Avalon (disambiguation)

Avalon is a legendary island in the Arthurian legend.

Avalon may also refer to:

Contents 1 Books 2 Cinema 3 Comics 4 Games 5 Graveyards 6 Music 6.1 Bands and performers 6.2 Albums 6.3 Songs 6.4 Others 7 Organizations 7.1 General 7.2 Schools 8 Places 8.1 Australia 8.2 Canada 8.3 France 8.4 New Zealand 8.5 United States 9 Technology 10 Television 11 Theater 12 Vehicles 13 Other uses

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

Cinema

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

Comics

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

Games

• Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie, a 1984 computer game released on the ZX Spectrum by Hewson in the 1980s
• Avalon, the first stage in Gaiapolis
• There is character in LittleBigPlanet 2 named Avalon Centrifuge

Graveyards

• Avalon graveyard, in Soweto, South Africa

Music

Bands and performers

• Avalon (band), a contemporary Christian music group
• Avalon (Scottish band), a Celtic-rock group formerly known as The Medium Wave Band
• Avalon (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), a 1920 song by Al Jolson, Vincent Rose and B.G. DeSylva
• "Avalon" (Lovebugs song), a 2006 song by Lovebugs from their album In Every Waking Moment
• "Avalon" (Roxy Music song), a 1982 song by Roxy Music from their album Avalon
• "Avalon", a 1999 song by Sigur Rós from their album Ágætis byrjun

Others

• Avalon Guitars, a guitar manufacturer

Organizations

General

• Avalon Publishing Group (1994–2007), NY publisher by Charlie Winton, absorbed by Perseus Books Group
• Avalon Group, a British entertainment company
• The Avalon Foundation, founded by Ailsa Mellon-Bruce in 1940 and later merged into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Avalon Waterways tourist operator, part of Globus family of brands

Schools

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

Places

• Avalonia or Avalon terrane, an ancient microcontinent

Australia

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

Canada

• Avalon, Ottawa, a neighborhood in the City of Ottawa
• Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
• Avalon (electoral district), Newfoundland
• Avalon, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in the city of Saskatoon

France

• Avalon, France, a village outside of Pontcharra, Isère
• Avallon, Burgundy

New Zealand

• Avalon, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt

United States

• Avalon (Birmingham, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Alabama
• Avalon, California, the only city on Santa Catalina Island
• Avalon, Georgia
• Avalon (New Windsor, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• Avalon, Mississippi
• Avalon, Missouri
• Avalon, New Jersey, a barrier island resort community
• Avalon, Pennsylvania
• Avalon, Texas
• Avalon, Virginia
• Avalon, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Technology

• Avalon (DSRV), a U.S. Navy deep submergence rescue vehicle
• Avalon Project, a digital library of documents held by the Yale Law School
• Avalon is the codename for Windows Presentation Foundation, a user interface API designed by Microsoft
• Apache Avalon, a computer software framework
• The Avalon switch fabric is the peripheral interface used in Altera's Nios II embedded processor

Television

• Avalon Television, a British television production company
• "Avalon" (Stargate SG-1), the first two episodes of the ninth season of Stargate SG-1

Theater

• Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California
• Avalon Theater (Brooklyn), Brooklyn, New York
• Avalon Theater (Catalina), Los Angeles, California
• Avalon Theatre, Easton, Maryland

Vehicles

• Toyota Avalon, a sedan car

Other uses

• 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
• Belle of Louisville (steamboat), Avalon as one of its former names

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