: Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Municipality → hasCulturalAttraction → Roskilde Festival ⓘ

Roskilde Festival → organisedBy → Roskilde Festival Charity Society ⓘ