Wake or The Wake may refer to:

Culture

  • Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies
  • Wakes week, an English holiday tradition
  • Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh ', the fairs held on the local parish's patron saint's annual feast

Entertainment

Film, television, and audio

  • Wake (2009 film), an independent film
  • Wake (cancelled film), a cancelled American action thriller film
  • "Wake" (The Secret Circle), a television episode
  • The Wake (1986 film), a Canadian drama film
  • The Wake (2005 film), a Greek film
  • The Wake (audio drama), a Doctor Who related audio drama

Literature

  • Wake (McMann novel), 2008
  • Wake (Sawyer novel), 2009
  • Wake (comics), a French comic created by Morvan and Buchet
  • The Wake (novel), 2014, by Paul Kingsnorth
  • The Sandman: The Wake, a 1995 graphic novel
  • Wake (periodical), operated by the Abraxas Foundation

Games

  • Alan Wake, a 2010 video game
  • Alan Wake 2, the 2023 video game sequel.

Music

  • Wake (opera), a 2018 opera by Giorgio Battistelli
  • The Wake (UK band), a post-punk band
  • The Wake (American band), a gothic rock band
  • Wake (Dead Can Dance album), 2003
  • Wake (Floater album), 2010
  • Wake (Mortal album), 1994
  • Wake (Tara MacLean album), 2008
  • Wake (Trio Töykeät album), 2005
  • Wake (Lycia album), 1989
  • Wake (For Today album), 2015
  • The Wake (IQ album), 1985
  • The Wake (Scott Kelly album), 2008
  • The Wake (Voivod album), 2018
  • "Wake", a song by Linkin Park from Minutes to Midnight, 2006

Places and schools

  • Wake, Okayama, Japan
  • Wake, Virginia, U.S.
  • Wake County, North Carolina, U.S.
  • Wake Forest, North Carolina, U.S.
  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
  • Wake Forest Demon Deacons, this school's athletic program
  • Wake Island, in the Pacific Ocean
  • Bade Airport, the airport in Papua, Indonesia, assigned ICAO code WAKE

Science

  • WAKE (cipher), a stream cipher
  • Wake (physics), the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body
  • Wake low, a meteorological phenomenon which can cause high winds
  • Wake-on-LAN, a signal that activates a device via a network connection
  • Wake-on-ring, or Wake-on-Modem (WOM), a signal that activates a device via a telephone connection
  • Wake turbulence, the air turbulence that forms around and behind an aircraft
  • Wake, a group of vultures

Other uses

  • WAKE (AM), radio station in Indiana, United States
  • Wake (sculpture), a 2004 weathering steel sculpture by Richard Serra
  • Wake (surname)
  • USS Wake, the only U.S. ship to surrender in World War II.

See also

  • Awaken (disambiguation)