Avalon (disambiguation)

Avalon is an island in the Arthurian legend.

Avalon may also refer to:

Books

• Avalon (novel), a 1965 novel by Anya Seton
• Avalon Series, a series of novels by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Avalon: Web of Magic, a series of children's fantasy novels by the American author Rachel Roberts

Films

• Avalon (1990 film), directed by Barry Levinson
• Avalon (2001 film), a Japanese/Polish film directed by Mamoru Oshii

Comics

• Avalon (webcomic), written by Josh Phillips
• Avalon (DC Comics), a fictional planet
• Avalon (Marvel Comics), a fictional island

Games

• Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie, a 1984 computer game released on the ZX Spectrum by Hewson in the 1980s
• Avalon (MUD), a text-based online game series
• Avalon, a King Arthur-themed variant to the game The Resistance
• Avalon, the first stage in Gaiapolis
• Avalon Centrifuge, a character in the video game LittleBigPlanet 2
• Avalon, a world in the online game of Wizard101

Music

Bands and performers

• Avalon (Finnish band), a Finnish metal opera project
• Avalon (American group), a contemporary Christian music group
• Avalon (Scottish band), a Celtic-rock group formerly known as The Medium Wave Band
• Avalon (Swedish group), a musical duo made up of the Swedish-Congolese brothers Djo and Mohombi Moupondo
• Frankie Avalon (born 1940), American actor, singer, and former teen idol
• Mickey Avalon (born 1975), rapper

Albums

• Avalon (Roxy Music album), a 1982 album by British group Roxy Music
• Avalon (Avalon album), a 1996 self-titled album by Avalon
• Avalon (Anthony Green album), Anthony Green's 2008 solo debut album
• Avalon (Sully Erna album), a 2010 album by Godsmack singer Sully Erna
• Avalon (soundtrack), the original soundtrack of the 1990 film Avalon
• Avalon Los Angeles CA 24/06/06, a 2006 live 2-disc recording by Sasha (DJ)

Songs

• "Avalon" (Al Jolson song), 1920
• "Avalon" (Roxy Music song), 1982
• "Avalon", a 1999 song by Sigur Rós from the album Ágætis byrjun
• "Avalon", a 1999 song by Blackmore's Night from the album Under a Violet Moon
• "Avalon" a 2005 song by Juliet Richardson
• "Avalon" (Lovebugs song), 2006
• "Avalon", a 2010 song by Bad Religion from the album "The Dissent of Man"
• "Avalon" (Professor Green song), 2011
• "Isle of Avalon", a 2010 song from Iron Maiden's album The Final Frontier
• "Avalon", a 2014 song from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators' album World on Fire

Instruments and Electronics

• Avalon (Guitar made by Paradis Guitarworks), 1990–95
• Avalon 35 (made by Matchless Amplifiers)
• Avalon Mixing Desks (made by D&R)
• Avalon Design (maker of high end effects and amplifiers)

Businesses

• Avalon Books, a New York-based book publishing imprint (1950-2012), purchased by Amazon.com
• Avalon Publishing Group (1994–2007), a New York publisher, absorbed by Perseus Books Group
• Avalon Group, a British entertainment company
• Avalon Guitars, a Northern Ireland guitar manufacturer
• Avalon hotel (Gothenburg), Sweden
• Avalon Hotel (Rochester, Minnesota), USA
• Chateau Avalon, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, a luxury hotel and bed & breakfast
• Avalon Interactive, a now-defunct video game distribution company
• Avalon Mall, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Avalon Rare Metals, a mineral development company focused on rare metal deposits in Canada
• Avalon Studios, a film and television studio, located in Avalon, New Zealand
• Avalon Television, a British television production company
• Avalon Waterways, an American ship and river cruise line owned by Globus
• Radio Avalon, originally a pirate radio station near Glastonbury, England in 1983, later a legally recognised station

Organizations

• The Avalon Foundation, founded by Ailsa Mellon-Bruce in 1940 and later merged into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Avalon Historico-Geographical Society, based in Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Places

Australia

• Avalon, New South Wales
• Avalon, Victoria
  • Avalon Airport, Victoria

Canada

• Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
• Avalon (electoral district), Newfoundland
• Province of Avalon, Newfoundland
• Avalon, Ottawa, a neighborhood in a suburb of the city of Ottawa, Ontario
• Avalon, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

United States

• Avalon (Birmingham, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• Avalon, California, the only city on Santa Catalina Island
• Avalon, Georgia, a town
• Avalon (Alpharetta, Georgia), a planned mixed-use development
• Avalon (New Windsor, Maryland), a historic home listed on the NRHP
• Avalon, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
• Avalon, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Avalon, New Jersey, a barrier island resort community
• Avalon, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Avalon, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Avalon, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Avalon, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Avalon State Park, North Hutchinson Island, Florida
• Mount Avalon, New Hampshire
• Avalon Dam, on the Pecos River near Carlsbad, New Mexico

Elsewhere

• Avalon, France, a village outside of Pontcharra, Isère
• Avalon, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt
• Avalon graveyard, in Soweto, South Africa

Schools

• Avalon School (California)
• Avalon School, in St. Paul, Minnesota
• The Avalon School, a private school in Mongomery County, Maryland

Technology

• Avalon Project, a digital library of documents held by the Yale Law School
• Avalon, the codename for Windows Presentation Foundation, a user interface API designed by Microsoft
• Apache Avalon, a computer software framework
• Avalon switch fabric, the peripheral interface used in Altera's Nios II embedded processor

Television

• "Avalon" (Stargate SG-1), the first two episodes of the ninth season of Stargate SG-1
• Avalon, a character from the popular TV show Winx Club

Transportation

• Avalon Boulevard, a north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles County
• Avalon (Los Angeles Metro station), on the Metro Green Line
• Avalon (RTA Rapid Transit station), a station stop on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio
• Toyota Avalon, a sedan car
• USS Avalon, several US Navy ships
• SS Avalon, several ships
• Belle of Louisville, a steamboat formerly named Avalon
• Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia

Venues and movie theaters

• The Avalon, San Francisco, California
• Avalon Theater (disambiguation)

Other uses

• Avalon Roberts (born 1945), Canadian psychiatrist and political activist

See also

• Avalonia or Avalon terrane, an ancient microcontinent
• Avallon, Burgundy, France, a commune